Desertification can cause flooding, poor water quality, dust storms, and pollution. All of these effects can hurt people living near an affected region. (The Facts of Desertification and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 2000) In the Sahel Desert, desertification is becoming a huge problem. Around the 1950âs, people settled into the Sahel region, in areas where there was water.
1 Crawford County Cemetery Resources WIGenWeb Project. 2  Crawford County Tombstone Photograph Pages USGenWeb Archives. 3  1820 Census - Prairie du Chien WIGenWeb Project.  1836 Crawford County Territorial Census For 1836 USGenWeb Archives.
The poverty rate for Prairie du Chien, WI is 11.8%. As of the last census, the Prairie du Chien, WI unemployment rate of 5.6% was better than the 7.9% national average. The break down for commute times in Prairie du Chien, WI is: 82.8% under 25 mins, 9.3% 25-45 mins, and 7.9% above 45 minutes. Prairie du Chien, WI workers work 38/hrs per week on average.