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Mark Walters For Agri-View
Aug 1, 2026
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Jim Mooney is a long-time and very-proud volunteer worker on Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail.

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Patrick Gleissner is the Team Leader on a segment of the Antigo Heights section of the Ice Age Trail in Langlade County, Wisconsin, as it’s completed by about 60 volunteers.

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Building a 52-foot section of boardwalk is a physical and challenging task for Ice Age Trail volunteers.

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The eastern section of the Ige Age Trail begins at Potawatomi State Park near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; the western edge is at Interstate Park on the St Croix River in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, on the Wisconsin-Minnesota border. iceagetrail.org

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Mark Walters lives near Necedah, Wisconsin. An outdoor-adventures writer since 1989, he enjoys hobby farming, adventure and anything outdoors. "If I wasn't earning a living as a writer I would want to be a beef farmer," he says. Email sunsetoutdoors@tds.net to reach him.