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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (March 28, 2022) – Crossroads at Big Creek recently received an $8,859 grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council. These funds will help Crossroads introduce the community to our Ida Bay Preserve and share the stories of the people who have lived, labored and visited the land we now manage as part of the […]

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (March 23, 2022) – Award-winning naturalist, author and teacher, Charlotte Lukes, will speak on “Door County Wildflowers, Weeds, and Seeds” at the next lecture in the Door County Master Gardeners Association’s Education Series on Tuesday, April 5, at Crossroads at Big Creek beginning at 6:30 pm. Charlotte, a renowned Door County expert, […]

By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Maybe it’s our name – “Crossroads” – but it often seems that apparently disparate programs and projects intersect here. For example, currently, our archaeological research team is waiting for the results of interpretive analyses of artifacts that have been systematically unearthed by students from area schools and interested adult learners […]

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (March 14, 2022) – On Thursday, March 24, Door County Master Gardeners Association (DCMGA) will feature Frank Kutka presenting the fascinating story of Maxidiwiac, or Buffalo Bird Women, a renowned Hidatsa farmer on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota. He will explore her life and work, as well as compare Hidatsa and […]