Wisconsin Academy: Fall issue of Wisconsin People & Ideas highlights Milwaukee’s innovative Urban Ecology Center

Contact: Jason A. Smith, editor, Wisconsin People & Ideas

MADISON–The fall 2009 issue of Wisconsin People & Ideas, the quarterly magazine of the Wisconsin Academy, highlights the very best in Wisconsin thought and culture this month with articles that cover every corner of the state, as well as fiction, poetry, and more. A selection from the fall 2009 issue (contact Jason A. Smith for a print media copy):

* GROWING UP GREEN: MILWAUKEE YOUTH DISCOVER NATURE AT THE URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER
Milwaukee writer Theresa J. Lins shares how a neighborhood environmental program in one of Wisconsin’s most-neglected parks is creating a whole generation of conservation-minded children

* FORGOTTEN MEMORIAL: THE CIVIL WAR TREES OF BERRY TOWNSHIP
When the young men of Berry went off to fight in the Civil War, their families and friends planted a tree for each one. Why do only a few trees remain? Carol Roche uncovers a mystery that grows deeper by the day

* ACROSS THE PAGE: A WISCONSIN TREASURY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATORS
In “Across the Page: A Wisconsin Treasury of Children’s Book Illustrators,” Cooperative Children’s Book Center director Kathleen T. Horning introduces us to the men and women who pioneered the fine art of children’s book illustration in our state

* NO DEAD ISSUE: EXPLORING PRIONS AND CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN WISCONSIN
Untreatable and on the rise in the deer population of southeastern Wisconsin, Chronic Wasting Disease seems unstoppable. Is there hope to destroy the seemingly invincible pathogen? Liza P. Burkin takes us from the lab to the field on the hunt for the deadly prion

* DAMMING THE RIVER: AN UPSTREAM APPROACH TO ALCOHOLISM IN WISCONSIN
In response to recent alcohol-related drownings near the campus of UW-La Crosse, Bob Jokisch discusses how UW System President Reilly and the Board of Regents new Wisconsin Idea Forums are tackling the major task of finding a better approach to preventing alcoholism in our state

About Wisconsin People & Ideas Magazine
Wisconsin People & Ideas is the quarterly magazine of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Wisconsin People & Ideas features articles by and about Wisconsin scientists, scholars, artists, writers, policymakers and other people who serve as thought leaders in our state and help shape its culture. We also publish works from contemporary and classic Wisconsin artists, writers, and poets. The magazine is available for purchase online at wisconsinacademy.org and in bookstores across the state, and is distributed free of charge to Wisconsin Academy members.