Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (June 17, 2022) – The inaugural Land Restoration School at Crossroads at Big Creek opened this week. On Saturday, June 18, Crossroads will hold the 13th annual Crossroads Trail Run & Walk with a restoration twist, and even our activities and lectures this week will focus on restoring the land. As many know, […]
Students Participate at Crossroads on Earth Day
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. During the Sunrise Elementary School Earth Day last week, 219 students became “Crossroads Habitat Healers” by pulling buckthorn plants from the conifer forest near the Council Ring. They also participated in stream studies, viewed a program on “Dark Skies” in the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society’s planetarium, created […]
May is Archaeology Month in Wisconsin
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. May is Archaeology Month in Wisconsin and Crossroads is celebrating. Truth is, we usually offer archaeology outreach in May, not due to a state designation, but because we are (reasonably) sure that the soil will have thawed. This year, we have received a generous grant […]
Crossroads Celebrates Door County’s Big Plant, eBird Global Big Day, Total Eclipse
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (May 6, 2022) – This will be a big, big, big weekend at Crossroads. On Saturday morning, March 14, our Habitat Healers will participate in the Climate Change Coalition of Door County’s BIG PLANT. That Saturday also is designated the eBird Global Big Day, an annual event in which community scientists from […]
Crossroads Environmental Restoration Project
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (May 2, 2022) – Finally, it is May, and it seems like this month, folks all over Door County are making an effort to plant trees and to protect pollinators. Those two worthy objectives come together as a part of our Crossroads Environmental Restoration Project.Crossroads is one of the organizations participating in the Door […]
Door Peninsula Astronomical Society’s Viewing Night & Planetarium Grand Re-Opening
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (April 22, 2022) – “Oh, WOW!” It is almost an involuntary response when folks experience a show in the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society’s Planetarium. We also hear the “Oh, wow!” the first time people see the rings of Saturn through a telescope. Or a comet. Or the colorful image of a distant galaxy […]
Second Annual Door County Big Plant
Door County, Wis. (April 18, 2022) – More than 50 schools, churches, municipalities, organizations and private landowners will join forces to plant some 10,000 trees over the next month in the second annual Door County Big Plant, a project of the Climate Change Coalition of Door County (CCC) and part of its 2022 Season of […]
Every Day is Earth Day Celebration 2022
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (April 15, 2022) – Crossroads at Big Creek is proud to be one of the participating organizations in Door County’s Every Day is Earth Day Celebration 2022. While the official Earth Day is April 22, the county-wide celebration starts at Crossroads on Thursday, April 21, with a screening of the film Kiss the Ground, […]
Ecologist Brad Herrick to Explore Invasive Jumping Worms at Next Lecture in Door County Master Gardeners Education Series
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (April 11, 2022) – Many Door County gardeners have been shocked to discover invasive jumping worms in their lawns, gardens and woodlands. Ecologist Brad Herrick will explore the impact of this new non-native soil invader in the next lecture in the Door County Master Gardeners Education Series on Tuesday, April 26, at Crossroads at […]
EGGStravanza at Crossroads
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (April 8, 2022) – At Crossroads at Big Creek this time of year, we think about eggs. We aren’t alone. Eggs are significant in the commemorations of several religious holidays. And for years, it has been a Crossroads tradition to offer programs about eggs. So on Saturday, April 16, we will hold EGGStravanza at 10:00am, our Saturday Science Program […]
