Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (August 16, 2022) – This week, Crossroads hosts the “Community Honey Harvest,” which, without a doubt, is the sweetest event of the year. On Saturday, August 22, from 9:00-11:00 a.m., the Door County Beekeepers Club will share the fascinating world of honeybees through hands-on interactive activities and demonstrations for all ages, expanding people’s […]
Summer Explorers — Crickets & Other Invertebrates
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. This time of year at Crossroads at Big Creek, any time of day, but especially in the evening, the cricket chorus can be quite musical. And folks who participate in upcoming Evenings at Crossroads Programs will certainly enjoy their concerts. Crickets don’t make their music to entertain […]
Upcoming Events at Crossroads at Big Creek
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (July 21, 2022) – On Friday, July 22, at 6 pm, the Climate Change Coalition will bring Dr. Joel Charles, chair of the Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action, to Crossroads to present a program on the health impacts climate change and fossil fuel use are having on people. Also on Friday […]
Oak Gall Reminds Us of Inspiring Words Which Changed History
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. On July 3 back in 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival.” Adams was explaining that a resolution for independence had been approved by the Continental Congress […]
Crossroads 13th Annual Trail Run & Walk
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 […]
