Coggin Heeringa
Outdoors with Coggin HeeringaCoggin Heeringa is the Program Director and Naturalist at Crossroads at Big Creek Learning Center/Nature Preserve in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, where she served as Executive Director for twenty years.
Heeringa has ten years of classroom teaching experience and was an adjunct instructor for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She also served as the naturalist at Newport State Park in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin.
She is a frequent contributor to print and broadcast media as well as a public speaker.
Heeringa has been the instructor of environmental studies at the Walter E. Hastings Nature Museum at Interlochen Arts Camp since 1971.
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What seems like fragility in a butterfly is actually quick, agile control of its wings. -
Thriving pine trees in sandy soil show how natural systems persist through resilience and efficiency. -
A poetic look at "Flos Campi" reveals the connection between wildflowers and their pollinators. -
Thanks to atmospheric filtering at sunset, reds dominate while other colors fade, a natural shift that subtly transforms the sky. -
Mayflies live briefly, but their role in Michigan's freshwater ecosystems is lasting. -
Coggin debates whether the call of a cuckoo or the solstice is the true sign of summer. -
The quiet resilience of trees reveals itself through latent buds, nature’s hidden understudies, ready to step into the spotlight when damage strikes. -
Sarah Quartel’s "Songbird" evoked birds’ mysterious, luminous journey beyond human sight. -
Botticelli's "Primavera" reflects the abundance of spring through art and nature. -
Interlochen's commencement is a time for graduates to take flight — just like fledgling birds!
