About the Society
In 1988, a few enterprising and enthusiastic residents in the Bayfield Peninsula of northern Wisconsin formed the Inland Sea Society. The Society was created in conjunction with organizing the 1st Annual Inland Sea Symposium. The Symposium was created to promote environmental stewardship through education and recreation. | Trek and Trail, a local outfitting company and the Outdoor Education Program at Northland College, supported the Society's first few years of work. Today, the Inland Sea Society is a self-sustaining organization that works on projects promoting environmental stewardship through education and recreation, sustainable communities, and watershed-based organizing.
| In 1988, the Society conceived the idea of a 3,000-mile Lake Superior Water Trail. A Minnesota group worked with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to establish a section of trail along the Minnesota North Shore; and a Michigan group established another section through the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The Inland Sea Society is currently working with several agencies, organizations, and individuals to establish the trail along the Wisconsin shoreline of Lake Superior. The Society has published an excellent water-trail map and is available through the ISS office. (see contact page)
The Society has always been an active advocate in Lake Superior environmental and cultural issues. It is a member of the Lake Superior Alliance (a network of grassroots environmental groups around the Lake) and is involved with the Alliance for Sustainability and the Heritage Highways Program of the Northern Wisconsin History Center. | | Demonstrating respect for the Lake Superior Basin by promoting: |
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