Work Day on the North End Trails
/A group of hardy individuals worked to clear trails and touch up trail markers on the North End Trails from the Sowl Trailhead to Engine Block. View the pictures!
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A group of hardy individuals worked to clear trails and touch up trail markers on the North End Trails from the Sowl Trailhead to Engine Block. View the pictures!
Read MorePictures of Tavis Lynch presentation and a mushroom foraging and ID hike on the Capser and Nucy Meech Trails in the Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve.
Read MoreThe morning of October 6 was a glorious day for a hike to the Lake Superior shore on the Burroughs Trail. After hiking to the lake we then hiked the inland trail. This hike was not as wet as the September hike, and we saw lots of beautiful mushrooms!
Read MoreAs these pictures show, the guided hike on Saturday, September 22nd on the newly groomed and marked north trails was a bit damp, but with waterproof boots (or not), was a lovely adventure. We spotted lots of fungi, and our guide Bonnie Matuseski had a wealth of interesting information to share about the fungi — and about other nature-related subjects as well! Very much worth a little mud!
Read MoreBoard member Bonnie Matuseski has been scoping out trail conditions in preparation for the guided trail hike next Saturday, September 22. As the pictures show, it should be a beautiful hike with lots to see!
Read MoreAs you can see in the pictures, I did this hike in my "snow treads" but snowshoeing and cross-country skis work too!
Read MoreBeautiful Fall Hike for Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve and amazing food for the annual pot luck picnic. Thanks for pulled pork, multiple salads, lamb chili, lentil soup and fresh apple crisp-wonderful fall buffet. A great way to savor the beautiful fall season and Island friends.
Read MoreTom Lindner shared these pictures from the annual bird hike on Memorial Day weekend.
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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