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Posts by Coggin Heeringa
Looking 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…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Buzzing With Anticipation
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…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: The Song & Dance of Summer
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,…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Summer Stars & Memories
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…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Planting for Pollinators
Again this year, Crossroads at Big Creek is deeply involved in restoration, and starting this summer, one of our projects will be to restore the Bird and Butterfly/Pollinator Garden at…
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