Lakeshore Nature Preserve – Division of Facilities Planning & Management – UW–Madison

During a winter morning on Jan. 23, 2015, from left, graduate student Marcus Mueller prepares a radio collar as Michael Maroney, a veterinarian with the Research Animal Resources Center, monitors a sedated-fox caught on campus near the Lakeshore Nature Preserve at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of a research effort to study the behavior of growing fox and coyote populations in the city of Madison.

Proposals for Student Engagement Grants (up to $1000 for undergraduate teaching and research) are due March 1, 2019.

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White tundra swans flying over University Bay Drive with Picnic Point in background.

The Lakeshore Nature Preserve is a Wisconsin Important Bird Area.

Get a bird checklist for the Preserve.

A dusting of snow covers the trees as a man walks by a stone wall entrance to Picnic Point.

The diversity of rock specimens in the stone wall at Picnic Point makes it an ideal teaching aid for geology students.

Check out the new Key to the Glacial Erratics.

Dark straight-trunked trees stand out in snowy landscape.

Pedestrians ride their bicycles and walk on a colorful tree-lined path at the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path during fall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Nov. 4, 2016.

The Howard Temin Lakeshore Path is popular with runners, bikers, and walkers.
Photo by Bryce Richter/UW-Madison.

Four students taking measurements in Biocore Prairie.

Biocore Prairie is a teaching and research field site for two Biocore lab courses.

Woodland meets prairie with both in fall colors of red, orange, and yellow.

Oak, hickory, poplar, and sumac color the Preserve's Second Point Woods.

Over 600 volunteers helped support the mission of the Preserve in 2018.

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A sparrow sits on a Compass Plant stalk.

Over 255 bird species have been observed in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve.

Prescribed fire crew burning Biocore Prairie.

Prescribed fire improves wildlife habitat and provides valuable training and research opportunities.
Photo by Lina Ekholm.

A large group of volunteers pose for a photo holding rakes and other tools.

Over 600 volunteers helped support the mission of the Preserve in 2017.

See how you can get involved.

News

Preserve Stakeholder Meeting January 29, 2019
Save the date for the second of two Preserve Stakeholder meetings on January 29, 2019 at 5:30pm. We will present and take comments on the 2019 Draft Work Plan, 2019 Draft Operating Budget, and 2019 Draft …
January 22, 2019
Fall 2018 Newsletter
Read the latest about the Preserve in the Fall 2018 Lakeshore Nature Preserve E-Newsletter. This issue includes articles on one Student Engagement Grant recipient’s research on the effects of jumping worms, the return of the …
December 4, 2018
Student Engagement Grant Proposals due March 1, 2019
The UW-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve is offering several Student Engagement Grants of up to $1,000 each to facilitate the use of the Preserve as a resource for education among UW undergraduates. Any student, faculty, or …
December 3, 2018
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