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Dr. Tom Fitz as always was delightfully informative at this Wednesday evening lecture at the museum sponsored by MIWP!
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Read MoreOur Wednesday Evening Lecture at the Museum — Coastal Dynamics of Madeline Island — was very well attended and very informative! Click Read More to see pictures of some of the slides from the presentation...
Read MoreWe followed Florantha from a New England childhood, to early La Pointe missionary’s wife, around Cape Horn to gold rush California and the peaks of the Sierra Nevada., to Italy, etc. etc… We learned about the adventures of her children, and several other notorious and/or talented descendants, including a Nobel Prize winner! Another great Mackreth presentation! Click Read More to see pictures and short video clips for a taste of the fun!
Read MoreWhat a fun presentation! We learned a lot about foxes, coyotes and wolves from the delightful Jane Weber!
Photo: Holding up cutouts to show relative sizes of fox, coyote and wolf.
Click image to view lecture slides. Speaker: Bob Boucher, advisor to the Beaver Institute and board member of Superior Bio-conservancy. If you are interested in learning more, you might want to sign up for the Virtual Midwest Beaver Summit 2023, presented by the Superior Bio-Conservancy. Also, after learning more you may want to contact the Wisconsin DNR and Wisconsin governor Tony Evers about the WDNR’s harmful practices regarding Beavers.
Read MoreAttendees at this evening lecture at the museum learned some very interesting facts about the dangers to Chequamegon Bay birds, and how we can help. Click image to see lecture slides…
Read MoreSamantha Dobson, our island mushroom expert covered mushrooms found on Madeline Island, and talked about how to use them.
Plan to join Samantha on a mushroom walk on the north trails on Saturday, September 9th at 10am. Meet at the Schoolhouse Road Trailhead parking lot.
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Read MoreBob Mackreth, Apostle Islands Historian, entertained his audience with delightful and sometimes surprising stories about the women who lived at the lighthouses of the Apostle Islands.
Read MoreErica LeMoine’s lecture about Loons and Loon Watch fascinated kids as well as adults. The faces of the children responding to presentation slides and facts were a joy to behold!
Read MoreLots of beautiful images and discussion of humans’ ongoing fascination with the stars — and important, useful information about the International Dark Sky Movement. If you missed it, you can still stream the documentary on PBS. Click image to view photos…
Read MoreThe 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.
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