Category: Door County News

“New research on plant intelligence may forever change how you think about plants” is the title of a Jan. 2014 news release. Far-fetched? Better not write it off.

The Door County Master Gardeners Association announces its second free public program, which takes place on Jan. 20 at 7 pm in the Collins Learning Center at Crossroads at Big Creek.

This is the first Climate Corner column of 2015. The focus will continue to be on what’s happening, not on whether climate change is real, because there is very little scientific disagreement over the fact that average temperatures are increasing significantly and human activity – primarily emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels – is contributing a lot to this problem.

Did you know that owls don’t build their own nests? Some use the abandoned nests of hawks, ravens and other birds, but cavity nesters like Barn Owls, Screech Owls, Saw-Whets and Barred Owls will readily nest in a box.

Pity the poor blobfish. It gets no respect. These 12-inch fish live at depths of 2,000-4,000 feet off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand. The fish survive at these depths because their body is a gelatinous mass having a density slightly less than water.

In response to a lawsuit brought against the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia has vacated a 2012 decision that delisted wolves as an endangered species.

Each year Door County Master Gardeners offer the public free garden-related educational programs presented at the Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay.

Clouds can be observed from the International Space Station moving across Earth’s surface, as in the accompanying image of New Zealand taken by Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti.