Program Impacts

Economic Development

• 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.
• From garage to industrial park: Helping businesses grow in Taylor County (2 pages, 52 KB)
  CNRED and community partners help to build successful businesses in rural Taylor County, thereby increasing the number of good-paying jobs, developing and benefiting the economy of north-central Wisconsin.

Natural Resources

• 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.
• Fostering safer practices for manure applicators (2 pages, 37 KB)
  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.
• Mapping Bedrock Geology for Sustainable Three-dimensional Planning (3 pages, 57 KB)
• Mapping glacial Lake Oshkosh for comprehensive land use planning (3 pages, 66 KB)
• 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.
• 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.

Leadership and Organizational Development

• Strengthening leadership skills and networks in Southwest Wisconsin (2 pages, 152 KB)
  CNRED responded to the need for more volunteer leaders with the Community Leadership Alliance of Southwest Wisconsin, which helps leaders build the skills, confidence, resources and networks needed to succeed in improving community life.
• Welcome to the multi-generational workforce (2 pages, 37 KB)
  Communicating Across the Generations, a peer-reviewed workshop and curriculum, stresses that generational differences are just one form of work force diversity and helps to assemble four generations of workers to meet the goals of their organization.

Strengthening Local Government

• Providing fiscal information to local governments: UW-Extension Local Government Center (2 pages, 117 KB)
  The state budget process and any proposed changes are made more transparent to local officials through communication between CNRED county educators and UW-Extension Local Government Center.
• Working to Engage and Empower the Ozaukee County Board (3 pages, 65 KB)
  A collaborative review of the County Board of Supervisors in Ozaukee County, led the Board to restructure, reorganize and improve their efficiency and responsiveness.
• Superior Days: A Grass Roots Approach to Community Development (3 pages, 76 KB)
  For over 20 years, Superior Days has allowed citizens of Superior and Douglas County to directly communicate their concerns to state government, fostering citizen capacity, developing local leadership and allowing communities to work toward common goals and influence public policy.

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