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Are you a student looking for full-time summer employment? Are you majoring in a conservation or ecology related field and looking for hands-on experience? The Lakeshore Nature Preserve is now hiring summer natural area assistants! …

With a generous gift from Jerry Frautschi, a new visitor and education center will create increased access for all visitors, provide safer pedestrian crossing and entry to the parking area off University Bay Drive and serve as the new “front door” for visitors to begin their journey.

Here is a link to the latest Lakeshore Nature Preserve E-Newsletter with stories and information on the Student Engagement Grants (proposals due March 1), new Picnic Point firewood racks, land management updates, and more.

By David S. Liebl The University of Wisconsin-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve comprises woodland, old-field, wetland and aquatic habitats, and is a popular destination for birders. Many of these use the Cornell Lab of Ornithology eBird …

The Lakeshore Nature Preserve hosted 197 species of birds during 2021, providing a rich experience for recreational birders, students and researchers. With its wide variety of habitats: woodland, old field, prairie, wetland and lake, the …

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 …

By Trenton Bauer, President, Audubon Society at UW-Madison A Lakeshore Nature Preserve Student Engagement Grant provided financial support for the Audubon Society at UW-Madison (ASUM) to install five tree swallow nest boxes in the Picnic …

The Fall issue of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve E-Newsletter features planning and land management updates as well as student research, a new poetry trail, and stories from people who have a special relationship with the Preserve.

In celebration of #GivingTuesday we hope you will consider a gift to support the Lakeshore Nature Preserve Volunteer Program. Each year over 500 volunteers, mostly UW students, give their time and energy to care for …

Project proposals can be submitted for capital improvements, funding assistance, or maintenance support within the 300-acre Lakeshore Nature Preserve. Proposals may be submitted by faculty, staff, students, student organizations, or community members before November 1 …