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 […]
Every Day is Earth Day Celebration 2022
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, […]
Ecologist Brad Herrick to Explore Invasive Jumping Worms at Next Lecture in Door County Master Gardeners Education Series
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (April 11, 2022) – Many Door County gardeners have been shocked to discover invasive jumping worms in their lawns, gardens and woodlands. Ecologist Brad Herrick will explore the impact of this new non-native soil invader in the next lecture in the Door County Master Gardeners Education Series on Tuesday, April 26, at Crossroads at […]
EGGStravanza at Crossroads
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 […]
Wildflowers, Weeds and Seeds
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. April Showers bring May “Wildflowers, Weeds and Seeds,” which just happens to be the title of the first April Master Gardeners lecture, which will be presented by Door County naturalist, author, and teacher Charlotte Lukes in-person at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 3, in the […]
Crossroads at Big Creek Receives Grant from Wisconsin Humanities Council
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 […]
Renowned Door County Naturalist, Charlotte Lukes, to Present Lecture in Door County Master Gardeners Education
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, […]
Upcoming Events at Crossroads at Big Creek
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 […]
Frank Kutka Presents “Buffalo Bird Woman’s World” at Door County Master Gardeners Lecture
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 […]
Keeping the Door Dark
By Coggin Heeringa, Program Director/Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek Some nights, the skies above our Astronomy Campus are so dark that our visitors can see the Milky Way. So, we at Crossroads at Big Creek want to keep our beautiful night skies dark. So do the members of the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society. The program […]