Category: Nature
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Annual Baileys Harbor Brown Trout Tournament
The annual Baileys Harbor Brown Trout Tournament will be held April 25-28, with more than $8,000 in cash and prizes to be won. The first-place winner will take home a $1,500 prize package ($1,000 cash and a Door County vacation package). Participants may fish in Door and Kewaunee county waters, on the bay and lake […]
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Examine the amazing structure and function of a hen’s egg during EGGStravaganza on April 21, 2 pm, at the Collins Learning Center at Crossroads at Big Creek. Watch videos, dissect eggs, break eggs, drop eggs from a window and go outside to experiment with these remarkably strong objects. On April 23, the Door County Master […]
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Celebrate Earth Day on the Peninsula
April 20 • Peninsula State Park will participate in the statewide Work, Play, Earth Day event, 9 am – 12 pm. Volunteers should wear work shoes or boots, long pants and gloves to plant trees, clear brush and pick up litter. Individuals and groups are welcome; children must be accompanied by an adult. Meet at […]
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Youth Turkey Hunt a Gobbling Good Time
Thousands of Wisconsin youths will get a head start on the spring wild-turkey hunting season this weekend. The special weekend for hunters ages 12 to 15 began in 2007, and it’s designed to give youth an opportunity to hunt without competition from adults. Youth must have drawn a spring tag or purchased a leftover permit […]
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New Season Begins Soon at The Clearing
Get creative by learning to draw or paint, use your iPhone to capture and enhance amazing images, explore wood carving or marble paper, or get messy with clay and collages – all through the Clearing Folk School’s diverse one-, two- and three-day Workshop Program classes beginning June 10 and running through November 15. Offerings include courses […]
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which controls access to Plum Island, will open it to visitors between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend. Volunteers with the Friends of Plum & Pilot Islands have been working with the wildlife service to preserve the historic structures on Plum Island and make it accessible to visitors. […]
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Mark Dwyer to Speak about Better Ways to Garden
Mark Dwyer, director of horticulture at Rotary Botanical Gardens in Janesville, will present a free public program on April 23, 7 pm, in the Collins Learning Center of Crossroads at Big Creek. It’s part of the Door County Master Gardeners Association’s lecture series. Dwyer will discuss some common mistakes we make in our landscapes, how […]
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Work, Play, Earth Day at Peninsula State Park
Peninsula State Park will participate in the statewide Work, Play, Earth Day event on April 20, 9 am – 12 pm. The Wisconsin DNR and Friends of Wisconsin State Parks are sponsoring the event. Volunteers — individuals, groups and children accompanied by an adult — are needed to plant trees, clear brush and pick up litter. They […]
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Epigenetics Talk, Gardening Class for Families at Crossroads
Crossroads at Big Creek welcomes a Door County Medical Center program on April 15, 5-6 pm. Dr. Ronald Kodras will present “What Is the Epigenetic Clock and How to Slow It Down,” an explanation of epigenetics and how it affects the aging process. Families are invited to a three-session sustainable-gardening class: an outreach program of […]
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Anglers, DNR Work to Net Best Lake Michigan Fishing Strategy
Planning the next three-year stocking strategy for Lake Michigan salmon and trout is underway. DNR staff are wading through data on alewife abundance, average salmon size, catch statistics and other critical fisheries information, and soon they will be seeking public input. The last plan was developed in 2017 after more than two years of input […]
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Celebrate Spring at Crossroads at Big Creek
Join the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society (DPAS) on April 6, 7 pm, at the Stonecipher Astronomy Center to look for star clusters, the Orion Nebula and galaxies in the constellation of Leo. If it’s cloudy, DPAS members will present an indoor program. On April 8, 6:30 pm, join the Friends of Crossroads as they plan […]
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Algoma Bird City Celebration April 6
The annual Algoma Bird City Celebration will offer plenty for bird lovers to like. Stop by the Algoma Youth Club, 620 Lake St., on April 6, 9 am – 2 pm, to participate in activities for kids and adults, including seminars, vendor booths, informational displays, a children’s area, authors, a photo contest, food and more. Enjoy […]
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Bay Ice Not Leaving Anytime Soon
With continued cold nights in the 10-day forecast, Green Bay’s ice isn’t going anywhere soon. In fact, unless things heat up significantly in the coming weeks, boaters on the bay side may still be dodging ice floes during the 31st Baileys Harbor Brown Trout Tournament April 25-28. A lot can happen between now and then, […]
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Festival of Nature Coming Up at The Ridges
The Ridges Sanctuary will again offer three days’ worth of programs and field trips – all focusing on different aspects of the Door County environment, and including many new offerings – during its annual Festival of Nature May 23-26. Festival-packet pickup and walk-in registration will be held May 23, 4-7 pm, at the Cook-Albert Fuller Center in […]
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For the fourth consecutive year, the Climate Change Coalition of Door County, the Forest Recovery Project and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will join with area high school students to celebrate Earth Day by planting trees between April 22 and May 4. TNC will supply the trees and two planting sites: Gibraltar and Sturgeon Bay students […]
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Crossroads at Big Creek will screen Door County History – stories of the peninsula’s native people and European settlers – on March 29, 2 pm, as its Friday Film. Take a chance on seeing pike on March 30 during the annual Pike Hike at 10 am. Chances are slim, but hikes during the past three years have […]
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Deer Councils’ First Shots at 2019 Hunt Plans
Whitetails caught a break in the past week after a timely meltdown that exposed farm and country fields, allowing easier access to woodland browse. Longtime deer hunter Dick Baudhuin said there’s still a problem, though: too many whitetails for too many years have nearly eaten themselves out of house and home. “We didn’t see many […]
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Honey Presentation at Beekeepers’ Club Meeting
The Door County Beekeepers Club (DCBC) will meet March 26, 6:30 pm, at the Peninsular Agricultural Research Station, 4312 Hwy 42, north of Sturgeon Bay. Kent Pegorsch, president of the Wisconsin Honey Producers Association (WHPA), will present a program about honey flavors and color from different nectar sources, offer honey samples from around the world […]
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Charlotte Lukes to Discuss Eastern Bluebirds
Charlotte Lukes will present a program on bluebirds on March 23, 9:30 am, at Newport State Park’s visitors’ center. She will share the success story of the eastern bluebird in Wisconsin, explain all aspects of bluebird monitoring and discuss the Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin and how you can get involved. Lukes will share photos […]
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Family Programs and More at Crossroads
As it continues to celebrate water, Crossroads at Big Creek has launched a lecture series called Fish Tales. The first program was held March 21. Programming on March 22, 2 pm, in the Collins Learning Center is a screening of 3D Sun: a half-hour documentary that was created with images from the twin research satellites […]