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Lakeshore Nature Preserve

The Preserve Library

The Preserve Library is the central repository for documents, news clippings, and academic research findings on the Lakeshore Nature Preserve.

Academic research

Preserve Committee Documents

Student Research

R. Kagle, "An evaluation of the restoration of the east preserve, UW-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve." Master's thesis, 2007

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Preliminary bibliography of materials with the Preserve as a subject

Original 1834 Land Survey

Annual research reports

 

 

Agendas

Minutes

Approved Policies

Other Committee Reports

 

News clippings

General

News clippings index (in progress)

Newsletter reprints, Friends of the Lakeshore Nature preserve

Muir Woods, Ski slide a memory

Development sparks debate, Eagle Heights Woods

Quick facts about the Preserve
(.pdf format)   (html format)  (txt format)

Latest eNewsletter from the Preserve

History of UW buildings near the Preserve

Benchmark documents in the history of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve

Image collections

Maps

View all Photo collections

Videos - the Lakeshore Nature Preserve

Aerial photos, 1927 to 1999

Postcards (in progress)

360-degree panorama photographs

Soils Lab live web-cam of the Preserve

Interactive Map of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve

Aerial photos 1927-1999

 

Special reports

Other Links of Interest

Thomas D. Brock, “Eagle Heights,” Historic Madison: A Journal of the Four Lakes Region 12 (1995), 37-44.

"Preserving Nature's Gift: the Wisconsin Campus of the Future." Read a 1961 article by Prof. James Watrous on the beauty and concerns of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve.

University Bay Project, 1972-1976. Report to the Graduate School and The Class of 1922, University of Wisconsin. Prepared by the University Bay Advisory Committee, and chairman Elisabeth McCoy

2004 UW Stormwater Report (26 Mb file, best downloaded to desktop)

 

 

Historic Madison Inc.

Wisconsin Historical Society

Campus Visitor & Information Programs

 

 

 

 

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04/29/2008