Milwaukee County

Each year, Milwaukee County Cooperative Extension serves approximately 100,000 people where they live and work through our 30 programs in: Family Living, Horticulture & Urban Agriculture, Youth Development and Community, Natural Resources & Economic Development (CNRED).

Take a moment to “Like” us on Facebook. Milwaukee County UW-Extension now has a Facebook page. We will be sharing research-based information about seasonal topics, invitations to register for educational events, and news about community projects. Over the coming months, we will be adding more Facebook pages and groups for our programs, volunteers and projects.

UW-Extension, Cooperative Extension will celebrate its 100th anniversary in Wisconsin in 2012. This year, we plan to celebrate 100 years of Cooperative Extension history through stories highlighting changes that show the importance of our current and future work.

Earth Partnership for Schools is offering a Great Lakes Earth Partnership Institute to involve students in native plantings that improve water quality, benefit wildlife and offer meaningful, project-based learning opportunities!

The Wisconsin Knows: Children’s Mental Health Matters Toolkit is an online compilation of resources that can assist local communities in raising awareness about children’s mental health and promoting children’s social emotional development. The toolkit is broken down into the following sections:   Promote Social-Emotional Well-Being: On this page you’ll find basic tips for supporting children’s [...]

Youth should consider exhibiting at the Milwaukee County Fair. The Milwaukee County Fair is scheduled for Friday, September 28, 2012 to Sunday, September 30, 2012 in the Horticulture Building at Wisconsin State Fair Park. Youth who participate in any youth development programss such as 4-H, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts of America, and other youth programs [...]

Check out the 4-H Robotics training videos developed by Joanna Skluzacek, 4-H STEM Specialist for UW-Extension. DVD version. Copyright © 2012 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System doing business as the division of Cooperative Extension of the University of Wisconsin-Extension. All Rights Reserved. The videos are in eight segments. Segment 1 Introduction to [...]

You’ve probably heard it before–Americans eat too much salt. In fact, many Americans consume twice the amount of sodium that’s recommended as the upper limit for a healthy diet, and almost all that sodium comes from salt.

  Consider signing up for Overnight 4-H Summer Camp in the Wisconsin Dells. Register for Camp by April 15th, 2012 to apply for a scholarship!   The Milwaukee County 4-H Council will provide a camp scholarship for youth attending the 4-H Summer Camp in June 2012 at Upham Woods in Wisconsin Dells.  See you if are [...]

40 Milwaukee middle school age students, representing 10 teams, competed in a tri-county 4-H Tech Wizards Robotics Rally Tuesday, January 24th in Sturtevant Wisconsin.

Send a kid to camp at a Milwaukee County Park, including Wehr Nature Center. Openings available in day camp.  Adventure Summer Camp Brochure 2012 Click on brochure to view camps and registration.