It’s the first day of Spring, and next week is spring break at UW-Madison! We hope you’ll use some of your downtime to read the latest news from the Lakeshore Nature Preserve in the March …
News Archive
2025 Workplan priorities discussion
You’re invited to attend the Lakeshore Nature Preserve Committee meeting on Friday February 14 from 8:30-10:00 a.m. to learn more about, ask questions of, and provide feedback on the 2025 Preserve workplan priorities. The meeting …
Read the January 2025 E-Newsletter
Happy New Year! The January 2025 Lakeshore Nature Preserve E-Newsletter features two Student Engagement Grant projects – Nurturing in Nature: Deepening Roots and Reaching Heights and Digging Deep: Exploring Soil Health in Eagle Heights Community Gardens, …
Now hiring student interns! Apply by February 7, 2025
Are you majoring in a conservation or ecology related field and looking for hands-on experience? The Lakeshore Nature Preserve is now hiring Seasonal Natural Area Assistants! This position will work as part of a 4-person …
Small Grant Opportunity – Proposals Due March 1
The Lakeshore Nature Preserve offers small grants – up to $1,000 – for undergraduates (or faculty, staff, and graduate students working with undergraduates) to use the Preserve for teaching, research, or outreach. Review the Request …
Notice of Draft Environmental Impact Statement Public Meeting Dec. 4, 2024, at 5:30 PM for Frautschi Center
Updated Notice of Public Meeting Draft Environmental Impact Statement Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi Center University of Wisconsin – Madison Project #A-22-007_9950-2218 A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) public meeting to present the proposed UW-Madison …
November News from the Preserve
The Lakeshore Nature Preserve November newsletter highlights: A carbon inventory Howard Temin Lakeshore Path update The People’s Farm Plus upcoming Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve fall-winter field trips
Provide input on Lakeshore Path Lighting and Paving Study by 11-18-24
If you missed the latest public input meeting on the Lakeshore Path Paving and Lighting Study there is still time to provide input. First, to ensure you are aware of all three options and the …
Lakeshore Nature Preserve Welcomes New Director
Brad Herrick, who has been selected as the new director of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, wants to change perceptions about the Preserve. Herrick, who will begin his new role in October, most recently served as …
Raymer’s Cove parking lot closed for repair
The Raymer’s Cove parking lot (2900 Lake Mendota Drive) will be closed starting Tuesday, September 24, 2024 for at least 4 days while the parking lot and adjacent trails are regraded for better erosion control. …