Category: Green Page

The phragmites that grow thick, tall and fast seem poised to take over Door County’s shoreline. The wetland grass is enough to rally residents, naturalists and communities to learn more about the grass and work together to eradicate it – but it doesn’t tell the whole story.

I have been following the development of two turkey vulture chicks in a semi-abandoned barn in Sturgeon Bay. I found the eggs in the beginning of May and checked on their progress weekly.

On Sept. 19, a program sponsored by the Door County League of Women Voters will highlight water quality data collected in recent years in Door and Kewaunee Counties.

The Jacksonport Farmers Market currently celebrates its fifth season of offering locally grown produce and handcrafted items, with nearly 30 vendors participating each week.

Construction and demolition projects don’t just put up and take down buildings. They also create waste.

But the wood, vinyl siding and broken slabs of concrete that used to be generated by local construction and demolition jobs don’t have to go to the landfill.

The Ridges Sanctuary has begun work on a new Family Discovery Trail on the west side of Highway 57 in Baileys Harbor. Working with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, The Ridges is developing the trail as a model for other state natural areas to use in creating similar experiences.

Unleash your whimsical creative side with Kelli’s Art of Yoga workshop on Sept. 14, 10 am – 12 pm, at the YMCA Sturgeon Bay Center. This two-hour workshop is ideal for all yoga students, both experienced practitioners and those who are brand new to yoga and are curious about the benefits of yoga and how art expression can tap into those benefits.

The Climate Change Coalition will meet Sept. 4 at the UU Fellowship in north Ephraim. Members will gather for a potluck business meeting at 5:30 pm.

The Door Property Owners awarded Lakeshores Landscape & Design of Carlsville with the Charlie Jarmon Stewardship Award on Saturday, Aug. 17, for the environmentally sound design work the firm did at the Sister Bay – Liberty Grove Library.

The Door County Environmental Council’s annual free summer program will be held Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 7 pm at Baileys Harbor Town Hall, featuring natural science Professor George Allan Stone, who will talk about climate change, glacial ice loss and how the Great Lakes are affected by these natural and human-caused transitions.

Turn off nighttime lights, or use lower watt bulbs and cover them with a dome so the light is focused on the ground to cut down on light pollution.

On Aug. 24 at 7 pm, a yoga dance party with DJ Heartbeat of San Francisco will be held at The Sanctuary in Sturgeon Bay. Lloyd Barde has an instinctive gift for providing music for creative movement, dance and healing.

Watch Your Outdoor Lighting

Turn off nighttime lights, or use lower watt bulbs and cover them with a dome so the light is focused on the ground to cut down on light pollution.

On Aug. 24 at 7 pm, a yoga dance party with DJ Heartbeat of San Francisco will be held at The Sanctuary in Sturgeon Bay.

Lloyd Barde has an instinctive gift for providing music for creative movement, dance and healing.

The algae that washed up on the shore of Baileys Harbor this summer wasn’t all tossed in a dumpster or left on the beach. Some of it was taken to Ephraim’s Wastewater Treatment Plant as part of a study to see how useful algae might be in the garden.

Those little cherry tomatoes slowly popping up in our Pulse Garden beckon me from my computer screen to the back yard of our office, where I survey the growing green bulbs of tomatoes, tiny cucumbers and little broccoli bushes.

The University of Michigan and Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities teamed up to create this interactive map that shows the impacts climate change is expected to have on Great Lakes counties’ economies, infrastructures and vulnerable populations.

Interested in learning how to help the Pitcher’s thistle? Discover how this federally threatened species is vulnerable to habitat degradation and invasive plants.

Docks continue to tower above the surface of Lake Michigan and Door County communities continue to search for funds to dredge harbors, but the state of Wisconsin wants shoreline residents to know they’re here to listen.

On Aug. 24 at 7 pm, a yoga dance party with DJ Heartbeat of San Francisco will be held at The Sanctuary in Sturgeon Bay. Lloyd Barde has an instinctive gift for providing music for creative movement, dance and healing.