Archive for 'Nature'
Door County Land Trust Ceremony Formally Dedicates 332-acre Preserve in the City of Sturgeon Bay
Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
This past weekend the Door County Land Trust celebrated the dedication of the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve.
In December of 2009, the Door County Land Trust purchased 332 acres in the City of Sturgeon Bay along the shores of Lake Michigan on the south side of the Sturgeon Bay-Lake Michigan Shipping Canal. The preserve [...]
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Newcastle (Poultry) Disease Confirmed in Door County
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
Double-crested cormorants on two islands off the Door County peninsula have tested positive for a virulent form of Newcastle disease, prompting animal health officials to caution poultry farmers to step up their vigilance.
According to State Veterinarian Dr. Robert Ehlenfeldt, there is no human health threat from Newcastle disease, which is caused by a virus that [...]
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This Week at Door County’s Crossroads We Honor Labor and the Land
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Coggin Heeringa.
At Crossroads at Big Creek, we will celebrate both Labor Sunday and the Year of the Escarpment this week.
The first Labor Day was celebrated in 1882 and by 1884 it had become a National Holiday. The 1880s were a tragically violent time in our nation’s history and the Labor Day holiday was probably created [...]
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Wisconsin’s Leading HydroGeologist to Speak at Door County Environmental Council Program, Sept 8
Posted on 27. Aug, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
Dr. Ken Bradbury, with UW’s Geologicial and Natural History Survey since 1982, will speak at the Door County Environmental Council’s (DCEC) September Program on September 8 at 7 pm.
“Underground Water Conditions in Door County” will be the topic discussed by Dr. Bradbury at Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay. There is no [...]
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Door County’s Ridges Sanctuary Volunteers Are the Backbone of Wisconsin’s Oldest Member-Based Nature Preserve
Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
The Ridges Sanctuary, Wisconsin’s oldest member-based nature sanctuary, honored its invaluable volunteers at a reception Sunday, August 15.
The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor has an extraordinary corps of volunteer workers, who in the past year have donated more than 3500 hours, doing everything from trail maintenance to stream monitoring, office work to invasive species control [...]
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This Week at Door County’s Crossroads; Monarch Butterfly Tagging, Raspberry Ice Cream Social
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Coggin Heeringa.
It’s monarch butterfly time at Crossroads at Big Creek.
Monarchs in all stages of development fill our flowery meadows. In the Collins Learning Center, we have been larvae-sitting and are thrilled to report that many of the caterpillars have metamorphosed into crystalides… beautiful jade green studded with gold. We know that the gold comes from a chemical in the milkweed [...]
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When You Have Enemies, You Need a Map! Ridges Sanctuary Teaches GPS Skills to Fight Invasives, Aug 24
Posted on 22. Aug, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.
Marne Kaeske will give a short introduction on using GPS technology to map the locations of invasive species to be added to the Door County mapping project.
Wikipedia explains it clearly: “The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides reliable location and time information in all weather and at all [...]
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Monarch Butterfly Tagging Program Offered Twice at the Ridges Sanctuary, Aug 27-28
Posted on 19. Aug, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
Door County nature enthusiasts have an opportunity to learn more about a most unusual insect.
The monarch butterfly is one of only a few insects that migrate to a warmer climate for the winter. Their unique wing structure and yearly life cycle makes it possible to travel thousands of miles to wintering areas in Mexico and [...]
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This Week at Door County’s Crossroads: The Focus is on Flowers
Posted on 09. Aug, 2010 by Coggin Heeringa.
This week, we are celebrating Door County’s flowers at Crossroads at Big Creek.
Everybody can recognize a flower, but that is not the same as knowing what a flower is. Family programs will focus on flowers and next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, August 16-18. The laboratory in the Collins Learning Center will expand to be [...]
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This Week at Door County’s Crossroads: Meteor Showers and One Hundred Years of Country Music
Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Coggin Heeringa.
On clear nights, streaks of light from the Perseid Meteor Shower are already appearing above Crossroads at Big Creek and lighting the rest of the Northern Hemisphere.
Scientists anticipate that the annual Perseid Meteor shower will peak in the early hours of the morning oo August 12 and 13. All of next week, our summer family [...]
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