- A light blanket of snow covers the preserve. Open water and birds in The Cove Estuary.
Posts by Coggin Heeringa
Looking Ahead: Thankful in Door County
As we approach the holidays, we see many images of Dr. Seuss’s antihero, the Grinch. But around Thanksgiving, we at Crossroads think of another Dr. Seuss character who also finally…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Gathering In
While regularly scheduled classes and activities are taking place at Crossroads this week, it almost seems like a pause. We are done with the frenzy of the growing season and…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Leaf Litter & Leaf Cover
At Crossroads, we are observing the plants and animals as they make their final preparations for winter, and we humans are preparing for the snowy season as well. But fall landscape work…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Decomposition Week
With all of the superstitions and mysteries floating about this time of year, Crossroads decided to demystify the mysterious and celebrate a phenomenon that, through the ages, has been associated…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Autumn Colors and More
Around Halloween, we seem to take pleasure in all things spooky. So this week at Crossroads, all of our activities will have a slightly creepy vibe, understanding, of course, that…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: A Festival of Time
At Crossroads at Big Creek this week, we will present the final Door County programs for the 2023 Wisconsin Science Festival – Curiosity Unleashed. We are all about unleashing curiosity,…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: A Decade of Digging
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…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Seeps, Creeks and Skies
“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…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Last Days of Summer
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…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Cross-Pollination & Jumping Worms
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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