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Pictures! Great discussion at August 21st Evening Lecture with Dr. Tom Fitz, Professor of Geosciences at Northland College: “Facing the Challenges of Mining, Resource Supply and Environmental Stewardship in a Changing World”.
Read MorePictures! Another fun and informative evening with Titus Seilheimer, PhD Fisheries Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant. Attendees learned how Lake Trout, Whitefish and other species got to Lake Superior in the first place, how and why species and populations have changed over time, and what’s been happening lately.
Read MorePictures! Julia Noordyk, of University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, gave a very informative presentation to a full house at last Wednesday night’s lecture. Here are pictures with some of Julia’s slides to show how great it was! And of course there was a beautiful sunset at the end of the evening.
Read MorePictures! Bob Mackreth, Apostle Islands Historian shared some very entertaining and enlightening stories about how Prohibition played out on the south shore of Lake Superior at our latest Wednesday evening lecture.
Read MoreThe 2019 MIWP 4th of July parade float “Wheel of (mis)Fortune”, otherwise known as “Climate Change makes Crazy Weather”, brought home the coveted Community award!
Read MorePictures! 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 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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