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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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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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Celebrate the Year of the Niagara Escarpment at Woodwalk, July 17

Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

Science and Music join forces in Egg Harbor on Saturday, July 17 at 6 pm to celebrate and educate everyone about the Niagara Escarpment.
Dr. Roger Kuhns describes it as, “a 650–mile, curvilinear cliff exposure of up-ended Niagara dolomite that stretches through eastern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.”
Woodwalk Gallery is combining the power of troubadours and [...]

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Take a Hands Off Approach During “No Family Left Inside” Program

Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

“Hands Off! A digital scavenger hunt,” is a program offered on July 23 by The Ridges Sanctuary and the Door County YMCA.
Digital picture-taking has become so popular that most families have retired their old Brownie Hawkeyes and 35 mm cameras. The Ridges is offering a program that combines children’s fascination with digital cameras with their [...]

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Hunt for Skittering Critters During “No Family Left Inside” Program, June 12

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by Karen Newbern.

Door County Ponds and creeks harbor some of the most fascinating creatures – caddisflies that build their own homes out of sand or vegetation, whirligig beetles that spin in mad circles on the surface, and damselfly nymphs that breathe through feathery “tails.”
Parents and children can explore together and discover these amazing creatures during “Skittering Critters,” [...]

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Door County Festival of Nature’s 50 Field Trips, Birdwatching, Hikes and Canoe Trips Opens With “The Niagara Escarpment: Its Natural History and Preservation”

Posted on 21. May, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

“Door County Festival of Nature” celebrates the natural features of the Peninsula.
Door County’s unique natural communities and features – including the Niagara Escarpment, the bedrock foundation of the Peninsula – are the focus of the eighth annual Door County Festival of Nature. The Festival begins with a special keynote presentation, open to the public, [...]

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“No Family Left Inside” Programs Offered by The Ridges Sanctuary and Door County YMCA

Posted on 05. May, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

Why Would You Let A Child Get Muddy, Wet, Scratched, Dirty, and Happy?
Children love anything muddy, wet, moving, or natural. They will spend long happy hours squishing their toes in the mud beside a stream as they watch for little critters and listen to the sounds of nature. Remember turning over a rock and becoming [...]

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“Learn to Think Like a Bluebird” Door County Master Gardeners Association Continuing Education Program, Mar 9

Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

It’s the return of the Bluebird Doctor, Tuesday, March 9 at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay at 7 pm, free!
Dr Kent Hall will present the Door County Master Gardeners spring program dedicated to one of the region’s favorite seasonal residents.  Come learn to “think like a bluebird.”
Dr. Hall is considered one of the [...]

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Happening This Week at Door County’s Crossroads: Kitchen Physics

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Coggin Heeringa.

The Collins Learning Center at Crossroads will be closed on Thanksgiving Day so staff can enjoy their holiday dinner with family.
Ah, Thanksgiving dinner. There’s the turkey, the corn, beans and squash, the yeast rolls slathered with butter and the mashed potatoes with a fist-sized lump of butter melting seductively.
Butter melting… changing state [...]

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Locavores and Sustain Door, Inc. Complete Year Long Door County 100-mile Food Challenge

Posted on 13. Aug, 2009 by Staff Reporter.

In 2007, the New Oxford American Dictionary chose locavore, a person who seeks out locally produced food, as its word of the year.

As spring turned to summer this year, the Door County 100-mile Food Challenge came to an end for several Door County residents. A year ago these locavores entered into an agreement [...]

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