The Ridges Sanctuary

Preservation, Education, and Research

Registration

Check out The Ridges Events Calendar or the latest edition (Spring 2024) of The Ridges Program Guide for more.

Please select which program you wish to register for:

FAMILY FRIENDLY

This Earth Week, April 22nd – 26th, The Ridges will be celebrating the scientific community in and outside of the sanctuary! Below are Earth Week events for families!
Community Tree Planting at Appel's Bluff with The Big Plant: Calling all volunteers - Join us for a Community Planting at Appel's Bluff, hosted by The Ridges Sanctuary, on Friday, April 19th! We invite you to join us in the Climate Change Coalition of Door County's next phase of the Big Plant: free and public Community Plantings! At five sites over two weeks, they'll be planting together over 4,000 new native trees. At these sites, native Oaks, Birches, Cedars, American Plums, Tamaracks, Firs, Pines, and Spruces will be planted. All tree-planters will be able to take away free, additional 2-year-old conifers to plant at home or at your business. Volunteers of all ages are invited to help with our land restoration efforts. Please bring your own gloves and dress to be outside for two hours!
You can register for the 10:00 am planting or the 2:00 pm planting. Walk-ins are also welcome for these two plant opportunities, with arrivals at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. There is no fee to register (it just helps us know who will be joining).

Ridges Forest School Artist Reception and Celebration: Kick off the start of Earth Week at The Ridges with this fun family-friendly event. Join us for an artist show and reception of Ridges Forest School student masterpieces. Come experience impactful works based on their perspective of Earth’s systems and cycles that they’ve studied through all seasons at The Ridges. Saturday, April 20th, 11:00 am-12:30 pm at The Ridges Cook-Fuller Nature Center, 8166 State Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor.

Fee: Free. No registration necessary.

Tree Transplant: Want to get your hands dirty this Earth Week? We’ve got a job for you! Join us at The Ridges to help us move tree seedlings between the Range Lights and find them a new home in the sanctuary on Wednesday, April 24th. Tree transplanting is a more environmentally friendly way to landscape or remove trees from a habitat. It can also help seedlings survive in a more suitable environment. At The Ridges, tree transplanting allows us to keep the Range Light corridor clear to abide by Coastguard regulations and maintain a critical open space for maritime travel while saving tree species and restoring other habitats within the sanctuary! 

This will be a hands-on activity. Bring your own gloves, shovels, and buckets if you can, and clothes that can get muddy! This event meets at the Workshop on our North Campus off County Q. If you’re interested in attending, contact anna@ridgessanctuary.org.

"Memories of Door County" Art Exhibit and Artist Reception: Marleah Grinnell, a self-taught award-winning artist from Madison, Wisconsin, will be displaying her spectacular new exhibition “Memories of Door County” in the Cook-Albert Fuller Nature Center this spring. Join us for this special experience with an Artist Reception in the Nature Center on Thursday, April 25th, 2024, from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm. No registration necessary. Memories of Door County will be on display at the Cook-Albert Fuller Nature Center from April 9th to May 17th, 2024.

Arbor Day Tree Giveaway: Get your free trees! Stop by The Ridges Cook-Albert Fuller Nature Center on Friday, April 26th, during our hours of operation, where we'll be giving trees away! Plant them at home or at your business: inspire as many people as possible to plant and grow as many trees as possible! The giveaway begins at 9:00 am and will run until supplies last. First come, first serve.

YOUTH EDUCATION

2024 Backpack Adventure Camp: This summer we invite campers age 4-6 and 7-11 to join us for weeks filled with adventure, exploration, and discovery. Camps are held Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM - Noon*. Children will engage in thoughtfully planned, supervised outdoor learning activities. On Fridays, campers will enjoy “Friday Fun Day” at the beach! Space is limited per session to 15 campers for ages 4 - 6 and 16 campers for ages 7 - 11. Each child receives a Ridges Adventure Pack that they will use throughout the week and take home at the end.

Register early. Camp fills quickly. *REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 4TH, 2024

Forest School: Are you looking for a nature immersion experience for your homeschooler to supplement their learning? The Ridges Sanctuary presents: Ridges Forest School. This program is specifically designed for homeschool students ages 6-9.

ADULT EDUCATION

This Earth Week, April 22nd – 26th, The Ridges will be celebrating the scientific community in and outside of the sanctuary! See our list of events below, and be sure to save them to your calendar.

Range Light Corridor Restoration Project Presentation with Director of Research Tony Kiszonas: Join us for an update on the Range Light Corridor Restoration Project with Director of Research Tony Kiszonas. The presentation will include what to expect when walking through the corridor this year and insights into important ongoing research on federally threatened Dwarf Lake Iris in partnership with the USFW Coastal Program.

Fee: Free. Pre-registration is required due to limited space.

Tree Transplant: Want to get your hands dirty this Earth Week? We’ve got a job for you! Join us at The Ridges to help us move tree seedlings between the Range Lights and find them a new home in the sanctuary on Wednesday, April 24th. Tree transplanting is a more environmentally friendly way to landscape or remove trees from a habitat. It can also help seedlings survive in a more suitable environment. At The Ridges, tree transplanting allows us to keep the Range Light corridor clear to abide by Coastguard regulations and maintain a critical open space for maritime travel while saving tree species and restoring other habitats within the sanctuary! 

This will be a hands-on activity. Bring your own gloves, shovels, and buckets if you can, and clothes that can get muddy! This event meets at the Workshop on our North Campus off County Q. If you’re interested in attending, contact anna@ridgessanctuary.org.

Check out The Ridges Events Calendar or the latest edition (Spring 2024) of The Ridges Program Guide for more.