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Friends of Interstate Park and Straight Lake Park
Supporting our Local Natural Resources
Our Mission
Friends of Interstate Park is a non-profit organization established to support the park's naturalist program in its efforts to increase public awareness and appreciation of the park's natural and cultural history.
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Dark Water
Foraging through
steep-walled bluffs … deep valleys rising to tree-covered heights … serene
forests, lush meadows, teeming wetlands.
You’ve visited Wisconsin’s
Interstate Park. You’ve enjoyed and appreciated all that Wisconsin’s oldest
state park has to offer.
You’ve hiked its scenic
trails, climbed its massive boulders, peered into a mysterious pothole. You
navigated the wild and scenic St. Croix River by boat or canoe. You’ve explored
its shoreline and camped near its banks.
You’ve known the serenity
thrills, wonder and deep satisfaction that experiencing this unique state park
affords.
Perhaps you’ve also visited
Wisconsin’s newest state park—Straight Lake.
It lies nestled deep in the woods 20 minutes north of Interstate
Park. Some trails lead up hills to
overlook sparkling lakes—others weave through the forest and follow parts of
the Ice Age National Hiking Trail.
Perhaps you’ve watched the
eagles as they soar above the dark waters.
If you’ve been lucky, perhaps you’ve even spotted a rare cerulean
warbler as it catches its next insect meal.
Interstate and Straight
Lake State Parks have so much to offer—here is your chance to give back. We invite you to become a Friend
of Interstate Park and Straight Lake State Park. Join a group of folks who
share your appreciation for these two parks, and who have banded together to
help support the park’s education program in these ways:
·
To
encourage people of all ages and abilities to participate in the education
program.
·
To
increase public awareness, knowledge, appreciation and stewardship of the
park’s unique natural and cultural history, especially the forces and processes
of Ice Age glaciation and how it shaped the land.
·
To
promote participation in nature-based outdoor recreation.
Explore this website and
see how we are accomplishing these goals and find out about the many
opportunities to help.
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