Events, Work Days & Field Days

Would you like to be a Citizen Scientist?  Or take a cruise across Death’s Door to an island wildlife refuge and learn about Monarch butterflies?  Or participate in a fun family-friendly activity?

 

You will learn fun facts about the Monarch butterfly, their migration and the role this part of the country plays in it as well as what we can do to protect these fragile creatures.  Your experience includes netting butterflies, applying a monitoring tag them, and tracing their migration south to aid scientists in studying their population and migration patterns.

 

*Learn more about monarchs, their migration, and the tagging and tracking process at Monarch Watch* 

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Famed Door County photographer, Dave Heilman will be once again sharing his craft with us during two photography workshops on Plum Island.  Come and join us!

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Dave’s tagline is ‘you are not photographing your subject; you are photographing how light falls upon your subject.’  Dave will guide us in meeting that light, whether you are a cellphone, SLR or time-honored film photographer. 

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No experience is necessary, Plum Island will provide the inspiration!

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Once again FOPPI is partnering with the Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society to offer you the opportunity view one of Door County's most unique set of lighthouses:  Plum Island Range Lights and Pilot Island Lighthouse.

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Enjoy this tour of Death’s Door, including seeing the remote Pilot Island, Plum Island Range Lights, Lighthouse Keepers Quarters and the historic Coast Guard Life-Saving Station.  The tour makes a stop at Plum Island, where guests may explore the grounds of the Life-Saving Station, boathouse, and beach areas.  Back onboard, you’ll be able to view an 1867 shipwreck located offshore (weather permitting).

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 8:00am Departure:  Register Here

 11:00am Departure:  Register Here

Come experience the magic of Rock Island. Take the THE SHORELINE from Gills Rock to Rock Island to enjoy a Rock Island history chat in the historic Thordarson Boathouse, then hike the 1.25 miles to the oldest lighthouse in Wisconsin, the Pottawatomie Lighthouse. You’ll step back in time to 1910 to envision what life was like for a lighthouse keeper and their family with a guided tour followed by a scenic hike back to the dock.  The Friends of Rock Island (FORI) have partnered with the Friends of Plum & Pilot Islands (FOPPI) along with the Wisconsin DNR to make this tour possible.

 

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