Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (January 20, 2025) – Learn about the environmentally-friendly projects underway in Door County Parks at the upcoming presentation in the Door County Master Gardener Association /Wild Ones- Door Peninsula Educational Lecture Series, hosted by Crossroads at Big Creek on Tuesday, January 28 at 6:30 PM. Door County Parks Manager Tim Kazmierczak will describe […]
Opportunities, Challenges of Restoring Native Prey Fishes to the Great Lakes
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (January 16, 2025) – This week Crossroads at Big Creek will launch the 2025 Fish Tales Lecture Series on Thursday, January 23 at 7:00 PM with the program “Opportunities and Challenges of Restoring Native Prey Fishes to the Great Lakes.” Then on Tuesday, January 25, at 6:30 PM, the Door County Master Gardener Association […]
Saturday Science Program: “Auroras”
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (January 9, 2025) – In spite of the fact that days are getting (a bit) longer, we at Crossroads at Big Creek know that many people experience falling spirits and even seasonal depression enduring the dark days of winter. For the primitive people of Northern European, limited hours of daylight must have been terrifying…..”all the leaves […]
Upcoming Events at Crossroads
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (December 27, 2024) – This is the week we ring out the old year and ring in the new. We jokingly call this our “Annual Ring.” So, it has become a tradition at Crossroads at Big Creek that on the first Science Saturday of the year, the topic of our family program is “Tree […]
Water: The Science of Snowflakes, Because Ice Floats, and More
By Coggin Heeringa-, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. The Collins Learning Center at Crossroads will be closed December 24th and 25th enabling our staff to spend time with our families. And families will be our focus for the rest of the holiday week. We invite learners of all generations to bond during our science-related […]
Night Tree
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. “Night Tree” is a cherished tradition at Crossroads at Big Creek. “Night Tree” also is a children’s book by Eve Bunting that tells the story of a family driving out “to where the quiet begins” to feed the wild creatures by decorating a tree in the forest. So […]
Bird Census
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Depending how one counts, at least eleven world religions celebrate holidays in December, and although the twelve days of Christmas and the eight day celebration of Hanukkah begin on December 25, we at Crossroads are sharing an amalgam of holiday traditions all month. The Biblical Christmas story […]
Crossroads At Big Creek Seeks GrantFor Acquisition Of Land
Grant Requested For Stewardship Project In City Of Sturgeon Bay Madison, Wis. (November 14, 2024) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that Crossroads at Big Creek has applied for a 50% matching grant from the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program. The grant will assist with purchasing 15 acres of land in the city of Sturgeon […]
Halloween at Crossroads
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (October 18, 2024) – Halloween is coming and we at Crossroads at Big Creek are noticing skeletons everywhere! But we aren’t talking about holiday decorations. This time of year, we start noticing leaf skeletons, tree skeletons, bat skeletons and, thanks to our resident coyotes, random skulls and bones scattered through our preserve. As […]
Wisconsin Science Festival: Pumpkin Carving, Bee Hives, and More
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. The Wisconsin Science Festival begins this week. Crossroads at Big Creek joins with the Door County Library to assemble speakers and events for this two week celebration on the Door Peninsula. This year, the ScienceFest theme is “Agriculture” and many of the programs will be […]
