Category: Green Page
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Power Plant Demolition Needs Permit Due To Falcons
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue a permit for the incidental taking of a rare bird, which may result from demolition of the Kewaunee Power Station. The presence of the state endangered peregrine falcon is confirmed in the vicinity of the project site. DNR staff determined that the work may result in […]
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Peninsula Pride Meets For Watershed Conservation
Peninsula Pride Farms – a farmer-led watershed conservation group in Kewaunee and Southern Door counties – will review the group’s progress from the past year and explore strategies for further conservation efforts during its annual conference, 9 am – 2:45 pm Feb. 13 at Kewaunee County Fairgrounds Expo Hall, 625 Third St., Luxemburg. To register, […]
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Grants Go To Beach Study, Climate/ Ice-Safety Research
Three research projects involving Door County locations received University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program grants. –A $252,000 grant went to a regional project by UW-Milwaukee’s Sandra McLellan, “Development of a Risk-Based Framework for Beach Closing Decisions,” which will include one Door County beach. –The Wisconsin Historical Society received a $109,000 grant to research a […]
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Learn More About Lake Sturgeon, Our Missing Namesake Feb. 8, Speaker Will Discuss Dams’ Effects
by COGGIN HEERINGA Interpretive Naturalist, Crossroads at Big Creek, Inc. Sturgeon will be the topic at Crossroads’ Fish Tales Lecture Series 7-9 pm Thursday, Feb. 8, when Dr. Patrick Forsythe presents, “Elevating Optimism of the Menominee River Through Successful Up and Downstream Passage of Lake Sturgeon.” Because Crossroads is located in the City of Sturgeon […]
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Master Gardener Event: Learn To ‘intervene’ To Make Color Pop
Horticulturalist, landscape consultant and former botanical garden leader Mark Dwyer will kick off the Door County Master Gardeners Educational Lecture series with “Deadheading to Division” – a talk on manipulative techniques to enhance the appeal and impact of perennials in landscape design. Admission is free to his talk at 6:30 pm Tuesday, Jan. 23 at […]
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Fish Tales Presents “A Quest for Nests”
Dr. Dan Isermann, Unit Leader of the U. S. Geological Survey’s Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, will kick off the Fish Tales lecture series with his presentation “A Quest for Nests II: Revisiting Nest Fishing and Smallmouth Bass Recruitment along the Door Peninsula,” Jan. 18, at Crossroads at Big […]
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Proper Disposal of Christmas Greens
Wild Ones Invasives can be spread through out-of-county decorations Misfortune will befall those who keep holiday decorations up beyond the Twelfth Night – or so goes the superstition from England. Depending on how one counts, this would be Jan. 5 or 6, and though the people of Great Britain, Canada and many parts of the […]
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Land Trust Finishes 2023 With Last-Day Deal
Door County Land Trust wrapped up a busy 2023 by completing one additional land-protection deal on the last business day of 2023. DCLT on Dec. 29 completed negotiations to create a conservation easement to protect 689 feet of shoreline and rocky Niagara Escarpment bluff. DCLT did not release full details on short notice, but noted […]
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The Clearing and CCC Host Climate Action Workshops
The Climate Change Coalition of Door County will welcome input while planning activities to improve the environment during Climate Action Workshops 9 am-noon Thursdays, Jan. 4 and 11 at The Clearing’s Jens Jensen Center at Ellison Bay. With Deneen Wiske, Roy Thilly and Jeff Lutsey on hand, the CCC will take suggestions and examine the […]
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DNR Study On Phosphorus Levels Approved By EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency recently approved the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Northeast Lakeshore Total Maximum Daily Loads for Total Phosphorus and Total Suspended Solids study. The DNR developed the study to reduce the amount of nutrients entering waters within the Lake Michigan watershed from just south of Sturgeon Bay to Port […]
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PFAS Well Sampling Results Available
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced the results of a study conducted to understand the extent of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in shallow groundwater throughout Wisconsin. PFAS are a group of human-made chemicals used for decades in numerous products, including non-stick cookware, fast food wrappers, stain-resistant sprays and certain types of […]