Amsterdam Dunes Riparian and Coastal Wetland Habitat Restoration
Our funding would support restoration of 1/3 of a mile of stream corridor in the center of the Amsterdam Dunes property. At 328 acres, Amsterdam Dunes is one of the largest tracts of undeveloped sand dune and wetland complex along the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Revetment Shelf and Floating Islands – River Point District
The River Point District project is a major redevelopment of a blighted riverfront area in downtown Manitowoc. It was the site of prolonged industrial use which left the site with contamination and ecological degradation. The City of Manitowoc is requesting funds to enhance habitat and support water quality features to complement the City’s housing and […]
Root River Restoration Phase 2
The Root River Management Plan lays out specific goals and recommendations to improve the water quality and ecological health of the watershed. A specific goal within this plan is to convert Milwaukee County park leased agricultural land along the Root River Primary Environmental corridor to woodlands or wetlands. Converting these three agricultural fields from row-crops […]
Milwaukee AOC Community Advisory Committee
Milwaukee is in the midst of its efforts to clean-up the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern (AOC), bringing together federal, state, local, and community-based partners for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to address the legacy pollution that has impaired Milwaukee’s waterways for decades. The Community Advisory Committee will build support for the many beneficial projects that will […]
Menomonee River Trash Prevention Program
The Materials Recovery Facility on the north banks of the Menomonee River processes 250 tons of residential recycling per day from Milwaukee and Waukesha households. Due to increases in recyclable materials from online ordering during the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more materials have found their way into the Menomonee River from the MRF. Local partners […]
The Belonging Place Green Infrastructure
The Solomon Community Temple, located along Milwaukee’s historic Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, is working to better serve the Harambee neighborhood with the Belonging Place, a welcoming outdoor space for community food access, recreation, and gathering. Support from this grant will implement a pocket park featuring green infrastructure, walking paths, vegetable gardens, and native plantings […]
Kewaskum Dam Fish Passage Feasibility Study
The Kewaskum Dam is one of the few remaining dams on the Milwaukee River, impeding the movement of native fish species to vital feeding and spawning habitat upstream. Milwaukee Riverkeeper will conduct a feasibility study of fish passage options for consideration by the Village of Kewaskum. The study will also look at options within River […]
Clean Farm Families
The Clean Farm Families are a coalition of local farmers dedicated to improving soil health and water quality through regenerative agriculture. This support will allow the Clean Farm Families to establish conservation practice incentives which will provide cost-sharing to promote soil health practices like cover crops, low-disturbance manure application, green buffers, and rotational grazing. These […]
Building Capacity to Expand Agricultural Conservation in the Fox-Wolf Basin
The Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance’s new Soil Health Challenge will encourage farmers to practice holistic soil management and showcase their conservation achievements in a Farm Progress Report. These reports will model individual farm’s phosphorus and sediment runoff in the context of larger water quality goals for the Fox-Wolf Watershed. This will be coordinated with a new […]
Building Municipal Green Streets Program Capacity
The City of Green Bay is developing a Green Streets program to address two key stormwater challenges: managing urban stormwater runoff quantity and reducing pollutant discharges to local waterways. This grant will support the construction of a section of permeable street in a residential neighborhood adjacent to the Fox River and the widely used Fox […]