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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New Date! Architect for Lakeshore Nature Preserve’s New Frautschi Center to Keynote April 19 Meeting of Preserve Friends
The Friends Annual Meeting was rescheduled due to severe weather and will now take place Tuesday May 19 starting at 6:30 PM at the Unitarian Meeting House, 900 University Bay Drive. Therese Hanson, lead architect …
April 1, 2026Thrive Outside: Connecting Campus Natural Spaces with Student Wellbeing
In recognition of the benefits campus green (and blue) spaces provide, University Health Services has partnered with the Lakeshore Nature Preserve to launch Thrive Outside: Nature Rx. This new feature on the Campus Sustainability Map …
March 30, 2026Read the March 2026 Preserve E-Newsletter
Madison just experienced a historic blizzard this week, and tomorrow is the first day of spring – “typical” Wisconsin March weather, according to Preserve Director Brad Herrick! March is also the typical time we celebrate …
March 19, 2026Remembering Jerry Frautschi
It was with deep sadness that Preserve staff learned of the passing of W. Jerome (Jerry) Frautschi last month. Jerry was more than a supporter of the UW–Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve—he was a visionary whose …
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