By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. The Fall Archaeological Dig at the Crossroads Cove Estuary Preserve is underway, and the general public—adults, families, groups –are invited to observe, or even better, to participate in the Dig on weekdays from now until Thursday, October 5. Anytime you see activity at The Cove Estuary […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Planting Day at Crossroads is coming up on Thursday, September 21! This seems like a rather odd announcement since, during the past three growing seasons, we have planted about 4,000 trees and shrubs annually as a part of our Restoration Project, and we are planting […]

By Coggin Heeringa by Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. “Where Waters Meet” is the 2023 educational theme of Crossroads at Big Creek. The phrase describes our preserve, where the waters of the Big Creek Watershed flow into The Cove Estuary, which in turn exchanges water with the Bay of Sturgeon Bay. Waters meet. […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Labor Day has become the traditional, though often not the meteorological, last day of summer. It became a holiday in 1882 to celebrate the success of the labor movement; over the years it has become a special day to honor American workers. So at Crossroads at Big […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Cross-pollination is important to many plants, and organizational cross-pollination is important, too. It enables Crossroads to host two special programs this week. Wild Ones of the Door Peninsula, the Door County Master Gardeners Association and Crossroads at Big Creek are co-sponsoring a Monarch Tagging Activity […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. August 19 will be quite a day at Crossroads at Big Creek. In the morning, volunteers will be helping with restoration; in the evening, the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society will hold a Viewing Night at the Astronomy Campus. This weekend we begin offering tours of […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Crossroads is excited to host the Bear Clan Dancers and Singers as the First Friday Event in August. It is an honor to host these Ho Chunk performers who will share their traditions with song and dance. Following the performance, there will be a campfire […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Thanks to the Beekeepers of Door County, we have several demonstration hives at Crossroads. Thanks to our restoration efforts, our preserves also are home to native wild bees – probably more species than we even realize.  We all love honeybees. These very special insects make honey […]