The Ridges Sanctuary is a 1,600-acre (650 ha) nature preserve and land trust in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin. It is listed as a National Natural Landmark, Important Bird Area and Wisconsin State Natural Area.[1] It was founded in 1937 and was the first land trust in the state.[2][3]
The sanctuary is also home to the Baileys Harbor Range Lights, which were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[4]
The Cook-Albert Fuller Nature Center opened in 2015.[5] The 7,400-square foot facility is LEED certified,[6] and includes displays about the preserve's karst topography, wildflowers, plants, animals and the history of the site's founding.
The sanctuary includes a small amount of the raw humus rendzina soil type, which is globally uncommon.[7] and is also found in the Marshall's Point State Natural Area, a residential development not open to the public.[8]
Orchid project
Although the sanctuary is home to wild orchids, it also operates an orchid restoration project to cultivate and introduce rare orchids into otherwise natural plant communities.[9] 25 native orchid species are currently kept at the Ridges.[10] A 1998 survey of wild, native orchids was carried out in response to continued theft of the sanctuary orchids. 28 species were identified.[11]
Climate
Gallery
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Baileys Harbor Range Lights -
Survey marker in the sanctuary -
Plaque near the base of the range lights -
Chalk-fronted corporal dragonfly in June at the Ridges. -
Trail at the sanctuary, November 27, 2021
See also
References
- ^ "Our Story". The Ridges Sanctuary. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ The Ridges Sanctuary Interpretive Master Plan, February 2013.
- ^ Clark, Brian E. "Weekend Getaway: Door County's Ridges Sanctuary a special boreal habitat". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ^ Preserving Baileys Harbor range lights by Tina M. Gohr, Green Bay Press-Gazette, July 11, 2017
- ^ "Ridges Sanctuary's new Nature Center opens Saturday". Green Bay Press-Gazette. June 13, 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Cook-Albert Fuller Center is Full of Green Features". Door County Pulse. July 30, 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ Door to Nature: Trailing Arbutus by Roy and Charlotte Lukes, Peninsula Pulse, May 5, 2017
- ^ Natural Area Inventory, Wisconsin's Great Lakes Coast by the Coastal Zone Information Center, revised 1980
- ^ Orchid Restoration Work at The Ridges By Door County Pulse, Peninsula Pulse, January 20, 2017
- ^ Jones, Meg (September 17, 2013). "Rare native orchids in Door County get a helping hand". Jsonline. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ Knudson, Kip (2005). "An Orchid Survey of the Ridges Sanctuary, Selbyana 26(1/2), 1/2, Proceedings of the Second International Orchid Conservation Congress, pages 46–48". Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Inc. JSTOR 41760172.
- ^ "NASA EarthData Search". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
External links
- The Ridges Sanctuary
- Trail Map
- Baileys Harbor Ridges Park Beach description in Door County Outdoors: A Guide to the Best Hiking, Biking, Paddling, Beaches, and Natural Places by Magill Weber, Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 2011, page 115
- Baileys Harbor Ridges County Park, Door County Facilities and Parks Department
- Ridges Sanctuary Group Organized, Door County Advocate, October 22, 1937
- Ridges Road: A History with Leean Despotes by the Baileys Harbor Historical Society, Sevestopol TV, June 18, 2015
- The Ridges Sanctuary with Steve Leonard by the Baileys Harbor Historical Society, Sevestopol TV, August 21, 2012
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