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For 37 years, MIWP has preserved Island lands, helped manage invasive plants and explored environmental issues important to Island residents. Our 2024 education series invites you to experience and learn the wonders of our natural world. Please join us this summer to hear about our storied wilderness and immerse yourself on this special place that is Madeline Island. All programs are free and open to the public, except the Annual Meeting & Evening Reception. Classes and hikes will be held rain or shine. Programs at the museum theater have a 70-person capacity.

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Factors Influencing the Evolution of Sandstone Sea Caves

Wednesday, August 28, 2024
7:00 PM 8:15 PM 19:00 20:15

Madeline Island Museum 226 Colonel Woods Avenue La Pointe, WI, 54850 United States (map)

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A simplified geological map of the Apostle Islands showing the locations of cliffs with cavities and sea caves. Based on the map in Thornberry-Ehrlich (2015) and observations. from the study Factors influencing the evolution of sandstone sea caves: A case study from the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Lake Superior, USA) published in Journal of Great Lakes Research Volume 50, Issue 1, February 2024, 102251

Free and open to the public!
Location: Madeline Island Museum

This program will look at centuries of wave action, freezing and thawing that have sculptured shorelines throughout the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. Dr. Fitz will discuss the evolution of these beautiful arched and vaulted chambers and honeycomb passages.

Speaker: Tom Fitz, Northland College Professor of Geoscience, Affiliated Faculty, Burke Center

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Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve

The Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve is a non-profit land trust dedicated to the protection and preservation of natural areas on Madeline Island. The nature preserve lands are open to the public for hiking, skiing, berry-picking and hunting. MIWP is committed to education and advocacy — each summer we sponsor field trips and evening programs. Madeline Island is adjacent to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on the South Shore of Lake Superior in Wisconsin.