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Contact: Claudio Gratton, (608) 265-3762, cgratton@wisc.edu; Tim Meehan, (608) 263-0964, tmeehan@wisc.edu; Doug Landis, (517) 353-1829, landisd@msu.edu MADISON - The continued growth of cropland and loss of natural habitat have increasingly simplified agricultural landscapes in the Midwest. A Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) study concluded that this simplification is associated with increased crop pest abundance and insecticide use, consequences that...

Contact: Kate Morgan – 414.416.6509, kmorgan@1kfriends.org Sweet Water and nine of its regional partners were awarded grants this June from the Fund for Lake Michigan to implement projects advancing water quality and habitat restoration efforts in Southeastern Wisconsin. The Fund for Lake Michigan expects to award 4 million dollars yearly in grants over the next 24 years to projects that protect Lake...

LAKE DELTON, Wis. – nationally coined the “Delton Jamboree Model” (DJM) after the waterway and village of its founding, the DJM was recently recognized leading edge in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the 2nd Annual LD Youth Fishing Jamboree at Kaminski Park by the state agencies, organizers and partners, media and television cameras and amid fanfare of a 230-strong entourage...

Firm Plans for Growth under New Name, Pallet USA Milwaukee, WI – July 12, 2011 – Blackthorne Partners Ltd., a Milwaukee-based private equity firm, has acquired the assets of a leading southeastern Wisconsin pallet recycler and is making numerous investments aimed at accelerating growth. JPRS New Way, based in Lannon, WI, sold its assets to an investor group led by Blackthorne,...

Media Contact: Anna Reynolds anna@vilaszoo.org 608.258.9490 MADISON, Wis. — On Saturday, July 23, Henry Vilas Zoo will revive the cherished Zoo tradition and host an evening dance on Zoo grounds. The Rock ‘N’ Roar Benefit Dance will light up the night with live entertainment, twilight exhibits, animal encounter raffle prizes and more. Adult community members will get the chance to help...

CONTACT: Kristen Naimoli, External Relations Manager knaimoli@coolchoicesnetwork.org 222 N. Midvale Blvd., Suite 29 Madison, WI 53705 608.443.4273 Madison, WI – July 11, 2011 – At its June Board of Director’s meeting the Cool Choices Board elected two new members, Kristine Euclide and Bill Mitchell, to add to the already impressive group leading the way for Cool Choices! Ms. Euclide has over 30 years of...

Attention is focused on the July 18 public hearing to be held in Adams by the Department of Natural Resources. Media Contact: Bob Clarke, bclarke113@yahoo.com. 608-296-1443; Terry Tinkle, costink@uniontel.net. 715-228-3919 COLOMA – A group...

Contact: Ann O’Brien, 608.219.7428, madison.uni.ann@gmail.com Lynn Welch, 608.206.2827, lmrwelch@gmail.com Unicyclists from across North America to display skills (Madison, WI)- The Unicycling Society of America holds its 2011 North America Unicycling Convention & Championships (NAUCC) July 23-30 in Madison. This event will bring some 250 unicyclists from across North America...

Contact: Lisa Murray lmurray@wisys.org (608) 263-2819 Event offers...

Media Contacts: OWNER: Dennis Fleischer (608) 729-5365 Senior Helpers encourages seniors and their families to be sun smart after new FDA sunscreen guidelines (Madison, WI–July 2011) – Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. Each year, nearly a million people in this country will learn they have skin cancer…and the risk continues...

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Hendricks – (608) 378-4878 Online Marketplace Brings Wisconsin’s Favorite Berry to the Masses *** Launch Discount Offered for TheCranberryStore.com through August 1 WARRENS, Wis. – The Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center today launched its new website aimed at promoting Wisconsin’s cranberry industry through online product sales and attracting regional guests to its cranberry museum. Significant site improvements were made on...