Project News
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Rural Livability Project launches interactive map showing county-by-county livability measures
Many factors go into making someplace a good place to live and work. While traditional ways to measure place-based performance focus on economic growth, the Rural Livability Project assesses alternative factors that play important roles in defining how well people live in places. The project recently launched a new interactive map that visually presents county-based
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Two RPI projects share research at Wisconsin Idea Conference
Two projects that are part of the Wisconsin Rural Partnerships Institute (RPI) presented their work at the Wisconsin Idea Conference on March 2. The conference brings together people from across the Madison area to discuss mutually beneficial approaches to community-university partnership. The setting was an ideal place to share updates on the work being done
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Indigenous-led research examines the health of restored manoomin in the St. Louis River Estuary
For Ojibwe people, wild rice—manoomin—is far more than a food source. It is a sacred relative, central to culture, identity, and community well‑being. Yet over the past century, manoomin beds in the St. Louis River Estuary near Superior, WI were nearly lost. Only in the last decade, after sustained restoration efforts, has the rice begun
