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A Walk with Aldo

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Crossroads at Big Creek has scheduled “A Walk with Aldo” for Saturday, March 5. In 2004, Gov. Jim Doyle signed legislation designating the first Saturday in March as Aldo Leopold Day in Wisconsin. At Crossroads at Big Creek, we started celebrating Aldo Leopold Day in 2007. We have continued the tradition to celebrate the life and legacy of Wisconsin’s premier conservationist, Aldo […]

Door County Master Gardeners Bring Back Popular Gardening Education Series

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Free and Open to the Public Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (February 8, 2022) – Door County Master Gardeners Association (DCMGA) is bringing back its popular gardening education series that has been on hiatus since early 2020 because of the pandemic. The first lecture, “Awesome Annuals with Pollinator Potential”, will be presented via Zoom on February 22 […]

Crossroads Crosses a Fundraising Bridge

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By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek Crossroads at Big Creek is thrilled to announce that, thanks to an outpouring of community support, we have raised the funds needed to replace two of our aging bridges – the North Bridge and Cedar Crossing Bridge. Visitors to Crossroads will soon see signs of work being done as […]

Prying into the Secret Lives of Great Lakes Fishes

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By Coggin Heeringa, Crossroads Program, Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. At Crossroads’ next Fish Tales Lecture, we’ll learn how the latest acoustic telemetry technology enables fisheries professionals to pry into the secret life of fish. Dr. Chuck Krueger, founder and Director Emeritus of the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System (GLATOS), from Michigan State University, will present “Great […]

Snow Activities at Crossroads

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By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. It’s a tad late to dream of a white Christmas, but we at Crossroads are dreaming of a white winter. The snow last week was glorious, and we know that people love to ski, snowshoe and now, kicksled on our trails, but we also know […]

Upcoming Events at Crossroads at Big Creek

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By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. While 2021 was a difficult year in many ways, for space exploration, it was extraordinary. So, this week, Crossroads and the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society will shed light (visible and beyond visible) on some of the many exciting developments of the past year. During Junior […]

Fish Tales Lecture Series Announces 2022 Speaker Lineup

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Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (December 20, 2021) – The 2022 Fish Tales Lecture Series will bring the science of the Great Lakes Fisheries to Door County and beyond. Fish Tales is an educational program of Crossroads at Big Creek Learning Center and Nature Preserve in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. This year’s series will explore the latest invasive carp […]

Crossroads at Big Creek Receives Grant for Archaeological Program

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Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (September 18, 2021) – Crossroads at Big Creek has received a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council for a new Fall Archaeological Dig titled “Sharing the Stories of the People and the Land,” supporting Wisconsin Humanities’ mission to strengthen the roots of community life through educational and cultural programs that inspire civic participation and […]

Wild Ones of the Door Peninsula Offer Two Programs

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Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (September 13, 2021) – Wild Ones of the Door Peninsula is a chapter of a national organization dedicated “Promoting environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration, and establishment of native plant communities. They invite the public to learn about native plants at  two public programs this week. On Saturday, September […]