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On Wisconsin: Town successfully rids itself of termites

….We know of places like Coloma, Oxford, Hancock, Plainfield and Plover largely from the green road signs along this north-south route that is a year-round thoroughfare for vehicles, campers, boats and snowmobiles destined for somewhere Up North.

Endeavor is also on that list but is now known for what is no more. Over the last five years, this village of 453 people, about 10 miles north of Portage, has waged a successful battle against wood chewing termites.

…researchers from the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison teamed up with Alternative Pest Solutions in Madison and with the UW-Madison entomology department to create a two-fold attack.