Ice Age National Scientific Reserve

Ice Age National Scientific Reserve
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The Ice Age National Scientific Reserve is an affiliated area of the National Park System of the United States comprising nine sites in Wisconsin that preserve geological evidence of glaciation. To protect the scientific and scenic value of the landforms, the U.S. Congress authorized the creation of a cooperative reserve in 1964. The scientific reserve was established in 1971 and today encompasses some 32,500 acres (13,200 ha).^[1]^[2] The landforms are the result of the Wisconsin glaciation during the last glacial period, which lasted from about 110,000 to 10,000 years ago.

The nine units of the reserve, mostly Wisconsin state parks or other protected areas, are administered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Several units are not yet developed for visitation, having only minimal trails and no interpretive installations. Planning was underway as of 2012 for the future development and management of the Cross Plains unit.^[3] Several of the sites are joined by the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, but the reserve is a separate entity.^[1] Units of the reserve that charge state park access fees also accept federal passes.^[4]

Units

Site Name	Location	Geologic features	Recreation
Campbellsport Drumlins	Campbellsport	Drumlins	Scenic drive
Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area	New Auburn	Kettle lakes and ponds, stagnant ice terrain, ice-walled lake plains	Interpretive center, camping, and trails
Cross Plains State Park	Cross Plains	Driftless Zone topography, glacial lakes, gorge	Trails
Devil's Lake State Park	Baraboo	Large kettle lake, terminal moraine	Interpretive center, camping, non-motorized boating, trails, swimming, picnicking
Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area	Horicon	Extinct glacial lake, drumlin	Wildlife viewing, trails
Interstate State Park	St. Croix Falls	Dalles of the St. Croix River, glacial potholes	Interpretive center, camping, non-motorized boating, trails, swimming, picnicking, fishing
Kettle Moraine State Forest, Northern Unit	Glenbeulah and Kewaskum	Kettle Moraine, kames, eskers, kettle lakes	Interpretive center, camping, boating, trails, swimming, picnicking
Mill Bluff State Park	Camp Douglas	Former islands and lakebed of Glacial Lake Wisconsin	Camping, trails, swimming, picnicking
Two Creeks Buried Forest State Natural Area	Two Creeks	Exposed stratum with floral remains	Undeveloped

References

1 2 "The National Parks: Index 2009–2011" (PDF). National Park Service. 2009. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
↑ Black, Robert F. (1974). "Geology of Ice Age National Scientific Reserve of Wisconsin". National Park Service Scientific Monograph 2. National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
↑ Schuler, Pam; Dana White-Quam. "General Management Plan for Ice Age Complex at Cross Plains, WI". National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
↑ "Ice Age National Scientific Reserve". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2012-10-31.

External links

Ice Age National Scientific Reserve–Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve geology

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Protected areas of Wisconsin

Federal

National Park Service	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway

National Forests	Chequamegon-Nicolet

National Wildlife Refuges	Driftless Area Fox River Gravel Island Green Bay Horicon Marsh Necedah Trempealeau Upper Mississippi River Whittlesey Creek

National Trails	Ice Age Trail Timms Hill Trail North Country Trail

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Lake Superior

State

State Parks	Amnicon Falls Aztalan Belmont Mound Big Bay Big Foot Beach Blue Mound Brunet Island Buckhorn Capital Springs Copper Culture Copper Falls Council Grounds Devil's Lake Governor Dodge Governor Nelson Governor Thompson Harrington Beach Hartman Creek Heritage Hill High Cliff Interstate Kinnickinnic Kohler-Andrae Lake Kegonsa Lake Wissota Lakeshore Menominee River Merrick Mill Bluff Mirror Lake Natural Bridge Nelson Dewey New Glarus Woods Newport Pattison Peninsula Perrot Potawatomi Rib Mountain Roche-a-Cri Rock Island Rocky Arbor Straight Lake Tower Hill Whitefish Dunes Wildcat Mountain Willow River Wyalusing Yellowstone Lake

State Natural Areas	Abraham's Woods Bayshore Blufflands Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie Black Tern Bog Dells of the Wisconsin River Dorothy Lake Dunnville Barrens Gibraltar Rock Grandma Lake Kangaroo Lake Moquah Barrens Parfrey's Glen Pewits Nest Rush River Delta Spread Eagle Barrens Spruce Lake Bog Twin Lakes Bog Two Creeks Buried Forest Wind Pudding

State Recreation Areas	Browntown-Cadiz Springs Chippewa Moraine Fischer Creek Hoffman Hills Menominee River Richard Bong

State Forests	Black River Brule River Coulee Experimental Flambeau River Governor Knowles Havenwoods Kettle Moraine - Lapham Peak Unit Kettle Moraine - Loew Lake Unit Kettle Moraine - Northern & Southern Units Kettle Moraine - Pike Lake Unit Northern Highland-American Legion Peshtigo River Point Beach

State Wildlife Areas	Buena Vista Marsh Crex Meadows Dewey Marsh Horicon Marsh Mead

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Continental glaciations

General

Landforms

Erosional

Depositional

Glacifluvial	Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur

North American
places

Canadian	Arrowhead Provincial Park, Ontario Big Rock (glacial erratic), Alberta Cypress Hills (Canada), Saskatchewan Eramosa River, Ontario Eskers Provincial Park, British Columbia Foothills Erratics Train, Alberta Lion's Head Provincial Park, Ontario Origin of the Oak Ridges Moraine, Ontario Ovayok Territorial Park, Nunavut

United States	Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area, Wisconsin Coteau des Prairies, South Dakota Devil's Lake State Park, Wisconsin Glacial Lake Wisconsin, Wisconsin Glacial Lakes State Park, Minnesota Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area, Wisconsin Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, Idaho, Oregon & Washington Ice Age National Scientific Reserve, Wisconsin Ice Age Trail, Wisconsin Interstate State Park, Minnesota & Wisconsin Kelleys Island, Ohio Kettle Moraine State Forest, Wisconsin Lake Bonneville, Utah Lake Lahontan, Nevada Lake Missoula, Montana Mill Bluff State Park, Wisconsin Oneida Lake, New York Two Creeks Buried Forest State Natural Area, Wisconsin Withrow Moraine and Jameson Lake Drumlin Field, Washington Yosemite National Park, California

Eurasian and
Antarctic places

Time periods

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