Employees donate 1,000 pounds of food during February drive

Area food pantries are receiving a half-ton of food donated by employees during Dairyland's February food drive.
Dairyland also worked to promote the many benefits of switching to CFLs from standard incandescent lighting in conjunction with the food drive, encouraging employees to do the right thing by donating food items and the "bright" thing by making their homes more energy efficient.>more

Our Energy, Our Future Campaign

You may have heard about the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s (NRECA) Our Energy, Our Future™ campaign. This campaign seeks to persuade Congress to remember the need to keep electricity affordable and reliable as we work together to meet future climate change goals.>more

Our Energy Future: 2010

Dairyland is a sponsor of a one-day workshop which will be held March 30 in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Don Huff, Dairyland Director, Environmental Affairs, will be a speaker at the event on the topic of Renewable Energy.>more

DPC receives $100,000 USDA grant

Dairyland will receive a $100,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as part of its Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
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Dairyland’s Myrick Hixon EcoPark exhibit to be dedicated

An exhibit sponsored by Dairyland Power Cooperative, featuring Peregrine falcons, will be dedicated at the Myrick Hixon EcoPark’s “Raptor Day” event on Saturday, March 13.

The dedication begins at
10 a.m. at the EcoPark with opening comments by John Thiel, Senior Environmental Biologist at Dairyland, and Bob Anderson, founder of the nonprofit Raptor Resource Project.

Dairyland donated $10,000 to the EcoPark for the development of an educational kiosk about raptors, specifically the Peregrine falcon. Dairyland’s Peregrine Falcon Restoration Program has been instrumental in helping bring back the once-endangered species to the Upper Mississippi River Valley.

“The contribution to the EcoPark provided the opportunity to share an innovative and ultimately very successful stewardship story with the community. The wonderful environmental education facility at the new Myrick Hixon EcoPark is the perfect place to feature the history of raptors in our region,” said Thiel.
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