Category: Green Page

In late April, RestoreDoor EcoLogical Services teamed up with Orrick Enterprises to plant 6,800 trees for the Nature Conservancy. Ten different species of native trees were planted on a 10-acre parcel of land that was recently added to the Mink River Preserve.

A remarkable Hawaiian fish is able to climb waterfalls up to 300 feet high — against the current. Called the Nopili Rock-Climbing Goby (Sicyopterus stimpsoni), the fish (up to seven inches in length), uses its mouth and an ancillary sucker to inch its way upward over rock underlying the falls.

The Climate Change Coalition of Door County will present its second annual Climate Change Forum on May 9, at Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N. First Ave., Sturgeon Bay.

Celebrate sustainability at the 2015 Sustainable Living Fair June 5 & 6 at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. This year’s Friday night kick-off will be all about the Niagara Escarpment by bringing stories, recommendations and insights from the upcoming 2015 Sources of Knowledge Forum, titled “The Great Arc: Life on the (L)edge.

• Volunteers are needed for invasive species control and trail maintenance at The Rushes on Kangaroo Lake May 27-29. Those interested in volunteering can pick one, two or all three days to help.

A state law aimed at preventing the spread of invasive species and reducing their statewide impacts has been updated and following legislative approval went into effect May 1, 2015.

Wisconsin artists will have until July 24 to submit artwork for the 2016 wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamp design contests. Funds derived from the sale of these stamps will contribute to the restoration and management of thousands of acres of important wildlife habitat.

Deep in the brain is a small mass of neurons called the hippocampus. This structure provides us with memory. This year Dr. John O’Keefe and Drs. Edvard and May-Britt Mosser shared a Nobel Prize for showing that some in the brain are arranged in a way that lets the rest of the brain know its position in space.

The Arbor Day Foundation is offering a handy tree-care booklet designed to help people plant and care for trees. Anyone can receive Conservation Trees, a user-friendly booklet featuring illustrations, colorful photos and easily understood descriptions, by making a $3 donation to the foundation.

Volunteers are needed for Tuesday, May 14, to help scout for and hand-pull garlic mustard at The Nature Conservancy’s Mink River Preserve. Meet at the work site, slightly east of 1078 Crescent Lane, Ellison Bay, at 9 am for an approximately three-hour work session.

Strike a kitchen match and let it burn halfway down. The blackened end is what is known as char. Inoculate it with a drop of fish emulsion and you have biochar, a substance that biochar advocate Tony Saladino says “can make a poor man feel rich.

A Google executive with a desire for adventure broke both the sound barrier and the skydiving record in October of 2014. The daredevil wore a special pressurized suit that allowed him to breathe at high altitude and prevent his blood from boiling.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that the organic industry continues to show remarkable growth domestically and globally, with 19,474 certified organic operations in the United States and a total of 27,814 certified organic operations around the world.

This year’s Grosbeaks Galore: Birds on Your Landscape workshop will be held May 9 in Two Rivers, Wis. Attendees will learn how to manage their land for migratory birds and protect key habitat.

The Friends of the Grand Traverse Islands recently announced the creation of a petition to make the Grand Traverse Islands a national lakeshore. The petition calls for Congress and the U.

Chambers Island is considered a peaceful retreat for its visitors, with the lack of commercial energy as part of its charm. Access to public safety and cell phone coverage have become necessities on the island, pushing Cellcom to use mother nature and finely tuned technology to deliver reliable communication year round.

The Climate Change Coalition of Door County will present its second annual Climate Change Forum on May 9, at Stone Harbor Resort, 107 N. First Ave., Sturgeon Bay.

As the world’s climate continues to change, people in northern regions, including Wisconsin, are seeing pronounced changes. Some of the most recognizable shifts are an increase in less stable and more extreme weather conditions.