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Pictures! We had another great turnout for our latest Wednesday Evening Lecture: Reading the Water: A Lake Superior Literary Sampler, with Dr. Alan Brew, Executive Director, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute & Professor of English, Northland College.
Read MorePictures! Life On the Soggy Edges: Two Ecologists Describe the Importance and Vulnerability of the Apostle Islands’ Coastal Wetlands.
Read MorePictures from the annual meeting. Everyone had a great time at the annual meeting, held this year at Madeline Island School of the Arts, and the speaker and program were exceptional: Mark Weller, Photographer: "The Lights of the Apostle Islands".
Read MoreAnnual Membership and Donation Appeal From the President of the Madeline Island Wilderness Preserve Board.
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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 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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