The Ice Age Trail that runs through Wisconsin, including Door County, received a significant boost after it received National Parks Service designation this week. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and officials from the Ice Age Trail Alliance announced on Thursday that Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail and North Country scenic trails would be granted unit status under the National Parks Service and its scenic trails system> The designation allows the trails to receive additional federal resources. The Ice Age National Scenic Trail is 1,200 miles long, several traversing through Door County towards the Eastern Terminus inside Potawatomi State Park in Sturgeon Bay. Baldwin says she has been fighting for this status for Wisconsin’s scenic trails for nearly a decade and is happy to see the efforts cross the finish line finally.
Executive Director and CEO of the Ice Age Trail Alliance Luke Kloberdanz says this designation will tremendously impact the future trail, especially for Ice Age Trail communities like Sturgeon Bay.
With the addition of the two Wisconsin trails and a third one in New England, there are now 428 National Parks Service units under the National Scenic Trails System.
