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  • Night Photography Tips, Little Eddie Big Cup & More Weekend Plans

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    Just like that, September makes way for October. Take in the sights and sounds of autumn’s glory with a twilight tour of Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, stock up on handcrafted wearable art, or head to Potawatomi State Park to learn more about the plants lining the peninsula’s forest floors. Friday, September 30 Night Photography Know-How Join […]

  • Science Snippet: ‘Walk In The Woods’ Therapy

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      “Walk In The Woods” therapy? Numerous studies have shown that walking in a forest has beneficial health effects. One study showed that women living in heavily vegetated areas had a 12 percent lower risk of death from all causes compared with urban dwellers. Japanese researchers found that people who take two long walks through […]

  • Weather Wizard: Michigan Family Birthday Outing

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    My big sister, Mallery, celebrated her birthday last week. Don’t ask her age; she doesn’t understand the question. She suggested a picnic in the woods, and the adults shrugged in agreement, because no one disagrees with the birthday girl. The little cousins however, ranging in ages from 3 to 11, were ecstatic. Our tribe of […]

  • DNR Provides Area Deer Hunt Forecast

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    by Jeff Pritzl, DNR Northeast District wildlife supervisor [email protected]   Deer harvest in the Northern Forest Zone portions of Marinette and Oconto counties did not show evidence of herd growth during the 2015 season, but after a second mild winter, we can expect more adult deer in the herd this fall. Buck sightings should improve […]

  • 205 Coded Salmon Recorded in Gills Rock

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    Nick Legler, a Sturgeon Bay-based fisheries specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, recently reported what was found through the voluntary Chinook salmon snout collection in Gills Rock in 2015. A total of 205 coded wire tags were recovered from Chinook salmon snouts that were voluntarily collected in Gills Rock last year. These samples […]

  • Biologists Cheered by Discovery of New Bat Species in State

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    After a decade of bad news about bats dying from white-nose syndrome, Wisconsin bat researchers have literally caught some good news. While searching Avon Bottoms State Wildlife Area in Rock County to learn more about the summer habitats of bat species vulnerable to white-nose syndrome, they caught in their nets an evening bat, a new […]

  • Door County Maritime Museum’s Tower Campaign Still Raising Funds for Construction

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    The Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society has been actively engaged for nearly a year in a fundraising campaign to both construct a 10-story museum tower addition and expand the current facilities in Sturgeon Bay. The campaign has reached out to more than 2,000 individuals, corporations, foundations and small businesses. Nearly half of […]

  • Heritage Village at Big Creek Hosts Apple Day Sept. 25

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    The Door County Historical Society will celebrate Apple Day on Sept. 25 at Heritage Village at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. The Village will extend its hours from 12 to 3 pm for the day, and guests can sample Door County’s lesser-known fruit. Apple origins date back thousands of years in Asia and Europe, and […]

  • New Bike Self-Service Station in Sturgeon Bay

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    The Door County Visitor Bureau (DCVB) is excited to announce the opening of a newly installed bicycle self-service station at their Door County Welcome Center in Sturgeon Bay. The station is aimed at keeping bicyclists on the road or trail by providing the tools needed for common repairs or adjustments. The free outdoor station includes […]

  • The Dark Ranger: Dark Sky Advocate to Visit Door County

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    During the day, Kevin Poe works as a park ranger at Bryce Canyon National Park in southwestern Utah. But when he’s not writing grants for green energy projects, he moonlights as a Dark Ranger, a “sworn enemy of light pollution” who sets out to make the world a darker place. Started at Bryce Canyon in […]

  • Citizen Science Archaeologist Digs to Start Again this Fall at Crossroads

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    The Friday Film at Crossroads at Big Creek, scheduled for Sept. 16 at 2 pm, is Chasing Ice. It recounts how National Geographic photographer James Balog made it his mission to gather undeniable evidence of climate change by “deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of changing glaciers.” The […]

  • Crafting with Mushrooms, Natural Illustration Classes Offered at The Ridges

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    The weekend of Sept. 16 – 18 is packed full of events at The Ridges in Baileys Harbor. On Sept. 16, 4 – 7 pm, create beautiful mushroom etchings among a variety of other mushroom crafts during “Wild Crafting with Mushrooms” with Shannon Pump. The fee is $25 for members, $30 public, and $5 for […]

  • In the Wild with Painter Jonathan Wilde

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    With brush and palette in hand, Jonathan Wilde (pronounced “Will-dee”) has been capturing the landscape and wildlife of his homeland of south-central Wisconsin for 46 years. A keen observer of the natural world, his ability to recreate the intricacies of flora and fauna through oil paints is a natural result of being raised by an […]

  • Mandolin Orange, Harvest and Ale Fests, & More Weekend Plans

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    Cooler weather and shorter days have done little to slow the onslaught of entertaining events on the Door Peninsula! Take in a variety of thought-provoking and downright fun music, get crafty with Mother Nature’s bountiful mushrooms, or hop on your bike for a scenic ride through the county. Friday, September 16 Chasing Ice Join Crossroads […]

  • Editor Jim Lundstrom Takes A Clueless Mushroom Hike

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    Due to circumstances beyond my control, I missed Charlotte Lukes’ mushroom hike at Whitefish Dunes State Park last Saturday. But two days later I hiked the beautiful trails of the Door County Land Trust’s Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve and was amazed by the variety of mushrooms growing along the trails. Sometimes a flash […]

  • Science Snippet: Firefly Facts

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    In summertime, on a dark night, few of us take the time to ponder the blinking lights of fireflies as they meander around in or near the woods. These little flying lanterns are not flies at all. Rather, they are beetles, a huge group of 400,000 known species, or 40 percent of all insects. Many […]

  • Last Chance to See John Muir Exhibit at Crossroads at Big Creek

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    The John Muir exhibit opened two weeks ago at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay. Four of the panels are now displayed in the Lower Level of the Collins Learning Center and the other four are in the Vignes School in the Door County Historical Society’s Heritage Village at Big Creek. The exhibit is […]

  • Door County Maritime Museum Holds Autumn Lighthouse Fest with Tours

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    Reacting to the popularity of the Door County Lighthouse Festival each June and a positive response to last October’s first installment of an abbreviated Autumn Door County Lighthouse Festival, the Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) is again offering some of its most popular tours Columbus Day weekend. Reservations are now being taken for these nautical […]

  • Geocaching: If You Hide It, They Will Come

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    What do national security, black-eyed peas, George of the Jungle and $4 have in common? All played a role in the global introduction of the modern treasure hunt movement known as geocaching. Geocaching is a recreational activity in which participants use geographical coordinates to hide and seek containers (called “geocaches” or “caches” for short) that […]

  • Treat Now for European Chafer Grubs

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    by Annie Deutsch, Door County UW-Extension Agriculture Agent Earlier this summer, many homeowners around the city of Sturgeon Bay noticed extensive damage to their lawn. Due to grub feeding, some yards were reduced to patches of dirt and dead grass; damage which was worsened by skunks and other animals scavenging for the grubs. While Japanese […]