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Summer + Fish Creek = Incredible Music & Theater
By Visit Fish Creek There are plenty of reasons to head to Fish Creek this summer—plenty of fantastic views (summer sunsets really ARE the best), great food (everything you can possibly think of, and don’t forget those fish boils!), awesome […]
Read MoreEvery Day is Earth Day
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Sturgeon Bay, Every Day is Earth Day is an annual event celebrating the people, organizations, and businesses that uphold our sustainable culture in Door County and beyond. On Sunday, April 21 from 1:00-4:00, […]
Read MoreNature Notes: Documenting the Natural World
By Jackie Rath, Program Coordinator, The Ridges On most weekdays around noon, Ridges staff make their way to the center table in the back offices to eat lunch. While this routine might feel repetitive, the conversations from these gatherings are […]
Read MoreSpring into Sturgeon Bay
By Destination Sturgeon Bay Sturgeon Bay offers a plethora of picturesque walking trails that excite nature enthusiasts and adventure seekers alike. Here are FIVE walking trails to add to your itinerary for your Sturgeon Bay Spring Getaway: Crossroads at Big […]
Read More“Spring Break” in Fish Creek Like a Pro
By Visit Fish Creek Sure, Fish Creek is a popular destination for summer vacation. But have you ever visited in spring? Whether you’re looking for action-packed weekend, a chance to reconnect with nature, or a cozy hideaway for a few […]
Read MoreThe Color Green
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Wearing green, shamrocks, rainbows, and photosynthesis! Green is the color of the environmental movement and will be the theme of Crossroads programs during the week of St. Patrick’s Day. “The Color […]
Read MoreThe Writes of Spring
By Jerod Santek, Write On Door County, Founding & Artistic Director “They were not only talented; they were brave, a trait I admired more than anything but couldn’t seem to possess. The world that raised these women hadn’t allowed them […]
Read MorePeninsula Set Up on Family Plan
By Rita Schlise, from the Green Bay Gazette May 1967 The Door Peninsula was a vacationland hundreds of years ago… when the Indians swam, fished, hunted, and played here. Is it any wonder that the white man moved in? When […]
Read MoreThe Ultimate Summer Day Trip, Fish Creek-Style
Submitted by Visit Fish Creek We just had a string of unseasonably warm days here in Fish Creek. Of course, feeling the sunshine on our faces immediately turned our thoughts towards summer…which naturally led us down the path of planning […]
Read MoreDoor County Aldo Leopold Day
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. In 2004, Gov. Jim Doyle signed legislation designating the first Saturday in March as Aldo Leopold Day in Wisconsin. At Crossroads at Big Creek, our first event was in 2007. This year, we […]
Read More5 Reasons to Love February in Fish Creek
By Visit Fish Creek “Roses are red, violets are blue. We love Fish Creek, and so do you!” Ok, bad poetry attempts aside, it’s impossible to hide our unwavering admiration for this charming fishing village nestled between the bluffs and the bay. […]
Read MoreWildlife Pairing Up for Valentines Day
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. At Crossroads at Big Creek, the creatures seem to sense Valentine’s Day. A few days ago, we noticed a pair of red fox showing great interest in each other. Love […]
Read MoreFrom The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources encourages all ATV/UTV to ride sober, slow down, and to wear a helmet. Here are a few more safety tips to keep in mind when operating your off-highway vehicles during winter: Share this post: Share […]
Read MoreHow We Made “Two Truths and a Lie”
Door County Short Film Fest Features Film with All-Local Cast By Owen Alabado, Director Making “Two Truths and a Lie” was an amazing and challenging experience. I had taken what I learned in the film world for seventeen years and […]
Read MoreHow the Indigenous People Lived
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Ever since we at Crossroads found artifacts revealing that people had lived beside The Cove Estuary more than a thousand years ago, we have endeavored to learn how the Indigenous People […]
Read MoreCrisis at the Ephraim Schoolhouse
January 2024 | Volume 5, Issue 1 By Kathleen Harris In the spring of 1949, Helen Hoeppner Sohns could not have imagined the consequences of her phone call to Warren Davis. Sohns was a long-time teacher at Ephraim School. Davis was a friend […]
Read MoreGreat Beginnings
By Jerod Santek, Founding & Artistic Director, Write On Door County The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. – Anna Quindlen Saved to my desktop is a […]
Read MoreFish Tales Lecture Series
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Eyes will be on the skies this week at Crossroads. Many folks seem to be longing for snow clouds, but next Saturday, it would be splendid if the skies would […]
Read MoreWrite On, Door County: Setting the Course for Our Second Decade
By Al DeGenova, Executive Director, Write On Door County Ten years! Write On is proud to celebrate this significant anniversary, but we are even more excited to look forward to future plans and dreams that can only happen with your support. […]
Read More5 Tips for Planning Your Door County Vacation
Submitted by The Landmark Resort Whether you’re a first-timer or looking for a refresher course in all things Door County, follow these tips to enjoy your trip to the fullest! Do your research. With so much to do and so little […]
Read MoreHexagons: 6-Sided Crystals of Water We Call Snowflakes
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. The topic for the Saturday Science program this week is “Hexagons.” It may seem to folks that we at Crossroads are obsessed with hexagons—the six-sided polygons that show up in […]
Read MoreOscar Wilson and the Giant Candy Cane
By Kathleen Harris, Ephraim Historical Foundation, ephraim.org According to Wilson family lore, one long ago Christmas Oscar Wilson (1871-1948) decided to surprise the village children by hanging a giant candy cane in the Moravian Church. Uncle “Oc,” as he was known, was […]
Read MoreTree Rings
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. This weekend, Crossroads will ring in the New Year! Appropriate to the celebration, our Saturday Science Program will feature “Annual Rings,” and at 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, we host the […]
Read MoreDoor and Kewaunee Counties Lead the Region in 100% Fish Movement
Lindal Fisheries, Dramm Corporation and Dan’s Fish sign pledge to prevent waste and promote the sustainable use of Great Lakes fish Three more local companies—Lindal Fisheries, Dramm Corporation and Dan’s Fish, Inc.—signed on to the “100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge” today, publicly […]
Read MoreThe Longest Night of the Year
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. With the exception of our friends in the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society who think fifteen hours of darkness is a good thing, most of us, regardless of our ancestry or […]
Read MoreProject Feeder Watch
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. We count birds every day at Crossroads. So why is the Annual Christmas Bird Count so important? Why are we making it a special event for adults and families? And […]
Read MoreLandmark Resort: Your Home For The Holidays
It’s not long after Thanksgiving that you start to hear Christmas music on the radio, watch holiday commercials on TV, and see beautiful lights and displays in your neighbor’s yard. It is the most wonderful time of the year, after all! […]
Read MoreWhere Do Baby Evergreens Come From?
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. The Collins Learning Center is decorated for the holidays, and we invite the community to come by each Saturday afternoon between 1:00-4:00 p.m. to see the handiwork of our volunteers […]
Read MoreSharing Traditions
By Jerod Santek, Write On, Door County Founding & Artistic Director “Traditions touch us, they connect us, and they expand us.” – Rita Barreto Craig From somber remembrances of those we have lost to joyous celebrations of life and new beginnings, […]
Read MoreGet Into the Holiday Spirit in Fish Creek
There may be no place like home for the holidays. That said, the second-best place to be this time of year is Fish Creek. This holiday season, we have a host of suggestions as you make your list—and check it […]
Read MoreEphraim’s Orphan Train Daughter
Pictured far left is Margaret Louise Anderson and possibly her daughter, Betty. Matilda “Tillie” Valentine, proprieter of the Anderson Hotel (today’s condominums on Moravia Street), stands right. Tillie and her husband, Adolph Anderson, adopted Louise in 1915. Louise arrived in Green Bay by Orphan […]
Read MoreThanksgiving Luminary Hike, Saturday Science, Door County Movie Day and More at Crossroads
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. As we approach the holidays, we see many images of Dr. Seuss’s antihero, the Grinch. But around Thanksgiving, we at Crossroads think of another Dr. Seuss character who also finally […]
Read MoreDecomposition Week
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. With all of the superstitions and mysteries floating about this time of year, Crossroads decided to demystify the mysterious and celebrate a phenomenon that, through the ages, has been associated […]
Read MoreMike Holmes and the Evolution of Door County
For more than a decade, Mike Holmes has helmed some of Door County’s top dining destinations. Now, as he looks to sell his James Beard-nominated Wickman House, he’s looking forward to what’s next. BY AMY CAVANAUGH (Click for original aritcle) […]
Read MoreCuriosity Unleashed
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. At Crossroads at Big Creek this week, we will present the final Door County programs for the 2023 Wisconsin Science Festival – Curiosity Unleashed. We are all about unleashing curiosity, […]
Read MoreIt’s Time For Fall Color in Fish Creek!
By Visit Fish Creek It’s officially October, which means we’re officially on Fall Color Watch here in Fish Creek! We don’t want you to miss the action, so we took a stroll around town and rounded up our Top 5 […]
Read MoreFall Archaeological Dig
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. The Fall Archaeological Dig at the Crossroads Cove Estuary Preserve is underway, and the general public—adults, families, groups –are invited to observe, or even better, to participate in the Dig on […]
Read MorePlanting Day
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Planting Day at Crossroads is coming up on Thursday, September 21! This seems like a rather odd announcement since, during the past three growing seasons, we have planted about 4,000 […]
Read MoreWhere Waters Meet
By Coggin Heeringa by Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. “Where Waters Meet” is the 2023 educational theme of Crossroads at Big Creek. The phrase describes our preserve, where the waters of the Big Creek Watershed flow into The […]
Read MoreLabor Day Reminiscences
By Coggin Heeringa, Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Labor Day has become the traditional, though often not the meteorological, last day of summer. It became a holiday in 1882 to celebrate the success of the labor movement; over the years […]
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