Egg Harbor Urges People To Order Trees
The Village of Egg Harbor, with help from the Climate Change Coalition, urges people to order trees, participate in The Big Plant and help meet a goal of planting 10,000 trees this spring. The...
View ArticlePPF Farm Group Shares Regenerative Strategies
In front of more than 80 farmers, industry partners and community members at the nonprofit organization’s annual meeting this winter, Peninsula Pride Farms (PPF) shared information on new regenerative...
View ArticleSeed Library Program Reopened
Door County’s Seed Library program kicked off its sixth year on Monday at all eight Door County Library branches. The Door County Seed Library is a community resource of gardening education and free...
View ArticleDATCP Spreads Reminder On Manure Practices
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) reminds farmers and manure applicators to check the runoff risk advisory forecast (available through this link...
View ArticleChasing Away the Birds
The long and detailed effort since 2002 to identify the sources of E.coli contaminating beach water, and then determining how it travels there by surface water and stormwater runoff – especially after...
View ArticleHelping the Great Lakes Find Balance
by BILL BERRY When the Peninsula Pulse asked me to contribute a piece on water issues in the Great Lakes, I couldn’t say no, even though I knew it would take some digging. It’s an incurable habit. I’ve...
View ArticleWeather, Climate, and Community
Exploring rainfall on the peninsula by JACKSON PARR, Wisconsin Sea Grant When people think of water in Door County, they mostly think of the 300 miles of Green Bay and Lake Michigan coastline that...
View ArticleResources: Additional Reading
Some additional reports related to Door County water include the following: https://www.co.door.wi.gov/DocumentCenter/View/568/Surface-Water-Inventory-PDF Surface Water Inventory of Door County, 2000....
View ArticleCounty Digs Deep for Drinking-water Safety
Groundwater. It’s out of sight and probably out of mind for a good number of Door County’s residents and visitors. A thin layer of soil covering fractured, quickly-draining rock makes most of the...
View ArticleWaste-Treatment Crackdown Made County a Safer Place
Peninsula has 16,000 private wastewater treatment systems John Teichtler undoubtedly has helped Door County clean up its act. Now in his 53rd year serving the County of Door, and its current...
View ArticleVideo Available On Motus Animal-Tracking
For months now, the Lake Michigan Bird Observatory’s Motus Tracking System antennas on properties of the Door County Land Trust, The Ridges Sanctuary and Crossroads at Big Creek have been tracking some...
View ArticleRaise A Natural-Resources Voice Through Conservation Congress
The annual spring Conservation Congress advisory meetings allow all citizens to vote on questions involving Wisconsin’s natural resources – and it’s not just for those who hunt and fish, as Tim Eisele,...
View ArticlePPF Farm Group Shares Regenerative Strategies
In front of more than 80 farmers, industry partners and community members at the nonprofit organization’s annual meeting this winter, Peninsula Pride Farms (PPF) shared information on new regenerative...
View ArticleSeed Library Program Reopened
Door County’s Seed Library program kicked off its sixth year on Monday at all eight Door County Library branches. The Door County Seed Library is a community resource of gardening education and free...
View ArticleVideo Available On Motus Animal-Tracking
For months now, the Lake Michigan Bird Observatory’s Motus Tracking System antennas on properties of the Door County Land Trust, The Ridges Sanctuary and Crossroads at Big Creek have been tracking some...
View ArticleRaise A Natural-Resources Voice Through Conservation Congress
The annual spring Conservation Congress advisory meetings allow all citizens to vote on questions involving Wisconsin’s natural resources – and it’s not just for those who hunt and fish, as Tim Eisele,...
View Article2024 Door County Farmers Markets
Source your food from the peninsula at your local 2016 Door County Farmers Markets, featuring produce, meats, flowers, and artisan breads. The post 2024 Door County Farmers Markets appeared first on...
View ArticlePPF Farm Group Shares Regenerative Strategies
In front of more than 80 farmers, industry partners and community members at the nonprofit organization’s annual meeting this winter, Peninsula Pride Farms (PPF) shared information on new regenerative...
View ArticleSeed Library Program Reopened
Door County’s Seed Library program kicked off its sixth year on Monday at all eight Door County Library branches. The Door County Seed Library is a community resource of gardening education and free...
View ArticleVideo Available On Motus Animal-Tracking
For months now, the Lake Michigan Bird Observatory’s Motus Tracking System antennas on properties of the Door County Land Trust, The Ridges Sanctuary and Crossroads at Big Creek have been tracking some...
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