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  • Egg Harbor Expands Composting Effort Beyond Its Borders

    $84,000 USDA grant will go to equipment, education The Village of Egg Harbor will give northern Door County composting a boost and reduce landfill waste this spring. The village, a Green Tier Legacy Community since 2017, received an $84,245 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to use toward a $112,300 two-year effort that reaches […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Land Trust Accelerates Protection Efforts

    DCLT competes with developers to protect natural resources As Emily Wood steered her SUV into Bear Creek to ford the stream in December, backseat passenger Carrie Ehrfurth received a text, exclaimed “We closed!” and rang a cowbell she had in her backpack. Wood, the Door County Land Trust Executive Director, was driving this reporter, Project […]

  • Why These Land Sales Moved at a Snail’s Pace

    Completed and accepted conservation plan paves way for lot sales, with a conservation easement designed to protect snails Completion of a habitat-protection plan for rare snails made it possible for Alpine Resort ownership to sell blufftop lots that possess million-dollar views. Following the fall 2023 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) approval of a 40-page […]

  • 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 […]

  • Treatments May Save Special Ash Trees

    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages property owners to watch for D-shaped exit holes and woodpecker damage and flecking (bark removal) on their ash trees this winter.  Property owners who detect an Emerald Ash Borer infestation in its early stages – often by looking for woodpecker damage – can take steps to protect […]

  • DCLT Reveals More On Shoreline Easement

    Door County Land Trust released more details last week on a 589-foot stretch of shoreline, bluff, woods and escarpment to which it will have perpetual protection rights. As 2023 came to an end, Michael Schmitz of Ellison Bay granted the easement to four acres next to his home at the end of Porcupine Bay Road. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Countywide Climate Action Planning Starts at Home

    Two weeks of planning for a Door County climate-action plan started with three hours of brainstorming plus a list of simple actions anyone can take. Climate Change Coalition (CCC) members Deneen Wiske, Roy Thilly, executive director Jeff Lutsey and 30 workshop attendees this month determined what to do next to have the biggest countywide and […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • The Year In Green 2023

    Thousands of trees were planted, more lands were protected, the future of local conservation organizations was plotted and celebrated and light was shed on the numerous environmental issues important to Door County. Meanwhile, a film that chronicles the history of Door County conservation was released in time for Earth Day 2023. Pulse Celebrates Conservation Volunteers […]

  • Land Trust Protects Four More Sites To Wrap Up 2023

    Door County Land Trust (DCLT) wrapped up 2023 in a big way, announcing the future opening of its 15th nature preserve for the public in mid-December and then the completion of three additional land conservation projects just before Christmas. One week after announcing the future development of the 75-acre Bear Creek nature preserve in the […]

  • Salamander Study Receives Award

    The Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program received an award for the Ephemeral Pond Salamander Research Project that included work at two Door County Land Trust (DCLT) preserves and was conducted by Greg Burns, a Wisconsin Master Naturalist. The program’s work was recognized by the Alliance of Natural Resource Outreach and Service Programs as the 2023 Outstanding […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]