Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (May 12, 2023) – History will come alive at Crossroads this weekend! Our Spring Archaeological Dig is underway. During the Door County Historical Society’s Opening Day of the Heritage Village on Saturday, May 20, costumed interpreters will be working in the Heritage Garden at Crossroads at Big Creek. And, daily through May […]
Stories of the People of the Cove Estuary
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (May 10, 2023) – For the next two weeks, “Stories of the People of the Cove Estuary” will be the theme for educational outreach programs at Crossroads at Big Creek. We are continuing to sponsor archaeological digs at The Cove Estuary Preserve and invite the community to observe or even participate in the Archaeological Experience between 2:00 and 4:00 on weekdays from May […]
What is a Mushroom?
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Mushroom Day, Bird Club and a Master Gardener Lecture featuring Door County Parks are the public educational programs this week, while out in the preserves, EarthWorks after school group, the Big Plant, Habitat Healers, Bio-Blitz, Wetland Monitoring and Fish Monitoring programs are all underway. At the end of this week, […]
Call the Fish Veterinarian
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Question: What do you do if you catch a fish with a virus? Answer: Call the fish veterinarian. (And, really, you shouldn’t use a virus to catch a fish; you should use a lure.) Actually, that is not a joke and we now all know […]
Earth Day Celebration
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (April 14, 2023) – To those of us involved in environmental stewardship, every day really is Earth Day, but each year around April 22, the date Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson designated as Earth Day back in 1970, many of the conservation organizations of Door County join together for a four-day celebration called Every Day […]
Something Fishy at Crossroads
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Construction on the new bridge at Crossroads at Big Creek is on hold until June. The reason is revealed in the name of the bridge – Pike Passage. Big Creek is up, our floodplains and wetlands are full of water and Northern Pike are making […]
International Dark Sky Week with Fish Migration, Fruit Production, Soil Science, Beekeeping Lectures
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (April 7, 2023) – At Crossroads at Big Creek, we will celebrate the upcoming International Dark Sky Week with lectures about fish migration, fruit production, soil science, and beekeeping. We also will be involved with community science initiatives including inventorying birds and suckers and using acoustic monitoring to document breeding frogs, bats […]
EGG-Stravaganza
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. After extensive review of scientific research, we at Crossroads have determined that it is highly unlikely that rabbits deliver eggs to Crossroads at Big Creek. But other creatures, large and small, do. Consequently, our programs this week will all focus on eggs in one way […]
My Double Life, Memoirs of a Naturalist
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 […]
Daylight Savings Time
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’ […]
