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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There's a reason for the hush. Songbirds are sluggish this time of year and others are already migrating. -
Monet’s paintings depict a flower that blooms for only a few days before submerging to protect its seeds. -
Birds can’t sweat. And their feathers, while beautiful, act as insulation. -
“Dawn" by Benjamin Britten depicts a misty sea at sunrise, a feeling anyone who’s seen Lake Michigan at daybreak will recognize. -
Just last year, an unexpected earthquake beneath Lake Michigan reminded us that the ground is never truly still. -
Like trees supported by mushroom networks, we depend on listener support and public radio allies to help us get through tough times. -
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.
