Published by Door County Pulse, August 30th, 2023 In 1934, as a bulldozer stood ready to tear up 40 acres of boreal forest in Baileys Harbor, it was met by fierce opponents. “If you go any further, you will have to scoop us up, too!” said Emma Toft, who, along with local builder Frank Oldenberg [..Read more]
Published by Green Bay Press-Gazette, Christopher Clough – August 17th, 2023 Motorized all-terrain wheelchairs offer rustic trail accessibility at two Door County sites Those with mobility issues now can use an Action Trackchair for free at The Ridges Sanctuary and Peninsula State Park. Reservations are required. DOOR COUNTY – Those with mobility issues are finding [..Read more]
Published by Door County Pulse, July 27th, 2023 The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor has been awarded federal funds to implement a dwarf lake iris restoration project through the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Coastal Program. The grant advances efforts to expand the plant’s numbers, which have been decreasing at the sanctuary during the past [..Read more]
Posted by Door County Pulse, Myles Dannhausen Jr., April 27, 2023 Katie Krouse named director of The Ridges Sanctuary Near the end of Katie Krouse’s first summer working at The Ridges Sanctuary, she had what she thought was a simple question for her coworkers. “I kept asking people what my last day was,” she recalled. [..Read more]
Published by Door County Pulse, Craig Sterrett – April 19th, 2023 Filmmakers tell stories of those who fight for the land For many people, to visit Door County is to fall in love. The peninsula’s remarkable wild and rugged landscape attracts and captivates scores of visitors, and many hold it close to their heart. If [..Read more]
Things start to get active in the Spring here in Door County: Forest-dwelling animals emerge from their winter slumber, flowers begin to bloom, sandhill cranes make their return, and citizen scientists…do citizen science! Citizen science – the collection and analysis of scientific data related to the natural world by the general public, is not only [..Read more]
Published by Door County Pulse, Craig Sterrett – February 23rd, 2023 Alternative Education Program Uses Nature As Its Guide When the Gibraltar Area School District’s daily 4K classes at Gibraltar and Northern Door Children’s Center began last year, The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor reimagined one of its programs that used to educate those children. [..Read more]
Published by By Door County Pulse, Peninsula Pulse – February 15th, 2023 Three Gibraltar Students Win Conservation Poster Contest Three Gibraltar art students won the Soil and Water Conservation Poster Contest at the county level: Elayna Hatch for grades 2-3, Elizabeth Bautista for grades 7-9 and Bethanie Stackhouse for grades 10-12. Bautista’s poster, which placed [..Read more]
Published by Door County Pulse, Craig Sterrett – February 8th, 2023 Martins to Be Inducted into Conservation Hall of Fame “Probably not since Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom, inducted in 1996, has a couple done so much for wild places and wild things in Wisconsin.”— Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame about Mark Martin and Susan Foote-Martin: [..Read more]
Published by Fox 11 News – December 6, 2022 Natural Christmas preparations at The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor BAILEYS HARBOR (WLUK) — Celebrating winter and Christmas naturally is taking place in Northern Door County at The Ridges Sanctuary in Baileys Harbor. Its humble beginnings started about 15 seasons ago inside a rustic log building. “The first [..Read more]
