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SONWA winning books

SONWA Winners 1991-Present

Nature Books for Adults and Children

Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award Winners • 1991. Open Spaces, Jim Dale Vickery. Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (SONWA) gave its inaugural award to Minnesota author Jim Dale Vickery for Open Spaces , a book that takes the reader to the unpopulated spaces in North America. Vickery, who…

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Youth Outreach Programs

…vendors, Thursday evening reception, and Friday lunch. Register Today: $95 About the Conference Featuring authors, illustrators, and educators, the conference will focus on literature and the natural world. Highlights include: key note presentations by author Emma Bland Smith, winner of the 2017 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award for children’s literature,…

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Sigurd Olson Legacy

Olson biographer Dr. David Backes, the award-winning writer of A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson. Dr. Backes retired in 2015 after twenty-seven years as a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He gave the content of the Olson website to the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland…

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Outdoor Education

…renewal, or belonging through outdoor experiences. course list Natural History The natural history emphasis gives you in-depth ecological knowledge and the added skills of interpretation to help you connect people to nature. Our graduates go on to become outdoor education instructors, naturalists, interpretive park rangers, and environmental educators. course list…

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Happy Birthday, Earth Day!

…society in the history of man,” he observed. “Are we able? Yes. Are we willing? That’s the unanswered question.” Mark R. Peterson is Executive Director of the Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute and former director of Audubon Minnesota. This editorial appeared in the Duluth News Tribune on Earth Day….

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Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute

The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute provides leadership in citizen science, outreach, and education on regional conservation issues while fostering the next generation of environmental leaders….

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Apostle Islands Stewardship Symposium

…vendors, Thursday evening reception, and Friday lunch. Register Today: $95 About the Conference Featuring authors, illustrators, and educators, the conference will focus on literature and the natural world. Highlights include: key note presentations by author Emma Bland Smith, winner of the 2017 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award for children’s literature,…

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Eyes Wide Open Author to Speak on Going Beyond the Headlines

…suburbs, fast food, cheap prices. It’s an exciting, high-stakes moment. What better time to have our eyes wide open?” Fleischman is the recipient of the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for young adult literature. He will speak at the Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Tuesday, September 15 at…