Category: Nature
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Skiing, Water and Parks Vision at Crossroads
Enjoy the Ski for Free program at Crossroads on Feb. 16, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm; and Feb. 17, 1-3:30 pm. The program lends, free of charge, an array of ski and snowshoe equipment for kids and adults. When trail conditions permit, visit the volunteers in the Crossroads Maintenance Building, who will fit you with equipment […]
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Love Is in the Air Outdoors, Too
It’s Valentine’s Day weekend, and love is in the air. But in the vast fields and forests of the Kewaunee/Door County peninsula, there’s no need for roses or chocolates. It’s mating season for coyotes, red and gray foxes, wolves, cottontail rabbits, snowshoe hares and raccoons. Coyotes, especially, have been on the move. Increased sightings of […]
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Celebrating Winter Week on Washington Island
Celebrating Winter and Fish Derby, held Feb. 9-17, is a weeklong celebration of ice and snow with food, fun, adventure and entertainment on Washington Island. Sponsored by the Washington Island Chamber of Commerce, the event calendar is anchored in several main events. Anglers who dare to venture onto the ice to get “the big one” […]
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Newport Candlelight Ski/Hike/Snowshoe
The tradition continues: Newport State Park will hold its 29th annual Candlelight Ski/Hike/Snowshoe event on Feb. 9, 5:30-8:30 pm, when a portion of a trail will come alive by candlelight to lead skiers, hikers and snowshoers into a winter wonderland. Park staff and Newport Wilderness Society volunteers will place more than 300 candles to guide […]
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Winter Open Day at Bird Sanctuary
Open Door Bird Sanctuary held its first Winter Open Day on Feb. 2, when visitors could hike and snowshoe on the sanctuary’s trails and meet some of the resident birds. Photos by Len Villano.
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Ski for Free and More at Crossroads
On Feb. 8, 2 pm, a screening of the documentary All Washed Up in the Collins Learning Center of Crossroads at Big Creek will examine how a couple of small, invasive mussels exacerbated our cladophora problem. Ski for Free will be offered Feb. 9 and 10, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm. The program lends, free […]
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Backyard Birding Can Open Door to Wild Conversations
One thing I’ve learned through the years is to not judge a book by its cover. Take hunters and wildlife watchers, for example. Nationwide, statewide and locally, nonhunters far outnumber hunters, but credible national surveys find the vast majority of nonhunters are supportive of regulated hunting. Fewer than one in five nonhunters, in fact, actually […]
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Roger Kuhns and ‘Words on Water’ at DCA
Door Community Auditorium (DCA) is hosting Winter Water Fest through Feb. 2, a weekend of activities inspired by this year’s Celebrate Water Door County initiative. Roger Kuhns will deliver this week’s Door County Talks presentation on Feb. 2, 10 am, in DCA’s Fireside Lobby. He will discuss water, the risks it faces and ways to […]
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Ski for Free, Viewing Night, Cranberry Lecture at Crossroads
Finally it looks and feels like winter at Crossroads at Big Creek. On Feb. 2, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm, and Sunday, Feb. 3, 1-3:30 pm, if conditions permit, Crossroads will run the Ski for Free program. The Crossroads Ski for Free program lends, free of charge, an array of ski and snowshoe equipment in […]
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After The Ridges Sanctuary’s great waffle breakfast, burn off some calories by joining a Ridges naturalist for a guided hike on the Sanctuary trails to learn about the cultural and natural history of the ridges and swales. These hikes take place Fridays at 1 pm and Saturdays at 10 am and 1 pm through March […]
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Welcome Spring at the Garden and Landscape Expo in Madison
If the recent weather blast finds you tired of winter, get a dose of vernal relief at the 26th annual Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) Garden and Landscape Expo at the Alliant Energy Center’s Exhibition Hall in Madison, Feb. 8-10. All proceeds support WPT’s programming, educational initiatives and events. This year’s event features innovations in gardening […]
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Master Gardener Presentation Rescheduled for Feb. 12
Due to an anticipated winter storm on the original date, the Door County Master Gardeners Association (DCMGA) has rescheduled Nate Bremer’s presentation for Feb. 12, 7 pm, in the Collins Learning Center at Crossroads at Big Creek. All lectures in the DCMGA Gardening Education Series are free and open to the public. Bremer, the owner […]
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Vehicle-Deer Collision Damage Tops $3 Million on Peninsula
Motorists reported nearly 1,000 collisions with whitetails on the roadways in Door and Kewaunee counties last year. At an average somewhere north of $3,300 per accident, that’s collectively more than $3 million in damages. Barstool biologists and internet keyboard cowboys have long claimed that the insurance industry pays off the DNR to get hunters to […]
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Eye on the Night Sky: The Stuff Stars Are Made Of
By Tom Minahan How do we know the stars and galaxies are made of the same stuff that we are made of here on Earth? “Because science” – specifically, spectrography, chemistry and quantum physics. This sounds as though it could be complicated, but conceptually, it’s a few simple steps. The conclusion is that the whole of the known […]
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Open Door Bird Sanctuary will open its doors – so to speak – on Feb. 2, 11 am – 2 pm, to host its first winter “open day.” Executive Director Rob Hults said, “Many of our visitors ask about using the property in winter, so we are really excited to give everyone this opportunity.” Stop by to […]
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Washington Islands Birding Festival
The Washington Islands Birding Festival will be May 16-19. The festival visits Washington, Plum and Rock Islands. Registration opened Jan. 20. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will have bird netting and banding on all three islands, and there will be an evening program at the Trueblood Performing Arts Center. The birding happens rain or […]
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‘Great Lakes Chronicle’ Tells the Story of Coastal Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Historical Society Press helped celebrate last year’s 40th anniversary of the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program with the publication of a book of essays celebrating the state’s coastlines. Called Great Lakes Chronicle: Essays on Coastal Wisconsin, it includes essays written by a wide variety of contributors – including quite a few Door County residents […]
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Water the Subject of Feb. 2 Door County Talks Presentation
Roger Kuhns will deliver the Door County Talks presentation “Healthy Waters and Navigating Political Shoals” on Feb. 2, 10 am at Door Community Auditorium (DCA) in Fish Creek. Kuhns will discuss water, the risks it faces and ways to protect it. He will explore these questions through the lens of both science and policy, discussing […]
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Beat the chill of winter with these fun, family-friendly activities at Crossroads at Big Creek. On Jan. 25, 2pm, take a seat in the lecture hall of the Collins Learning Center for a free screening of Time to Choose. This positive documentary about climate change poses some solutions to consider. Get your blood pumping with […]
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Hike at Heins Creek Nature Preserve
Join the Door County Land Trust for a snowshoe, ski or hike adventure at Heins Creek Nature Preserve on Feb. 9, 1-3 pm. Explore this preserve’s wooded sand dunes and creek, and search for its winter inhabitants and animal tracks. The sand dunes were formed thousands of years ago after the glaciers melted and lake […]