HIGHLIGHTS

The Portage County - UW Extension office has moved to the Ruth Gilfry Center, 817 Whiting Avenue (1st Floor), Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

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2007-08 Portage County Plat Books Now Available!

The updated Portage County Plat Books are now available at the Portage County UW-Extension Office for $30.00. You may also send a check to our offices in the amount of $32.25 made payable to Portage County 4-H Leaders Assn and have a book mailed to you.

****UPCOMING EVENTS****

2009-10 BUILDING COMMUNITIES WEBINAR SERIES - Community Development in a Difficult Economy . . . Readying for the Rebound

Seven 90-minute programs (60 minutes of presentation followed by 30 minutes of locally facilitated discussion) held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from 11:00am - 12:30pm at the Courthouse Annex Building (Nov. 17, Jan. 19, Feb. 16, Mar. 16, Apr. 20, May 18, June 15). Brochure

Heating With Wood

This website includes choosing firewood, where to get wood, an energy comparison caculator, wood burning health issues, and outdoor wood boilers. Website

Mead Wildlife Center 2010 Classes - George W Mead Wildlife Area (run by Wisconsin DNR), S2148 County Highwy S, Milladore Mead Wildlife Center Home Page

Class dates are Feb 4, Feb 18, Mar 4, Mar 18, 6-8:00 pm. When the central WI classes and locations are finalized they will be on the website Central WI Classes.

MISSION

With an office in each Wisconsin county, Cooperative Extension develops practical educational programs tailored to local needs and based on university knowledge and research.

County-based Extension educators are University of Wisconsin faculty and staff who are experts in agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, natural resources, family living and youth development.

Extension county-based faculty and staff live and work with the people they serve in communities across the state. Extension specialists work on UW System campuses where they access current research and knowledge. Collaboration between county and campus faculty is the hallmark of Cooperative Extension in Wisconsin.