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Casting Change in Northern Sky Board: A Legacy of Leadership

March 23, 2023 by Laurel Ciohon

On April 1, our longtime beloved board member Cyndy Stiehl will step down from the board after 26 years of service. We hope you enjoy these thoughts about Cyndy’s incredible legacy. As Cyndy Stiehl prepares for the curtain to close on her long tenure on the Northern Sky Board, Northern Sky Theater knows it has […]

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My Double Life, Memoirs of a Naturalist

March 21, 2023 by Laurel Ciohon

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. To commemorate Women’s History Month, Crossroads at Big Creek’s Book Club has selected the book, “My Double Life, Memoirs of a Naturalist,” by Frances Hamerstrom. Fran Hamerstrom was among the first, possibly THE first woman wildlife field biologist and she was the only female graduate […]

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How Cranes Became a Symbol of Hope and Healing

March 13, 2023 by Laurel Ciohon

Sadako Sasaki was a young girl living in Hiroshima in 1945 when the atomic bomb was dropped there. Sadako was merely one-year-old at that time. Ten years later, in 1955, she was diagnosed with Leukemia caused by the bombing. Agonized at her disease and confinement, the young Sadako remembered the popular myth about the thousand […]

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Daylight Savings Time

March 8, 2023 by Laurel Ciohon

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. This is the week we return to Daylight Saving Time, and “losing an hour” makes us more aware of photoperiod—the hours each day that a plant or animal receives light. But Daylight Time, clocks, and even hours are human inventions. Yet each of the Crossroads’ […]

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Aldo Leopold Day 2023

March 2, 2023 by Laurel Ciohon

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Crossroads at Big Creek will honor the legacy of Aldo Leopold this weekend with two Leopold-themed hikes and a special guest lecture at our monthly Bird Club meeting. Back in 2004, Governor Jim Doyle designated the first Saturday of March as Aldo Leopold Day in […]

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February 2023 News from Crossroads

February 21, 2023 by Laurel Ciohon

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. The big news at Crossroads is that (finally) we are replacing our Pike Passage Bridge. The original structure was removed last Wednesday, and, for the next few weeks, the sounds of heavy machinery will ring through the forest. Bridges are installed during the winter months […]

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Science of Great Lakes Fisheries

February 13, 2023 by Laurel Ciohon

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Crossroads at Big Creek is proud to host the kick-off event for this year’s FIRE & ICE celebration in Sturgeon Bay. A luminary-lit hike, with bonfires and hot chocolate, will take place from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, February 17. On Saturday, in keeping with the […]

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Ski-For-Free and More Fun at Crossroads

January 20, 2023 by Laurel Ciohon

It’s going to be a week of fun and games at Crossroads. If we have adequate snow in which to play, Ski-for-Free will be open on Saturday and Sunday, but whatever the weather, this week our Science Saturday program will provide an assortment of environmental games for families that drop in at the Collins Learning […]

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Door County Cherry Blossoms Bloom Year Round at Plum Bottom

January 17, 2023 by Laurel Ciohon

Blossom Time by Gail Gilson Pierce 13″ x 10″, Cherry Blossoms with Violets by Stacey Small Rupp Framed – 16″ x 20″ – Watercolor, Dangling Blossoms Earrings Sterling Silver ear wire with Sterling Silver and Gold Fill Pendant, Cherry Bowl with Blossoms 7.25″ x 5″, Cherry Blossoms by Kinga Vnuk 16″ x 16″ – Gallery […]

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What Lies Beneath the Ice?

January 6, 2023 by Laurel Ciohon

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. During the New Year’s Eve Hike to Crossroads’ Cove Estuary Preserve, we observed ice starting to form. During the December cold snap, the whole body of water was iced over, but we had some areas of open water during the holiday week. Seeing a skim of […]

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