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Getting outside in Door County is a must! While you can always explore a trail or lake shore on your own, the calendar is dotted with guided hikes, wildlife tours, bird watching treks, and cross-country skiing meetups. Find a group bicycle ride, a naturalist session, or paddleboard tour and explore Door County’s natural wonders.

  • Ice Skating Available at Fitzgerald Park

    Ice skating will be available in Liberty Grove this winter at Fitzgerald Park off of Garrett Bay Road in Ellison Bay. Look for the rink beyond the driveway near a small house. The town highway crew maintains the small ice rink. The rink won’t be flooded until the temperatures are below freezing for a few […]

  • Door to Nature: The Symmetry of Norway Spruce Cones

    As long as I can remember evergreen tree cones have been a traditional part of the decorations for the holiday season. Most people don’t think of a flower when they pick up a pine cone any more than they do when they eat an apple. The intricate shapes of cones fascinate people, while the lip-smacking […]

  • Bridge to Bridge Run in Sturgeon Bay Dec. 13

    The Door County Silent Sports Alliance is hosting the sixth annual Bridge to Bridge Holiday Lights Fun Run and Walk Dec. 13. The run starts and finishes at Kitty O’Reilly’s Irish Pub, 59 E. Oak St., Sturgeon Bay. Presented by the Door County Silent Sports Alliance, the free three-mile event begins at 6:30 pm. The […]

  • Sturgeon Bay Man Hikes 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail

    “Neither snow nor rain nor heat” opens the creed of the United States Postal Service, but it just as easily applies to the most recent adventure of Sturgeon Bay resident Kevin Quinn, who, in August, completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Spanning 2,190 miles and 14 states along the eastern United States, the Appalachian […]

  • Florist Jackie Ehlert Shares Wreath-making Process

    Bundles of cedar, white pine and blue spruce branches spill out from boxy containers spread out on the floor. Pine cones the size of small kittens overflow from a nearby metal crate. In the corner, an array of foraged items – mini cattails, seeded eucalyptus, lotus pods and ornamental grasses – stand at the ready. […]

  • Commission Faults Governments for Problems in Great Lakes

    The governments of Canada and the United States are failing to keep the Great Lakes healthy, according to a new report from the International Joint Commission (IJC). The report, released last week by the joint Canadian-American organization created by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, highlighted some of the major challenges to the Great Lakes. […]

  • Kewaunee’s Winter Park Nearly Ready to Debut Magic Carpet

    The installation and inspection of the Magic Carpet at Winter Park in Kewaunee County is a wrap. Now, all that’s needed for the Kewaunee County Promotion & Recreation Department to put its five snow guns to use to create the perfect conditions for snow tubing, skiing and snowboarding, is for the temperature to drop below […]

  • Kids Invited to Hike the Evergreen Forest at Crossroads

    Family outings at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay are special. When youngsters are along, it takes a little extra time to cover a trail, but the kids always survive and usually notice things that adults might miss. Families are invited to take park in a hike of the evergreen forest Dec. 9 at […]

  • Hikes, Wreath-making at The Ridges’ Natural Christmas

    Spend a few hours this holiday season surrounded by the natural beauty of The Ridges Sanctuary during their Natural Christmas celebration. Stroll down the softly lit Hidden Brook Boardwalk and visit the beautifully decorated Kaye Cabin, while sipping on warm cider, eating delicious cookies and listening to holiday music. This program offers a wreath-making workshop, […]

  • Sister Bay Ushers in 2018 with Inaugural Cherry Drop

    Sister Bay will once again welcome in the New Year with a bang. The 4th annual New Year’s Eve celebration starts with Door County’s only fireworks show, scheduled for Dec. 31, 8 pm at Marina Park. Weather permitting, the ice rink at the Sister Bay Sports Complex will be open. Bring along a hockey stick […]

  • Peninsula State Park Offers First Day Hike

    Peninsula State Park will sponsor a First Day Hike Jan. 1, 2018, offering visitors the opportunity to rejuvenate by taking a family friendly trek led by Friends of Peninsula State Park. “This is a great way for the whole family to start off the new year with a healthy activity,” said Chris Holicek, president of […]

  • Door to Nature: Confusing House and Purple Finches

    My Grandma Skala saw eye-to-eye, in a sense, with Roger Tory Peterson, famous ornithologist, artist and writer. Grandma, not influenced by prior reading or ornithological study, provided my mother and me with a perfect description of the male purple finch’s color in 1941. We were relaxing on lawn chairs in the shade of the McIntosh […]

  • Buck Harvest Up During Gun Season

    Another Wisconsin nine-day gun deer season is in the books, and preliminary registration numbers show a slight increase in statewide buck harvest. Similar to 2016, northern counties again showed the most significant increases in both buck and antlerless harvest. “No matter how you look at it – whether from a social or economic standpoint – […]

  • Beekeepers of Door County to Hold Dec. 4 Meeting at Crossroads

    Last Monday, the Friends of Crossroads decked the halls of the Collins Learning Center. They invite all to visit the Center between 2 – 4:30 pm daily to check out the Snowy Owl in the Wildlife Exhibit, enjoy the new bird feeding station and see the decorations. On Dec. 1 at 2 pm the Friday […]

  • Caroling, Tree Lighting in Fish Creek’s Noble Square

    Bundle up and join together for the Gibraltar Historical Association’s annual holiday tree lighting and caroling celebration Dec. 9, 5 pm in Noble Square on the corner of Main Street in Fish Creek. Along with the tree lighting, the special event offers traditional songs for all to sing with special guest Gibraltar Schools’ choirs will […]

  • Baileys Harbor Holds ‘Harbor Holiday’ Dec. 2

    Baileys Harbor hosts Harbor Holiday Dec. 2. Join the town for a great community event including a Christmas parade, arts and crafts and a tree lighting ceremony. Take a stroll through downtown and check out all the great trees that local businesses and families have decorated before the parade. Warm up with treats at the […]

  • Bay Ship Christens New Tug and Barge

    A warm November sun welcomed executives from Pennsylvania-based Wawa Inc. convenience stores and gas stations to Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding on the morning of Nov. 28 to christen two new vessels. The 130-foot articulated tug barge Millville and the 578-foot barge 1964 will help Wawa provide 17,000 barrels of fuel per day to Florida. “I, for […]

  • Don’t Buy A Department Store Telescope for Christmas

    by Tom Minahan, Door Peninsula Astronomical Society Let’s assume you have a budding astronomer in the family or as a friend. If you are thinking about getting them a telescope for a holiday gift, please heed this sound advice from experienced amateur astronomers:  Don’t buy a cheap department store telescope! They typically have inferior optics […]

  • Door to Nature: Pumpkins

    Do you enjoy eating Cucurbita pepo pie (kew-CUR-bi-ta PEEP-o) as much as we do? I’m speaking of that famous Thanksgiving treat, pumpkin pie. Our annual Thanksgiving feast enjoyed with good friends would be incomplete without a scrumptious homemade pumpkin pie. In thinking back to my childhood in Kewaunee, I do recall having pumpkin pie for […]

  • Permit Available for Stream Habitat Projects

    Beneficial stream habitat projects will be easier to undertake in Wisconsin with a new general permit the state Department of Natural Resources has issued aimed at streamlining stream habitat projects. Before the creation of this general permit, many beneficial stream habitat projects were authorized under individual permits, which added time and expense to the permitting […]