Category: Outdoor

Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay will host various programs throughout March. March 17 at 1 pm Crossroads will host “Nature Hike: In Search of Green.

Peninsula State Park will host various programs throughout St. Patrick’s Day on March 17. All programs are free and open to the public, but a state park vehicle sticker is required.

The Ephraim Yacht Club (EYC) has announced its junior group sailing lesson program for 2012. The EYC will offer lessons over a nine-week period beginning June 11, in a single, one-week session and four, two-week sessions.

Calling all leprechauns! Calling all Irish rovers, lads and lassies, or anyone who wants to be Irish for a day. March 17 is Sturgeon Bay’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Crossroads at Big Creek’s annual observance of Aldo Leopold Day will celebrate the life and work of Fran Hamerstrom, a remarkable woman who embodied Leopold’s “land ethic.

Join the Door County Master Gardeners Association at a free public program, “Garden Containers – Think Outside the Box!” on March 6 at 7 pm at Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay.

The public is welcome to learn about ways to help bluebirds returning in the spring by building a nesting box at The Ridges Sanctuary on March 10. “Building for Bluebirds” workshops will be held at 10 am and 2 pm at The Ridges’ Marshall Cabin, located at 8288 Highway Q in Baileys Harbor.

The Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay will host a variety of programs throughout February. Feb.18 at 7 pm, “Night Sky Viewing at the Observatory” will be open to the pubic.

Unseasonably mild conditions lent a helping hand in a record turnout at the 25th annual Fish Creek Winter Festival, February 3 – 5. Volunteers from Door County non-profits were kept busy all day running food concessions and the traditional wacky games.

The Ridges Sanctuary will host weekly study sessions to prepare participants for the certification test in aquatic herbicide application. The State of Wisconsin requires individuals applying pesticides in an aquatic area to be certified with an herbicide applicators permit.

It began as an idea, perhaps a crazy one, but an idea nonetheless. Like one of those great ideas forged on a cocktail napkin. An Ellison Bay resident lamented to his friends that the school cafeteria ladies were already decorating for Valentine’s Day.

The Ridges Sanctuary’s Early Birders Club will tour the gallery of national award-winning taxidermist Mike Orthober on Feb. 11 at 10 am. Wildlife Wizardry Studio is located at 6453 Oak Road, just off Bay Shore Drive in Egg Harbor.

Newport State Park will hold their 21st Annual Candlelight Ski/Hike/Snowshoe event on Feb. 11 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm. Park staff and volunteers will place over 300 homemade candles guiding participants down a one-mile wooded trail section.

Sturgeon Bay Visitor Center will host the annual “Fire & Ice” weekend Feb. 17 – 19. Saturday will be filled with cool activities including a citywide ice carving competition by local ice artists and professional carvers.

February 3 12–5pm: Blood Drive at Northern Door YMCA 1–4pm: Ice Sculpture Carving at Clark Park 6:30–10pm: Rock & Roll Art Night at Hands on Art Studio February 4 10am–5pm: Festivities in and around the large heated tent in Clark Park * Wild Winter Games Outside: Toilet Seat Toss, Snowshoe Obstacle Course, Ice Bowling, Football […]

Who knew that a harebrained idea dreamed up by a Fish Creek man tired of the peninsula’s winter doldrums would come to life, evolve, and survive the test of 25 years time.

Parallel 44 Vineyard & Winery will host their third annual Frozen Tundra Wine Fest on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25 from 3 –7 pm, at the winery located at N2185 Sleepy Hollow Road in Kewaunee.

As part of a yearlong celebration of its 75th anniversary, The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor is offering a unique travel opportunity to experience Door County’s geologic counterpart – the Bruce Peninsula of Ontario, Canada.

Crossroads at Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay will host three programs the weekend of Jan. 20 – 22. Jan. 20 at 3 pm, the Crossroads will host a free screening of Loggers of Door County.

The public is welcome to discover the fun of winter at Lautenbach’s Orchard Country Winery & Market on Feb. 4 from 10 am – 5 pm. The winery and market’s 7th Annual Winter Wine and Cherry Fest will include wine and product tasting featuring the popular tart Montmorency Cherry in celebration of National Cherry Month along with an assortment of food and bakery items to purchase.