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Economic Development

  • PDF file Building a regional economy in Northeast Wisconsin (2 pages, 122 KB)
    After Wisconsin’s Fox Valley lost manufacturing jobs to industry closings and outsourcing, CNRED educators and partners engaged in an economic development study to raise awareness about the present economy and develop a strategy to create a vibrant regional economy.
  • PDF file Wisconsin Inventor and Entrepreneur Clubs: Paving the way for innovation (2 pages)
    Inventor and Entrepreneur Clubs are becoming an important place for rural entrepreneurs to share ideas, get information and make connections with their peers. Community resource development educators from the Center for Community Economic Development (CCED) have provided crucial support and information for these clubs from the beginning -- helping the state's entrepreneurial spirit continue to flourish.
  • PDF file Growing Wisconsin's Aquaculture Industry for the Global Marketplace (2pages)
    Wisconsin aquaculture is poised to become a player in the expanding global marketplace. UW-Extension aquaculture specialists collaborate with partners to develop programs and provide services that support a healthy, productive and environmentally sound aquaculture industry.

Natural Resources

  • PDF fileWisconsin Lakes Under Siege: Learning How Local Citizens Perceive the Threat of Aquatic Invasive Species
    Wisconsin lakes are under attack from aquatic invasive species (AIS) - hitchhikers from other places that threaten to crowd out native species. The way a local community responds to the presence of these invaders affects the success of efforts to control damage and protect water resources. Find out what these researchers discovered about the opinions of local residents in one Wisconsin county affected by AIS.
  • PDF fileInvolving Local Citizens in Protecting Wisconsin's Waterways
    With more than 86,000 miles of streams and 15,000 lakes, monitoring the quality of Wisconsin's water is an enormous task. Read one way we help to protect Wisconsin's water resources by engaging local citizens in understanding how water ecosystems work and how people's activities on the land affect the state's waterways.
  • Adobe PDF iconEngaging Wisconsin Woodland Owners (3 pages)
  • PDF file Bringing 3 Billion Years of State History to a Highway Near You (2 pages, 53 KB)
    Many state residents enjoy exploring the natural world, and marvel over marine fossils as they hike or streamlined hills as they go by on family outings. While a vast scientific literature exists on the geology of Wisconsin, nothing was compiled as an easy-to-understand quick reference for curious travelers. So when Mountain Press Publishing Co. put forth a request to write the Wisconsin edition in their Roadside Geology series, UW-Madison/Extension geologists who had long recognized the need took up the challenge of describing more than 3 billion years of geologic formation and landscape change along major highways.
  • PDF file Fostering Safer Practices for Manure 3 pages
    Manure application firms are major partners in regulatory requirements. They were able to improve their professionalism and ethics, and develop a standard code of conduct through the use of a UW-Extension interagency-industry collaboration to train and sustain new firms.
  • PDF file Mapping Bedrock Geology for Sustainable Three-dimensional Planning (3 pages, 57 KB)
  • PDF file Mapping glacial Lake Oshkosh for comprehensive land use planning (3 pages, 66 KB)
  • PDF file Protecting and Restoring Northern Wisconsin Shorelines (3 pages, 391 KB)
    UW-Extension formed a partnership to develop The Burnett County Natural Shorelines Program, which has led to successful preservation and restoration projects on over 507 properties, demonstrating that recreational use of lakes and rivers can be balanced with natural beauty, aquatic and wildlife habitats, and water quality.
  • PDF file Tracking and Regulating Natural Arsenic to Ensure Drinking Water Safety (4 pages, 59 KB)
    DNR staff worked in Southeast Wisconsin with UW-Extension outreach specialist Madeline B. Gotkowitz, hydrogeologist with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS), and UW-Madison assistant professor of environmental sciences.
  • PDF fileInvolving Local Citizens in Protecting Wisconsin Waterways (2 pages)
    With more than 86,000 miles of streams and 15,000 lakes, monitoring the quality of Wisconsin's water resources is an enormous task. One way to help protect these resources is by engaging local citizens in understanding how water ecosystems work and how people's activities on the land affect the state's waterways.

Leadership and Organizational Development

Strengthening Local Government

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