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Looking Ahead: A Decade of Digging

By Coggin Heeringa | September 21, 2023 |

If you are picturing “Indiana Jones,” or long to help reveal mosaics at Pompeii, or enter secret crypts below cathedrals, the Archaeological Dig at Crossroads’ Cove Estuary Preserve may not…

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Jumping Worms: Biology, Impact & Control of a New Soil Invader – Lecture Recording

By Corey Batson | September 19, 2023 |

In August of 2023 the DCMGA hosted a jumping worm presentation by Brad Herrick. This lecture discussed biology, ID, and control of jumping worms which have been found in local…

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Samantha Koyen Hired as New Executive Director

By Crossroads Learning Center | September 7, 2023 |

Crossroads at Big Creek, an environmental learning and nature center located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, is pleased to announce that Samantha Koyen will soon join its staff as executive director.…

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Looking Ahead: Seeps, Creeks and Skies

By Coggin Heeringa | September 7, 2023 |

“Where Waters Meet” is the 2023 educational theme of Crossroads at Big Creek. The phrase describes our preserve, where the waters of the Big Creek Watershed flow into The Cove…

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Ida Bay Preserve

Looking Ahead: Last Days of Summer

By Coggin Heeringa | August 31, 2023 |

Labor Day has become the traditional, though often not the meteorological, last day of summer. It became a holiday in 1882 to celebrate the success of the labor movement, but it has become a special…

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Monarch Tagging

Looking Ahead: Cross-Pollination & Jumping Worms

By Coggin Heeringa | August 24, 2023 |

Cross-pollination is important to many plants, and organizational cross-pollination is important, too. It enables Crossroads to host two special programs this week. Wild Ones of the Door Peninsula, the Door…

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Looking Ahead: Buzzing With Anticipation

By Coggin Heeringa | August 10, 2023 |

Again this summer, Crossroads will be a-buzz with activities on Saturday, August 19, from 9:00-11:00 a.m. when the Door County Beekeepers present their “Community Honey Harvest” at the Collins Learning…

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Bear Clan Singers and Dancers

Looking Ahead: The Song & Dance of Summer

By Coggin Heeringa | July 27, 2023 |

On the first Friday of every summer month, Crossroads sponsors a free, family-friendly outdoor event. This month we are proud and honored to welcome The Bear Clan Singers and Dancers,…

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Volunteer Spotlights – July 2023

By Corey Batson | July 25, 2023 |

Crossroads has been abuzz with activity this summer and we have our volunteers to thank for it! From helping with YMCA or Boys and Girls Club summer camps and Habitat…

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Looking Ahead: Summer Stars & Memories

By Coggin Heeringa | July 13, 2023 |

Crossroads at Big Creek is the perfect place to make summer memories, and this week, the opportunities for making childhood memories abound. Aside from, say, Christmas, most of my childhood…

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"At the doorstep to northern Door County sits a place so vast and varied that it defies description…This place is Crossroads at Big Creek"

Polly Fitz, Door County Living Philanthropy Issue 2022

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