January 2024
Virtual Ridges Reads Book Club
This year’s Ridges Reads Book Club presents: The Root Issue We’re diving into an ongoing conversation in the scientific community – and one currently without a conclusion. Together, we’ll explore the imaginative and controversial topic of the “wood-wide web” through the lens of ecologists, foresters, and the environmental community. We’ll dive into the stories, the science, and why the scientific community is split (no pun intended) on this issue. This year’s book club will span three sessions. During the first…
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In Person Ridges Reads Book Club
This year’s Ridges Reads Book Club presents: The Root Issue We’re diving into an ongoing conversation in the scientific community – and one currently without a conclusion. Together, we’ll explore the imaginative and controversial topic of the “wood-wide web” through the lens of ecologists, foresters, and the environmental community. We’ll dive into the stories, the science, and why the scientific community is split (no pun intended) on this issue. This year’s book club will span three sessions. During the first…
Find out more »Virtual Ridges Reads Book Club
This year’s Ridges Reads Book Club presents: The Root Issue We’re diving into an ongoing conversation in the scientific community – and one currently without a conclusion. Together, we’ll explore the imaginative and controversial topic of the “wood-wide web” through the lens of ecologists, foresters, and the environmental community. We’ll dive into the stories, the science, and why the scientific community is split (no pun intended) on this issue. This year’s book club will span three sessions. During the first…
Find out more »In Person Ridges Reads Book Club
This year’s Ridges Reads Book Club presents: The Root Issue We’re diving into an ongoing conversation in the scientific community – and one currently without a conclusion. Together, we’ll explore the imaginative and controversial topic of the “wood-wide web” through the lens of ecologists, foresters, and the environmental community. We’ll dive into the stories, the science, and why the scientific community is split (no pun intended) on this issue. This year’s book club will span three sessions. During the first…
Find out more »March 2024
2024 Festival of Nature Registration Opens
Mark your calendars - Registration begins Monday, March 18th! Join us for the 22nd Annual Festival of Nature, May 23rd-26th! Festival program booklets will be available in early March. This year's festival theme is Community. From the beautiful tapestry of boreal and deciduous forests to diverse wetland habitats to the compassionate and resilient people who call the peninsula home, we are all a community. Explore the natural beauty of the peninsula with The Ridges and our partners in conservation! For more…
Find out more »April 2024
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! 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…
Find out more »Forest School Artist Reception and Celebration
Celebrate Earth Week with The Ridges! Kick off the start of Earth Week on Saturday, April 20th at 11:00 AM with 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 at The Ridges. Meet: The Ridges Cook-Albert Fuller Nature Center. Fee: Free. To maximize accessibility, many Ridges events are offered free of charge. Donations are appreciated and support The Ridges mission.
Find out more »Tree Transplant
Celebrate Earth Week with The Ridges! On Wednesday, April 24th join us at 10:00 AM for our annual Tree Transplant, where we remove tree saplings growing in the Range Light corridor and relocate them to other areas of our property. Dress for the weather and wear clothes that can get muddy! We also recommend gloves and shovels for pulling up trees. Meet: Workshop at The Ridges Sanctuary, 8288 Cty. Q, Baileys Harbor, WI Fee: Free. To maximize accessibility, many Ridges…
Find out more »Marleah Grinnell Art Exhibit and Artist Reception
By Marleah Grinnell Marleah Grinnell, 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. This installation demonstrates Marleah’s deep emotional connection with nature, and connects you with the emotions, movement colors and textures she sees and conveys. Beginning her painting in 2019, Marleah shares her connection with art and nature as a form of therapy to improve her eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills,…
Find out more »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. Location: Cook-Fuller Nature Center, 8166 State Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor.
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