Travel Green Resources

As a member of the Door County Welcome Center Community, you play a vital role in how we promote the county as a travel destination. Along with the county’s attractions, destinations and dining, you play a crucial role in helping promote Leave No Trace’s educational message with visitors and travelers who are likely unaware of the negative impacts that can result from outdoor recreation.

By protecting Door County’s outdoor resources with stewardship education, you are helping to ensure that the county’s thriving tourism and recreation economy continue to grow responsibly for years to come.

As a member of the Door County hospitality, outdoor recreation and/or retail industry, you play a crucial role in helping promote Leave No Trace’s educational message with visitors and customers who are likely unaware of the negative impacts that can result from outdoor activities.

By protecting the peninsula’s outdoor natural resources with stewardship education, you are helping to ensure that Door County’s thriving tourism and recreation economy continue to grow responsibly for years to come. 

Find out which local businesses have committed to reducing their environmental impacts by becoming Travel Green Wisconsin Certified.

Since 2014, an ongoing effort throughout Door County has been underway to expand the network of electric vehicle charging stations at various public locations as well as private businesses.

Ridge and Swale, a two-part documentary celebrating a legacy of conservation and community, tells the story of how the Door County community has worked and continues to work on preserving and maintaining its natural beauty and heritage. Produced by Peninsula Filmworks, the series is made possible by its sponsors the Peninsula Pulse, Destination Door County, The Ridges Sanctuary, Door County Medical Center, and The Clearing.

For those looking for a less crowded, slightly lesser-known place to explore, these videos highlight some of those beloved locations. As always, please be mindful of your personal impact on the environment wherever you choose to recreate.

Explore the natural wonders that make Door County so unique and learn why protecting the waters and lands are so important.

Door County shares an agricultural and maritime history with the rest of Wisconsin, while offering a Belgian heritage and ecological history unlike anywhere else. Experience Door County history and museums to get a taste for the people and places that set the course for the area we know and love today.