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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.

  • Be A Ski-for-Free Volunteer

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    Free volunteer training for this winter’s Ski-for-Free program will be held Dec. 8, 6 – 7 pm, at Crossroads at Big Creek Environmental Preserve, 2041 Michigan St., Sturgeon Bay. Hands-on volunteer training will be provided to teach volunteers how to assist new skiers who visit Crossroads to borrow skis and snowshoes for use on Crossroad’s […]

  • Roy Lukes: Native Squirrels – the Tree Planters

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    iI is early December and nature’s tree planters are still hard at work.

  • Hike to the Evergreen Forest at Crossroads

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    Using the proceeds from the Crossroads Trail Run, a grant from the Raibrook Foundation, and gifts from the estate of Ray Stonecipher and the Door County Silent Sports Alliance, Crossroads at Big Creek is buying new waxless skis for the Ski for Free program. Once there’s enough snow to groom the trails, Crossroads will sponsor […]

  • State Park Sticker is Gift that Keeps Giving

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    People looking for a holiday gift that keeps giving throughout the year can give outdoor enthusiasts access to thousands of miles of trails, hundreds of nature hike opportunities, dozens of beaches, and some of the most scenic areas found in Wisconsin with a 2015 Wisconsin state park admission stickers or state trail pass. 2016 stickers […]

  • Celebrate Christmas in the Village on Dec. 5

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    The Ephraim Business Council invites you to celebrate the season at Christmas in the Village on Saturday, Dec. 5. Fun, festive family activities are planned throughout the day. New this year to Christmas in the Village is “Santa Land.” This professionally designed holiday set inside the Ephraim Village Hall will be a prime opportunity for […]

  • Christmas In the Village, Santa on the Tug, Harbor Holidays and More Weekend Plans

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    A festive weekend on the peninsula is heading your way! From a holiday book sale to a holiday home tour (and two festivals), we’ve got you covered for the weekend ahead.

  • Capture the Spirit in Sister Bay, Nov. 27-28

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    Warm up your holiday spirit, tune up your caroling voice, bundle up the kids and join the festivities at Sister Bay’s Capture the Spirit event, Nov.27-28. The village lights will glow brightly Friday, Nov. 27 beginning at 4:30 pm with the lighting of luminaries around downtown and the Village Christmas tree and decorations at the […]

  • Celebrate the Holly Days in Egg Harbor, Nov. 27-28

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    Egg Harbor’s Holly Days is a weekend full of old-fashioned holiday fun. The festival will be held the weekend of Thanksgiving, Nov. 27 and 28. The event, full of family fun, kicks off the official Christmas season with festive dazzling decorations and holiday activities for all ages. Start the weekend with Breakfast with Santa at […]

  • Ridges Art Night Features Dyes from Nature

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    In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, Shannon Pump can be found in the woods and fields of Door County, foraging for mushrooms, sumac, pine greens and wild berries. It wouldn’t be an uncommon sight for anyone familiar with Pump and her mushroom business, Wild Door, except that instead of selling these items to local […]

  • Crossroads Hosts WaterFest Nov. 28

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    Protecting our land and water is important, and Crossroads at Big Creek will emphasize this on Nov. 28 at one of their popular family programs, WaterFest. At WaterFest, Crossroads will screen the presentation from Professor Bassam Shakhashiri from the first WaterFest in 2007. The screening is scheduled for 1 pm. At 2 pm, the lab […]

  • Eye On the Night Sky: Best Meteor Shower of the Year

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    The Geminids Meteor Shower is considered to be the best meteor shower of the year, producing up to 120 meteors per hour at its apex. This year it should peak on the night of Dec. 13 and into the wee hours of the 14th, but “sky blazers” from this group of space debris can occur […]

  • Door CANCer to Benefit from Thanksgiving Day Parade

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    With five recommendations brought to the table, the Jacksonport Thanksgiving Day Parade Committee could not choose just one recipient of the funds collected at the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. The common strand through all the recommendations was cancer, and therefore DOOR CANcer, Inc. will be the fundraising recipient. DOOR CANcer, Inc. states, “Whenever there is […]

  • Roy Lukes: The Wild Turkey

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    One of my excellent junior high student poetry writers of about 60 years ago, as a part of her Thanksgiving poem, wrote: “Pity the beast, the poor, poor beast, the turkey upon whom we feast.” Such might be the words and thoughts of those opposed to or uneasy about eating meat (especially that of a […]

  • Door County Half Marathon Price Increases Dec. 1

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    Fees for the 2016 Door County Half Marathon increase $5 Dec. 1, but runners can still take advantage of the $65 registration level for a few more days. More than 750 runners have already signed up, putting the race on pace to fill faster than ever before. If you’re on the fence make your commitment […]

  • Bleeding Green and Gold in the Windy City

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    I moved to Chicago in 2012, and the question my friends from Door county ask me most often is some version of, “how bad is it to be a Packers fan in Chicago?” They picture an entire city of Steve McMichaels, Dan Hamptons, and Mike Singletarys roaming the streets chanting “Bears, Bears, Bears, Ditka, Ditka, […]

  • Holly Days, Small Business Saturday, Hip-Hop & More Weekend Plans

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    This weekend is the official start to the Christmas season in Door County, with Sister Bay and Egg Harbor hosting their hometown holiday festivities and area businesses taking part in Small Business Saturday. Check out our top picks for the festive weekend ahead! Friday, November 27 Capture the Spirit of the Holidays Sister Bay will […]

  • Roy Lukes: White-tailed Deer in Wisconsin

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    How eagerly my brothers and I, attending grade school in Kewaunee in the 1930s, looked forward to a Sunday afternoon in spring when my Dad would take us out to Lipsky’s Swamp to see the caged deer next to the tavern. It was an exciting event, even though they were enclosed in a large pen […]

  • Celebrate Native American Heritage Month

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    Hanging above a desk at the Door County Land Trust is a bumper sticker that reads “Great Minds Think A Hike.” In 1990, by presidential decree, November was declared Native American Heritage Month and taking a hike is a fitting way to note and appreciate an important, less visible and often forgotten chapter in Door […]

  • Search for Door County Fossils at Crossroads

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    During the final week of October, students participating in the archaeological dig at Crossroads at Big Creek’s Ida Bay Preserve found flakes, animal bones and pottery. They also found coral fossils which led some kids to dig with even more enthusiasm, hoping to find dinosaur bones. Kids participating in the No School Friday Family Program: […]

  • Art Night at The Ridges

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    Mushroom ink, a little dirt and some berries! Welcome to Wine, Cheese & Crafty Things, a hands-on art night featuring creative guidance and the use of some surprising media. Join Ridges naturalist Shannon Pump on Nov. 28 at 3 pm and learn to create bold, beautiful treasures for keepsakes or gift giving while sampling some […]