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Betsy M. Galbraith 920-866-1753 Betsy_Galbraith@fws.gov Georgia Parham 812-334-4261 x 1203 Georgia_Parham@fws.gov Note to editors: September 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which warned of the dangers of DDT and helped launch the environmental movement. If Rachel Carson walked along the shores of Green Bay today, she would observe Forster’s terns flying overhead, notice egrets and herons foraging...

(Media Contact: Joan Collins Publicity at 608-222-2899) The first phase of the Resilience Research Center, a living laboratory and ambitious project of several area businesses and partners, has opened at 501 East Badger Road, on Madison’s South Side. The Center for Resilient Cities and Bachmann Construction, Madison, along with 14 area subcontractors, have completed the $7 million one-of-a-kind 24,000 square...

Contacts: For 7Summits: Ashley Cobert, Primum ashley@primumagency.com 414-765-2311 For Supply Chain Insights: Constance Korol Constance.korol@supplychaininsights.com 516-998-6793 Supply Chain Insights partners with 7Summits to launch community MILWAUKEE and NEW YORK (September 5, 2012) – Supply Chain Insights, a leading industry advisory firm specializing in supply chain research, today announces the launch of Supply Chain Insights Community in partnership with social business agency 7Summits....

Contact: Jay Fletcher 202-690-0498 Grantees Will Help Prepare Loan Application Packages WASHINGTON, September 6, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for technical assistance grants to develop domestic and migrant farm labor housing. “These grants will help communities submit quality applications to increase their chances of getting funding to build much-needed affordable housing for farm...

A new five-year grant totaling $1.1 million will continue a highly successful and unique regional collaboration model between Ripon College, Lawrence University in Appleton and St. Norbert College in De Pere. The schools’ Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program was awarded the grant by the U.S. Department of Education TRIO division. The grant will support the McNair Achievement Program beginning...

CONTACT: JOE SHANSKY (414) 218-3331, joe@vdlf.org Milwaukee Ald. Bob Donovan got a few things right when he spoke out yesterday about the conflict at Palermo's Pizza. The conflict and the boycott are very serious and workers deserve the right to organize a union. What Alderman Donovan got wrong was saying that calling for a national boycott is going "way overboard". Over...

IRONMAN provides $65,000 to the Greater Madison community for the 2012 IRONMAN Wisconsin presented by Trek Tampa, Fla. - The IRONMAN Foundation Community Fund continues to leave behind the IRONMAN Legacy by providing $65,000 in grant funding to nonprofit groups in the Greater Madison, Wisc. community in support of the 2012 IRONMAN Wisconsin presented by...

Tampa, Fla. (Sept. 6, 2012) - This Sunday, over 2,500 athletes will compete in the 2012 IRONMAN Wisconsin presented by Trek. Join us tomorrow at 11 a.m. for the IRONMAN Wisconsin Pre-Race Pro Panel, which will take place in Ballroom B of the Monona Terrace. The Pre-Race Pro Panel will include several top professional contenders, including 2012 IRONMAN...

Fourth Grade Students Can Win Tickets to October 28 Game at Lambeau Field MILWAUKEE and GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield are teaming up for the second consecutive year to bring health tips and stories from the team to fourth grade classrooms across the state through the Fit Kids program. Green...