Sauk County

YEPS is a program for ALL youth, families, and youth organizations of Sauk County. The goal of YEPS is to provide an opportunity for youth and families to participate in environmental stewardship service-learning projects. Participants have an opportunity to help plant prairies, collect acorns, build rain gardens in local cities, build nature trails, collect prairie [...]

Since Act 10 passed, many local governments in Wisconsin are struggling with human services issues that are new to many.  Simple questions such as what are reasonable wages for public employees are being raised.  To help provide some basic background information, Steve Deller, Professor and Community Development Economist with the UW-Madison Department of Agricultural and Applied [...]

The 2012 Wisconsin Agritourism Study was conducted as a partnership between the Wisconsin Agricultural Tourism Association (WATA), the University of Wisconsin‐Extension Center for Community and Economic Development and County University of Wisconsin‐Extension Cooperative Extension offices. The study was designed to provide agritourism businesses with customer information to improve marketing to include customer origin, motivations for [...]

Housing is one of the central aspects of our communities and households.  Housing affects where people live, their family budgets, the types of jobs available to them, who their friends and neighbors are, how they get to work, and the education their children receive, as well as other issues related to quality of life.  Click [...]

Baraboo Retail Market Analysis: A Study of Business Retension, Expansion, and Recruitment Opportunities

MyPlate.gov has replaced MyPyramid as a simpler and more visual icon to help individuals and families choose healthier meal choices.  It focuses on key behaviors for consumers, such as: Enjoy your food, but eat less. Avoid oversized portions. Make half your plate fruits and vegetables. Switch to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk. Make at least [...]