Category: Door County News
Door County news from the pages of the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living, the peninsula’s trusted, local sources for information about Door County, Wisconsin.
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Spring Tree Beautification Program Sales Event
The Jacksonports Women’s Club will continue their Tree Beautification Program again in 2015. The successful first year blooms of the trees planted from the past two years sales have already captured the attention of residents and visitors along scenic byways, back roads and small lakes with their beautiful late May blooms.
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Arbor Day Party and Call for Volunteers
Spring tree planting is just around the corner and The Forest Recovery Project is again calling all donors and tree planters. Last spring, intrepid Forest Recovery Project volunteers planted 600 tree seedlings on public lands.
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Peninsula State Park “Green” Campfire
Visitors to Peninsula State Park can drop by the nature center on Saturday, March 14, for a “Green” Campfire Cook-out in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Participants can learn how to prepare and cook green pancakes in pudgy pie irons and sample “beach slime” dip from 11 am to 12:30 pm.
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Do you grow vegetables or create products right here in Door County with local resources? Then you should be in our 2015 Local Producers guide, part of our annual Sustainability Issue.
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Woodrow Engineering Enters New Era
Like his father before him, Michael Ball, Jr., grew up with the family business, Woodrow Engineering Co. of Sister Bay. As a college student in 1971, Mike, Sr.
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“Friends of the Farm Bureau” Recognized
The state’s largest farm organization has recognized four federal lawmakers from Wisconsin as “Friends of the Farm Bureau,” based on their advocacy for agriculture during the previous congressional session.
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Specialty Crop Industry Receives Research Funds
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the availability of more than $66.5 million in funding for research and extension activities to address the needs of America’s specialty crop industry and solve critical organic agricultural production issues.
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A lecture about “Turning a Profit on Small Farms” will be offered at the Algoma Farm Market Kitchen on March 21 from 2 – 5 pm. The workshop is presented by the Rural Enterprise Network and will feature four sessions all focused on helping the smaller farmers and growers find new revenue tracks to help them make a profit.
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Certified Tourism Ambassador Nominations
The Door County Visitor Bureau (DCVB) is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Door County Certified Tourism Ambassador (CTA) of the Year award, through April 6.
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USDA Urges Farmers to Purchase Coverage
State Executive Director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA), Brad Pfaff, urges producers who want to purchase coverage through the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) to do so before the sales closing date of March 16, 2015, for spring planted crops.
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C&S Manufacturing Receives Efficiency Incentive
C&S Manufacturing recently received a $7,051 Efficiency Improvement Incentive from Sturgeon Bay Utilities (SBU) for installation of a new air compressor and no air-loss drains.
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Thank CWAC for Manure Spraying Ban
Last fall town boards in the county began considering an ordinance to ban the use of center-pivot irrigation systems for the spraying of liquid manure on farm lands, largely due to health concerns about drift from the spraying and acknowledged pathogens in manure that are harmful to human health.
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Governor Scott Walker
A new survey of conservative activists shows many in the movement see Walker as the strongest Republican to take on Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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Great Interest in Yacht Building
So many people showed up to hear Paul Gray, program director and operations manager of Palmer Johnson International, speak at the Door County Maritime Museum on March 5 that the main room was filled with people so that an overflow crowd had to watch a video feed of Gray’s presentation in a second room.
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City of Sturgeon Bay: The Plan Commission will hold a public hearing in the council chambers at 7 pm on March 18 regarding a petition from Ministry Door County Medical Center for approval of a conditional use permit for the construction of an additional clinic, office and reception space to the existing medical center.
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WHAT HAPPENED
• The Washington Island Trueblood Performing Arts Center (TPAC) and the Washington Island Foundation/Mosling Recreation Center (The Rec) are thrilled to announce the receipt of a major challenge grant from anonymous donors.
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Anderson Highlights Winter Shipping Woes
The recent troubled voyage of the storied iron ore carrier Arthur M. Anderson underlines an issue the Lake Carriers’ Association brought to light in January when it called on Congress to build a companion to the U.
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Sustainable Living Fair Celebrates Niagara Escarpment
Mark your calendars for the 2015 Sustainable Living Fair June 5-6 at Crossroads at Big Creek. Eric Fowle, director of the East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission and co-founder of the Niagara Escarpment Resource Network, will be the featured speaker at Friday night’s kick-off event, from 6:30-9 pm.
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Simple Steps to Seed-Starting Success
Get a jump on the growing season by starting your favorite or hard to find plants indoors from seeds. Starting hard to find plants, like many of the heirloom or newly introduced varieties, from seed may be the only way you will be able to add these to your garden.
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Largest Recreational and Forest Land Acquisition in State History Approved
The second phase of an easement that permanently secures public recreation on 65,867 forest acres in Douglas, Bayfield, Burnett and Washburn counties was approved by the State Natural Resources Board at its February meeting in Madison.