Fun on the Annual Bird Hike!
/Tom Lindner shared these pictures from the annual bird hike on Memorial Day weekend.
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Tom Lindner shared these pictures from the annual bird hike on Memorial Day weekend.
Read MoreThe October hike and Annual Picnic were great fun, as usual!! As you can see from the pictures, the mushrooms were abundant and beautiful this year.
Read MoreYou may want to attend the Learn About Your Land workshop series featuring five different sessions on a variety of topics of interest to woodland landowners. Topics will cover making your land attractive to wildlife, options for forest management, wild edibles you can find on your land, and resources available for woodland landowners. Sessions are presented by forestry and natural resource experts. This workshop series is hosted in partnership with University of Wisconsin-Extension, My Lake Superior Northwoods, and the Chequamegon Bay Area Partnership.
You can register for all the workshops, or only those that interest you.
Read MoreNed Hancock, MIWP board member, led another great hike on Saturday, September 17th!
Read MoreSaturday, September 3rd was a beautiful day for a hike on the North End Trails! We had a great turnout, and there was lots to see, especially the mushrooms!
Read MoreOn a recent hike on the North East Trail, MIWP board member Bonnie Matuseski encountered and photographed an amazing variety of mushrooms. The Preserve is full of wonderful surprises year round!
Read MoreThe hike, held the morning of August 25, was a followup to John Bate's August 24 Wednesday Evening Lecture: The Phenology of Mammals, Birds and other Creatures of the North Country.
Read MoreOur Wednesday evening lectures at the Madeline Island Museum are always well-attended. Last night this was especially true as Tom Fitz, Associate Professor of Geoscience at Northland College, spoke to a record-breaking crowd about Geologic Time in the Islands!
Read MoreThe hike, held the morning of July 14, was a followup to John's July 13 Wednesday Evening Lecture: Timing Is Everything, the Phenology of Plants.
Don't miss John's next Lecture/Hike on August 24/25: The Phenology of Mammals, Birds and Other Creatures of the North Country!
Read MoreFor 2016, the MIWP took on the poignant saga of the decline of the Monarch butterfly, and did it in style, as usual!
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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