Here's a list of upcoming events:

	Wisconsin Environmental Memories Wednesday, August 25, Baileys Harbor Town Hall, 7:00 pm DCEC's 40th Aniversy Summer Progam Free admission. Jerry Apps, Keynote Speaker  Author and Television Personality Jerry's written over 30 books on Wisconsin and it's rural life. He's appeared on NPR, PBS, A&E and the Discovery Channel Free refreshments after the program.
	Underground in Door County Wednesday, Sept,ember 8th, Crossroads at Big Creek, 7:00 pm Free admission. Dr. Ken Bradbury, UW Madison School of Hydrology Ken is considered our state/s leading expert on fractured rock geology. He'll be speaking on how our Door County's underground rocky structures affect us. Learn about Door County up close and personal!

Here are some of our most recent events:

	Great Lakes Asian Carp Threat Wednesday, May 19th, Crossroads at Big Creek, 7:00 pm Free admission. Phil Moy, PhD, UW Seagrant Institute Wisconsin's foremost expert on the Asian Carp problem will provied a timely update of information, concerns and research results. The Asian Carp's DNA is in Lake Michigan. Can these monsters of the deep be far behind?
	More about Door County's Groundwater Problem! Monday, June 21, Crossroads at Big Creek, 7:00 pm Free admission. Dr. Roger Kuhns, Geologist Our world-class expert on Door County's Karst geology will bring us more information on how things are going for groundwater here on our heavenly piece of the Niagara Escarpment. Pollutants, both natural and man-made, can travel for miles and miles in our fractured rock understructure. Don't miss Dr. Kunhs' lively presentation!
Students from the NEAT Team make a Presentation before the seminar!	Protecting Your Water Thursday, February 25th, Crossroads at Big Creek, 6:30 pm Free admission. Wisconsin River Alliance's Danny Caneff and Clean Water Wisconsin's Melissa Mallot in a presentation of a special water management program for NE Wisconsin. Students (see left) from the Niagara Escarpment Awareness Team make a karst topography presentation prior to the main event. Co-sponsored by DCEC with League of Women Voters and Crossroads at Big Creek. CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Lee as Carson	FILM: A Sense of Wonder Monday, August 24th, Door Community Auditorium, 7:00 pm Free admission. Northern Door County premiere of video about Rachel Carson, environmentalist and author of Silent Spring. Performed by Obie-award winning actress Kaiulani Lee. Shot in high-definition video by two time Oscar-award winner Haskell Wexler. Runs 55 mintues. Information at www.dcec-wi.org or (920) 743-6003.
	Paddling Past the Pond! Wednesday, August 19th, Baileys Harbor Town Hall, 7:00 pm Ms. Valerie Fons She canoed from Alaska's Bering Sea to Chile's Cape Horn in a single 33-month expedition (21,000 miles), the length of the Mississippi River in under 24 days (+2,300 miles) and is a mother of six and a Methodist pastor. Find the inspiration to set really high goals and to actually meet them!   Information at www.dcec-wi.org or (920) 743-6003.
	The Race to Zero-Sum Housing & Buildings Wednesday, July 15th, Crossroads at Big Creek, 7:00 pm Green architect, Virge Temme, AIA, will compare what's going on  with "Net-Zero" housing and building techniques and how Europe leads the US. Find out how you can use these same techniques at home!   Information at www.dcec-wi.org or (920) 743-6003.
	Using Purchase Development Rights (PDR's) Wednesday, June 17th, Crossroads at Big Creek, 7:00 pm The next will be a seminar on Purchased Development Rights as a tool for preserving wild spaces. The featured speaker will be Vicki Elkin, policy director of the Gathering Waters Conservancy, Madison, Wisconsin.  Information at www.dcec-wi.org or (920) 743-6003.
Lee as Carson Click photo for news rel	FILM: A Sense of Wonder Wednesday, May 13th, Crossroads at Big Creek, 7:00 pm Free admission. NE Wisconsin premiere of video about Rachel Carson, environmentalist and author of Silent Spring. Performed by Obie-award winning actress Kaiulani Lee. Shot in high-definition video by two time Oscar-award winner Haskell Wexler. Runs 55 mintues. Information at www.dcec-wi.org or (920) 743-6003.
	Threats to Your Drinking Water Tuesday, September 16th, Crossroads at Big Creek, 7:00 pm Maureen Muldoon, PhD, associate professor of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, UW Oshkosh is especially well-suited to present sound science about our dolomite limestone aquifer. She conducted her PhD research right here in Door County!  She's received awards for her work in ground water monitoring systems in karst and fractured rock aquifers. What's in your well water?
	Great Lakes Water Wars: Still A Threat? Wednesday, August 20th, Baileys Harbor Town Hall, 7:00 pm You won’t want to miss DCEC’s Annual Summer Program this year! We’re proud to be bringing our distinguished keynote speaker, 11 year Newsweek reporter, Peter Annin, to Door County. He is the world’s leading authority on Great Lakes water diversions; past, present and future. The program is free, refreshments served afterwards. Remember to bring your burned-out small compact fluorescent light bulbs (well wrapped, please) for free disposal.
	Can a Created Wetland Solve Your Septic Problem? Wednesday, July 16th Crossroads at Big Creek, 7:00 pm Join us as one of Wisconsin’s top authorities, Tom Mellon, tells us how his created wetland, at Kettle-Moraine Lutheran School, has been purifying their wastewater since 2001. Find out why created wetlands may be THE solution to protecting Door County’s precious groundwater from dangerous chemicals and bacteria. Tom is the Biology teacher at Kettle-Morraine.

Clockwise from top: Eileen Andera, Jerry Viste, Fritz Renner and Maureen Muldoon Just before her groundwater seminar.	Peter Annin asks for a show of hands at the DCEC 2008 Annual Summer Program
Tom Mellon describes the fragrance of anaerobic septic systems at our Created Wetlands seminar.	Jamie Cross (left) of the Alliance for the Great Lakes, gets ready for her Crossroads seminar with Coggin Heeringa and Jerry Viste.

Annual familiarization tour

DCEC members at wind farm in Kewaunee County

Zimmerman Memorial Observance

John Wilson, Sr., co-founder of DCEC, speaking at Jim Zimmerman memorial observance at the Clearing

Zimmerman portrait presented to Crossroads at Big Creek by Jim Ingwersen accepted by Coggin Heeringa, CBC naturalist

Aldo Leopold Legacy

Cranes in their natural habitat at the Foundation

Leopold Shack at Baraboo	Nina Leopold Bradley presenting DCEC summer program
Carl Leopold (Aldo's son) at the Shack	Ever smoking fireplace in the Shack

Dr. Frances Hamestrom (The Bird Lady) program
at Door County Community Auditorium

Dr Frances Hamerstrom (The Bird Lady) World famous researcher of rain forest people and avian species

Attendees at the Hamerstrom program