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Blue Hills Segment of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail

NPS / Billy Flynn

 

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3 minutes, 39 seconds

Artist Peggy Stafford has a lifelong connection to the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. As the 2025 Artist in Residence, she returns to the Wisconsin forests and prairies of her childhood. Through vibrant pastel paintings, she captures the beauty of the Trail and reflects on its enduring influence on her family. Her journey shows how public lands like the Ice Age Trail can inspire creativity, invite reflection, and foster a lifelong connection to place.

 

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Chronolog Timelapse Station

 

Screenshot from Chronolog timelapse station in Cross Plains, WI.

 

Chronolog timelapse station in Cross Plains, Wisconsin on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail.

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Help us monitor the Ice Age National Scenic Trail's restoration efforts with Chronolog, a pioneering project that combines science and community action. Visitors can actively contribute to ecological restoration study by capturing and submitting photos. This Chronolog station is located on NPS property in Cross Plains, Wisconsin, where you’ll see a brome field currently undergoing restoration aimed at transforming it back to Oak Savanna.

View photos from the Chronolog station.