Debra Fitzgerald

14 hours ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

John Teichtler, Door County sanitarian, is seen near a property his office inspected during the construction of its septic mound system. The Door County Sanitarian Department was created in the mid-1960s by the county board because of concerns that failing private sewage disposal systems were contaminating drinking water. Teichtler has worked for the department since 1971.

1 week ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

Jeff Lutsey, Roy Thilly and Deneen Wiske, all with the Climate Change Coalition of Door County, during a Climate Action Workshop the group hosted earlier this year at The Clearing in Ellison Bay. Photos by D.A. Fitzgerald. Grant would take climate resilience planning to the next levelAround 40 people gathered at a meeting space Jan.

1 week ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

Photo by Remy Carmichael. At our home in Sevastopol, we grow enough food to feed the two of us for fresh eating during the growing season and stored to last nearly a year. Anyone who has fed their family from the garden for years knows the growing seasons are shifting and the weather isn’t what it used to be. The dry southerly winds don’t bring the rain we need, but do carry more pests, and increasingly, new pests.

1 week ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

Artwork by Katie Hohmann. Many individuals have calculated their carbon footprints, or the total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide and methane) that are generated by their individual or family’s actions. The average carbon footprint for a person in the United States is 16 tons, one of the highest rates in the world, according to The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Globally, the average carbon footprint is closer to 4 tons.

2 weeks ago | doorcountypulse.com | Debra Fitzgerald

If you live in a village or city, this is not for youTrivia question: What is known as one of democracy’s purest forms? If you answered annual town meetings in Wisconsin, you would be correct. Annual town meetings are almost upon us, which, by Wisconsin statute, are held on the third Tuesday of April – this year, the 15th – and which, whether you’re there or not, will likely be the place your neighbors are gathering to make decisions about your community.