Archive for 'Conservation'
TONIGHT! Crossroads at Big Creek – Great Lakes Asian Carp Threat
Posted on 19. May, 2010 by Coggin Heeringa.
At Crossroads at Big Creek, we often carp about invasive species. But usually, our concern relates to plants or animals which are already here. Now we turn our attention to a fish which may or may not have already invaded Lake Michigan —Asian Carp. Many folks have seen the video clip of Asian Carp in the [...]
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Door County Land Trust Expands Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve
Posted on 12. May, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
A key land parcel is added to the Door County Land Trust’s Bay Shore Blufflands Nature Preserve. The property is located at the base of the Niagara Escarpment approximately 10 miles north of Sturgeon Bay just inland of the shores of Green Bay. It is surrounded on the north, east and west by lands already [...]
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Real Green Win: Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly Protected Habitat Doubles
Posted on 30. Apr, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
Endangered Dragonfly Now Protected in Missouri and Michigan National Forests; New Habitat Added in Door County and other parts of of Wisconsin. The greenest celebration on Earth Day revolved around the Hine’s emerald dragonfly and the announcement that the critical habitat supporting America’s sole endangered dragonfly species would more than double in size. As a [...]
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Find Out What’s Going on in… The Cove, Next in Door County at Greens N Grains Dinner and a Movie Night, Feb 18
Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by Stephen Kastner.
This film may reverse all of your thinking about standing on the sidelines regarding Japanese Whaling… it’s time to Act! Find The Cove on Facebook and lend a hand. This award-winning, ground-breaking documentary directed by Louie Psihoyos, plays more like an espionage thriller, depicting the annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan. The Cove follows a [...]
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Coyote Redux: Door County View (BLOCKED) from the Road
Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Norbert Blei.
(After & Before) By The Local Correspondent You have to see it to believe it. Which is what this news item from NBCoop today is all about. Many of us (residents and tourists alike) traveling south down Highway 42. see it all too often and are sick of the sight. What’s been pushed, ‘billboard-ed” in [...]
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Door County Land Trust Nears Completion on Purchase of 332-acre Ship Canal Property, Seeking Community Support for Final Funds
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by Staff Reporter.
Learn more about the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Project by downloading the Sturgeon Bay Canal Nature Preserve Information Sheet (1 mb). The Door County Land Trust announced today that it has raised 90% of the dollars needed from private donors to purchase and permanently preserve what is known locally as the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal [...]
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WWA releases A Local Decision Makers’ Guide to Wetland Conservation
Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by Staff Reporter.
The Wisconsin Wetlands Association has released a new publication to improve wetland protection and reduce wetland controversies by providing town, village, city and county land use officials with basic information about how protecting and restoring wetlands contributes to the economic health, public safety, and quality of life in Wisconsin’s communities.. The need for the publication [...]
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