Here's a special offer for Portal visitors: a $25 one-year membership to the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (regular fee: $50).

For $25, you'll get

* four issues of the Wisconsin Academy Review magazine(retail value: $20)

* discounts on Wisconsin Academy forums, writing contests, and other events

* know that you are supporting the nonprofit Wisconsin Academy's many worthy projects in conservation, the arts, and the humanities, including Waters of Wisconsin, our statewide initiative on sustainable water use.

Just click on to www.wisconsinacademy.org and on your online registration form write that you saw the $25 offer on PortalWisconsin.org. Or call our office at 608/263-1692 ext. 17 and sign up by phone.