4th of July Tips from the Wisconsin Humane Society With Independence Day firework shows firing off this weekend, the Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) has tips to make sure your pets have a stress-free holiday. First, WHS does not recommend taking your pet to a fireworks show. Even if they handle crowds well, the loud booms, […]

“Birds” is this week’s Summer at Crossroads theme, and this time of year our skies, forests, and shorelines are alive with activity as resident and migratory birds feed, nest, and raise their young. Door County sits along a major migratory flyway, making early summer an especially rich time to observe species that rely on a remarkable […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads at Big Creek Crossroads at Big Creek kicks off the summer season with the theme “Take a Hike.” Visitors are always welcome to explore our trails, and this week they can also enjoy the children’s book Take a Hike, by Alison Farrell, featured on our Storybook Walk which starts at the West Trailhead.   […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads at Big Creek This week at Crossroads at Big Creek, we focus our binoculars—and our programming—on birds. Birdwatching has become far more than a pleasant hobby. Birds are often described as “biological barometers,” or indicator species, of environmental health. Because of our commitment to habitat restoration, we view them as a […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads at Big Creek Spring has come…finally. And at Crossroads at Big Creek, we’re ready. We’ll be celebrating May Day during our Science Saturday program—and really, all week long. Traditionally, May Day in many European countries meant welcoming spring with music, dancing, and maypoles. A celebration of renewal. That part still fits. But […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads at Big Creek We are well into meteorological spring, and this week we celebrate the Vernal Equinox—the astronomical first day of spring. While spring green-up and wildflowers are still weeks away, at Crossroads we will spend the week exploring one of the most important processes of the spring season: the activity […]

Bu Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads at Big Creek Crossroads at Big Creek is honored to host Lee Kernen for a very special Fish Tales Lecture titled, “How Did Pacific Salmon Find Their Way to Door County?” on Thursday, February 26 at 7:00 p.m. Mention his name anywhere in the fishing community—from government fisheries biologists to commercial […]

By Coggin Heeringa Walleyes are the topic for Crossroads at Big Creek’s next Fish Tales Lecture, scheduled for Thursday, February 12 at 7:00 pm. Dr. Jason Breeggemann, Senior Fisheries Biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, will present “Management of the Green Bay Walleye Fishery.” Crossroads displays two mounted walleyes in the Great Lakes […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads at Big Creek This week, we will celebrate Groundhog Day at Crossroads as part of our Science Saturday program. But why do we celebrate a rodent and its shadow on February 2. “Groundhog Day,” observed on February 2, is a secular holiday that has become synonymous with tedious repetition, thanks in […]