Tours planned for campus natural areas

Tours of the cultural history and natural features of the campus natural areas are planned Saturday mornings in May, June, and July.

Here are the events, times and meeting places scheduled so far:

• Saturday, May 13: Professor David Mickelson will present “UW-Madison`s Glacial Heritage.” 10 a.m., Observatory Hill.
• Saturday, June 17: Graduate student Jon West will lead a walk and discuss watershed limnology. 10 a.m., Limnology Garden, east end of the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path.
• Saturday, July 8: Ann Waidelich of Historic Madison, Inc., will lead a walk from Observatory Hill to Willow Creek discussing the history of the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association on the UW–Madison campus. 10 a.m., Observatory Hill.

Additional tours are planned in August, September, and October.

The campus natural areas are managed by the Physical Plant Department and the Arboretum.

For more information, visit: http://www.ies.wisc.edu/cna/ or contact: Cathie Bruner, campus natural areas field manager, 265-9275; catherine.bruner@ccmail.adp.wisc.edu.