Stories indexed under: Lakeshore Nature Preserve

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• ‘Audio field trip’ to celebrate campus wetland and remember campus zoologist May 24, 2013 An "audio field trip" on Memorial Day will explore a restored marsh on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus - a part of the university's Lakeshore Nature Preserve. The marsh, near the western end of campus, is a remnant of a much larger wetland that was drained for other uses such as growing corn.
• Update: Prescribed burns in nature preserve to begin Wednesday May 7, 2013 Prescribed burns will begin taking place this Wednesday in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve near the western edge of the UW-Madison campus.
• Prescribed burns planned in Lakeshore Nature Preserve Nov. 13, 2012 Don't be surprised if you notice a dark cloud of smoke rising near the western edge of campus soon. What you are seeing is most likely one of the prescribed burns that may take place in areas of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve during the next week or two, weather conditions permitting.
• Lakeshore Nature Preserve benefits from Days of Caring volunteers Aug. 30, 2012 Last week, 27 volunteers participating in the 20th annual United Way of Dane County Days of Caring helped remove invasive buckthorn plants at Picnic Point, working side by side with employees from the Lakeshore Nature Preserve.
• Picnic Point: Nicer than ever March 14, 2012 It's always been a favorite spot on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, but Picnic Point had been showing its wear.
• Recent sightings: Sewing seeds July 19, 2011
• Change coming to path use at Picnic Point May 20, 2011 Beginning on Saturday, May 28, the gravel path that runs from the entrance to Picnic Point to the eastern tip of the point will be closed to bicycle riding.
• Listening session: Bicycles on Picnic Point March 16, 2011 Bicycle use and abuse on Picnic Point will be the subject of a listening session at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Memorial Union from 7-8:30 p.m. on Monday, March 21.
• Ecological restoration on lakeshore working on historic ground July 7, 2010 The ongoing ecological restoration along the shoreline of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has reached a hillside near Eagle Heights that was once the summer home to hundreds of graduate students. The goal in the Tent Colony Woods, which is cut by gullies and invaded by exotic trees and shrubs, is to create a sustainable and ecologically diverse tract of sloping lakeshore forest.
• New Lakeshore Nature Preserve bench results from collaboration April 30, 2010
• Biocore Prairie burn planned today March 31, 2010 A controlled burn of the Biocore Prairie just west of Picnic Point on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on planned for today, Wednesday, March 31, at 1 p.m. if conditions are suitable.
• Recent sightings: Whoooo goes there? March 19, 2010
• Slide show: An Icy Melody Dec. 23, 2009 Gentle waves from Lake Mendota shift and fracture ice cover beginning to form along the campus shoreline on Dec. 18. The motion of the floating sheets of ice produced a wind-chime-like musical melody that could be heard by those walking along much of the Temin Lakeshore Path.
• Recent sightings: Blustery Monday Sept. 28, 2009
• Restoration project to re-establish oak savanna near Willow Creek March 5, 2009 A three-year ecological restoration project in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve that will re-establish an oak savanna near Willow Creek is set to begin in the next few weeks.
• Recent sightings: Swan Lake Dec. 15, 2008
• Ancient mounds make UW-Madison a unique landscape Nov. 10, 2008 The UW-Madison campus includes 38 effigy and burial mounds in six groupings.
• BP presents solar-powered electric vehicle to Lakeshore Nature Preserve July 7, 2008 BP America Inc., the largest oil and gas producer in the United States and one of the largest investors in alternative energy, is making a gift of a solar-powered all-terrain electric vehicle to the Lakeshore Nature Preserve at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Recent sightings: Algae on Lake Mendota June 24, 2008
• Lakeshore preserve Web site wins ‘Best of 2007’ award June 1, 2007 The interactive Web site for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve has garnered another national award.