News Releases

A new National Park Service report shows that 247,167 visitors to Apostle Islands in 2023 spent $44.4 million dollars in communities near the park. That spending supported 608 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $55.7 million dollars.

National Park Service Director Chuck Sams today finished a multi-day trip to Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota and Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin where he met with Tribal nations, reviewed large-scale infrastructure repair and improvement projects funded by the landmark Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), and celebrated the NPS birthday with park staff and visitors on August 25.

According to the 2022 National Park Service report on Visitor Spending Effects, 255,000 park visitors spent an estimated $45.2 million in local gateway regions while visiting Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

The National Park Service, in collaboration with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Tribal partners, is planning a 33-acre prescribed fire on Stockton Island (Wiisaakodewan-minis) between September 13 and October 15, if weather conditions permit.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore will be opening the application process for Commercial Use Authorizations (CUAs) for the 2024-25 operating seasons beginning October 2, 2023.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in partnership with Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa are pleased to announce Peyton Martinson as the newly appointed Park Ranger Cultural Educator for Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore seeks feedback on future projects at Meyers Beach and Little Sand Bay.

Bayfield, WI – Join us in congratulating David J. Cooper, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Archeologist and Cultural Resource Manager, in being awarded the John L. Cotter Award for excellence in NPS archeology for Professional Achievement.

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service partnered on a first-of-its-kind, nationwide harmful algal bloom, or HAB, field study that began this summer and will continue over the next two years.

The Sand Island East Bay Dock will be closed beginning August 15, 2021, through the rest of the visitor season to allow for needed repairs.