Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Gaylord Nelson

While we can't all visit the Apostle Islands right now, that doesn't mean you should miss out on the nature and special places right around you. Go on a scavenger hunt! Look out your window or go out into your yard and explore the world near you.

Meet the recipients of the 2015 Freeman Tilden Awards, the highest National Park Service honor for interpretation, and learn more about their exciting programs.

Hopa Mountain, in partnership with the National Park Service, is pleased to announce the 2019 awardees of the Connecting with our Homelands travel grants. Twenty-one Indigenous organizations, schools, and nonprofits have been awarded travel funds for trips to national park units across 12 states/territories within the United States.

The Freeman Tilden Awards for Excellence in Interpretation and Education recognize an individual and a team for excellence, achievement, and innovation in the profession of interpretation, education and visitor engagement. Congratulations to the national 2020 Freeman Tilden Award recipients, Justin Olson of Apostles Island National Lake Shore, and Anne Monk and Sabrina Oliveros of San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park.

This week, you can help us finish a story about getting ready to go kayaking on the Big Lake. That’s right! You, a kayak, and Gichigami. You need to plan if you going to achieve great things safely.

Production of DDT and PCBs was banned in the United States in the 1970s, but they continue to be found in the blood and feathers of bald eagles. What does our monitoring of eagles in three Great Lakes Network parks tell us about these "legacy contaminants"?

Raspberry Light is one of nine island lighthouses within Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. While these islands are challenging to reach, you can take a virtual tour of the Raspberry Island Lighthouse in 1920 with keeper Lee Benton and experience the joys and challenges of living on an island in Lake Superior. Keeper Benton tells stories about the community of keepers and their families who lived on these remote islands ensuring the safety of passing ships.

American martens are a small rare species of weasel that live in mature forest stands in the upper Midwest. These animals are state endangered, with animals only existing in small populations on the northern limits of their previous range. American martens are often confused with Fishers, but can be identified by their smaller size and proportionally larger ears.