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Bell Laboratories Recipient of 2009 Wisconsin Business Friend |
Bell
Laboratories, Inc., was honored recently with a "2009 Wisconsin
Business Friend of the Environment Award" from the Wisconsin
Environmental Working Group for its demonstrated leadership in
environmental stewardship.
One of three Wisconsin
winners in the environmental innovation category, Bell was singled out
for its participation in the Aleutian Seabird Restoration Project on
Rat Island in the Alaskan Aleutian Island chain. Bell developed a
unique brodifacoum bait, capable of being aerially applied, which
researchers are using to rid Rat Island of non-native Norway rats that
have been ravaging the island's seabird populations.
The project is a
collaborative effort among the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the
Nature Conservancy, and the Island Conservation and Ecology Group.
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