Ice Age National Scientific Reserve
- Ice Age National Scientific Reserve
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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External links
* [http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/icag/ Ice Age National Scientific Reserve geology]
* Black, Robert F. [http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/science/2/ Geology of Ice Age National Scientific Reserve of Wisconsin] National Park Service Scientific Monograph No. 2, 1974.
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