Ice Age National Scientific Reserve
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The Ice Age National Scientific Reserve collects nine sites in Wisconsin which preserve geological evidence of glaciation. The sites, mostly preexisting Wisconsin state parks or other protected areas, are administered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Several of the sites are joined by the Ice Age National Scenic Trail but the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve is a separate affiliated area of the National Park Service. The reserve was created in 1971 to protect the scientific and scenic value of the landforms. The landforms are the result of the Wisconsin glaciation which lasted from 70,000 to 10,000 years ago.
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[edit] Sites
[edit] Campbellsport Drumlins
- Geologic features: drumlins
- Recreation: Scenic drive
[edit] Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area
- Geologic features: Kettle lakes and ponds, stagnant ice terrain, ice-walled lake plains
- Recreation: Interpretive center, camping, and trails
- website
[edit] Cross Plains
- Geologic features: Driftless Zone topography
- Recreation: Trails
[edit] Devil's Lake State Park
- Geologic features: Large kettle lake, terminal moraine
- Recreation: Interpretive center, camping, non-motorized boating, trails, swimming, picnicking
- website
[edit] Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area
- Geologic features: Extinct glacial lake, drumlin
- Recreation: Wildlife viewing, trails
- website
[edit] Interstate State Park
- Geologic features: Dalles of the St. Croix River, glacial potholes
- Recreation: Interpretive center, camping, non-motorized boating, trails, swimming, picnicking, fishing
- website
[edit] Kettle Moraine State Forest, Northern Unit
- Geologic features: kames, eskers, kettles, interlobate moraine
- Recreation: Interpretive center, camping, boating, trails, swimming, picnicking
- website
[edit] Mill Bluff State Park
- Geologic features: Former islands & lakebed of Glacial Lake Wisconsin
- Recreation: Camping, trails, swimming, picnicking
- website
[edit] Two Creeks Buried Forest State Natural Area
- Geologic features: Exposed stratum with floral remains
- Recreation: Undeveloped
- website
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Ice Age National Scientific Reserve geology
- Black, Robert F. Geology of Ice Age National Scientific Reserve of Wisconsin National Park Service Scientific Monograph No. 2, 1974.
