By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek Monarch Tagging, a Crossroads’ tradition, is scheduled for Saturday, September 4, at 1:00 p.m. thanks to collaboration between Crossroads at Big Creek and Wild Ones of the Door Peninsula. This free program is open to and will interest learners of all ages. Naturalist Karen Newbern will present […]
Door Peninsula Astronomical Society Update
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek Things are “looking up” for the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society, which has scheduled a Viewing Night on Saturday, August 7, at dusk (about 8:30 pm), an in-person meeting on Tuesday, August 10, at 7:00 pm at the Stonecipher Astronomy Center, and a Meteor Viewing Night for […]
Experimental Archaeology at Crossroads at Big Creek
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek Crossroads at Big Creek, in collaboration with the Door County Historical Society, will add Experimental Archaeology to the Spring Archaeology Experience this year. On the afternoons of Friday, May 21, Monday, May 24 and Tuesday, May 25, we will offering historical demonstrations and be conducting tours […]
Crossroads Activities Report for May…It’s BIG
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek Saturday, May 8 promises to be a big day at Crossroads. In the morning, Crossroads Habitat Healers will participate in the Climate Change Coalition of Door County’s BIG PLANT. In the evening, the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society will hold a BIG SCOPE VIEWING NIGHT to introduce […]
Astronomy Happenings at Crossroads
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek Crossroads at Big Creek invites the community, and especially families, to participate in a candlelight hike we are calling “Walk When the Moon is Full.” This luminary-lit hike will take place from 7:30-9:00 p.m., Sunday, March 28, when the moon is full. If the weather does […]
Wisconsin Water Week 2021
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek This is Wisconsin Water Week 2021. Crossroads at Big Creek is one of the Wisconsin Water Week Conference sponsors because we have an institutional obsession with water. Besides, sponsorship enables Crossroads staff to view a wide array of virtual lectures, important because we are eager to […]
2021’s Aldo Leopold Day is March 6
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek 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 and we have continued the tradition every year since. Our tradition, modified of course, […]
Candlelight Ski and Snowshoe at Crossroads
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (February 8, 2021) – A Candlelight Ski and Snowshoe at Crossroads will be the kickoff activity for Destination Sturgeon Bay’s FIRE AND ICE Weekend. The event will take place (conditions permitting) on Friday February 12, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM starting at the Main Campus, 2041 Michigan Street. Crossroads trails will be […]
Fish Tales Lecture Series Announces 2021 Speaker Lineup
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (February 5, 2021) – The science of Great Lakes fisheries will once again be presented by the Fish Tales Lecture Series. Fish Tales is an educational program of Crossroads at Big Creek Learning Center and Nature Preserve in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Topics addressed in Fish Tales 2021 include the science of catching and […]
The Dreaded Glossy Buckthorn
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek At this time most winters, Crossroads at Big Creek is cloaked with mounds of snow. This year, we still have numerous mounds, but they are not snow. They are the trunks and branches of Rhamnus frangula, the dreaded glossy buckthorn, an invasive species. The lag in winter snow, […]
