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Posts Tagged ‘snow’
What’s Happening: Something’s Fishy
Sturgeon and suckers and pike—OH MY! It’s predictable. This time of year, all of us—staff, researchers, volunteers, and visitors—turn our attention to fish because, around now, fish instinctively migrate into…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Breaking Dormancy
It feels like Crossroads at Big Creek is breaking dormancy as we spring into Spring Break Week by offering an array of lectures, family programs and restoration opportunities. We kick things…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: In Search of Green
It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day, and folks around County Door are celebrating this weekend! At Crossroads at Big Creek, we’ve tailored our programs to align with St. Patrick’s Day and…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Aldo Leopold Day
In 2004, Governor James Doyle designated the first Saturday in March as “Aldo Leopold Day” in Wisconsin and at the suggestion of Nancy Rafal, in 2007 Crossroads at Big Creek,…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Snow!
Finally! Crossroads at Big Creek has morphed into an enchanting snow-covered winter landscape, and while we continue with our education and restoration efforts, our attention now turns to sliding. Sliding is defined…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Reading to Learn
Ever since we at Crossroads found artifacts revealing that people had lived beside The Cove Estuary more than a thousand years ago, we have endeavored to learn how the Indigenous People…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Free to Ski & Free to Learn
“To everything there is a season,” according to the lyrics of a folk song by the Byrds. Now that we have had some snow, we think … hope … it is…
Read MoreWinter Storm Update
The Collins Learning Center will be closed Saturday January 13, 2024 due to icy conditions and drifting snow. It will reopen Tuesday, January 16 after Martin Luther King Day. Stay…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: A Fish Tale and Comet Trails
Eyes are on the skies this week at Crossroads. Many folks seem to be longing for snow clouds, but next Saturday, it would be splendid if the skies would clear…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Nature’s Shape
The topic for the Saturday Science program this week is “Hexagons.” It may seem to folks that we at Crossroads are obsessed with hexagons—the six-sided polygons that show up in…
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