The Lakeshore Nature Preserve is a 300-acre natural area on the UW-Madison campus. It serves as a living classroom for the university’s teaching and research needs and provides a place for respite and well-being, where campus and community members can explore nature.
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Work on Lakeshore Path to affect bicycle and pedestrian travel
Parking lot 8 behind the Limnology Building and a section of the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path will close September 2. The path south of the Limnology building, near Memorial Union, is being reconstructed to improve safety conditions for cyclists and vehicles.
August 26, 2025First Preserve Bioblitz is a Success!
About 150 people visited the Lakeshore Nature Preserve on June 7 to participate in our first-ever bioblitz. Participants recorded more than 985 species, including 253 that had never been documented in the Preserve before! Some …
August 7, 2025July 2025 Preserve E-Newsletter
Despite the heat, the work in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve continues (with more breaks and indoor projects). You can read the latest from the Preserve in our July 2025 E-Newsletter: Read about partnerships to survey …
July 28, 2025Public Meeting: Notice of Final Environmental Impact Statement – July 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM for Frautschi Center
Final Environmental Impact Statement Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi Center Project #A-22-007_9950-2218 University of Wisconsin – Madison A public hearing to present the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed UW-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve Frautschi …
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