Sheboygan River Basin Farmer-Led Clean Water
This funding would subsidize the cost to farmers of changing agricultural practices on their land to promote greater soil health. Healthy soil can absorb more water, retain more nutrients, require less fertilizer and grow higher quality crops than traditional large scale farming methods. The Sheboygan River Progressive Farmers (SRPF) is a member-based organization comprised of […]
Inclusion in the Outdoors
The Multicultural Coalition serves communities in Calumet, Outagamie and Winnebago Counties. With our support, Inclusion in the Outdoors will organize a series of outings focused on connecting people to the water and fostering a sense of water stewardship in the Fox Cities. The programs are designed specifically for people of color, refugees, immigrants, and other […]
East River System Water and Sediment Control Project
Agricultural Runoff Treatment Systems (ARTS) will be installed in key agricultural areas to reduce sediment, nutrients and stormwater runoff. Working with Fox Demo Farms, this project will also analyze the feasibility of utilizing an ARTS for beneficial reuse in crop irrigation. If proven successful, this could provide an important incentive for wider adoption of the […]
Sucker Creek Coastal Resiliency and Restoration
Our funding would support major stream restoration projects on 13,165 linear feet of Sucker Creek in Ozaukee County, a ten-mile stream north of Port Washington that flows directly into Lake Michigan. Seventy five percent of Sucker Creek has been dredged and straightened over the past 100 years resulting in poor habitat conditions and increased velocity […]
Lake Michigan Acidification Testing and Educator Outreach
This funding will help expand the efforts of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary (WSCNMS) to promote Lake Michigan conservation. The sanctuary protects 40 historic shipwrecks and aims to enhance water quality, public use, and scientific understanding of Lake Michigan through multidisciplinary research and monitoring. This project will fund a study of the acidification […]
Increasing the Impact of the Wisconsin Clean Marina Program through Expanded BMP Implementation
This request would build on a past grant from the Fund for Lake Michigan to expand Wisconsin’s Clean Marina program. The Clean Marina program provides training and technical assistance to help marinas implement best management practices that minimize water pollution and improve habitat. Marinas are certified as “Clean Marinas” once they have voluntarily adopted sufficient […]
Wild Indigo Milwaukee
Wild Indigo is a community engagement program of the National Audubon Society that seeks to connect urban communities of color in the Great Lakes region to their local natural areas. Wild Indigo came to Milwaukee in 2020 and has been a welcome addition to the community. Wild Indigo creates and provides nature-based activities tailored for […]
Return the Sturgeon – Lake Sturgeon Reintroduction in the Lake Michigan Basin
This project is a continuation of the 18-year partnership between Riveredge Nature Center and the Wisconsin DNR to restore self-sustaining populations of lake sturgeon to the Milwaukee River after more than a 100-year absence. To date, 20,904 sturgeon have been released and 61 have been tracked coming back to the Milwaukee River. The FFLM has […]
Clean Farm Families
This funding would subsidize the cost to farmers of changing agricultural practices on their land and provide match to secure a grant from the Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protections (DATCP). These practices include planting cover crops, switching to “no-till” cropping and utilizing low-disturbance manure applicators to help safeguard water quality in the Milwaukee […]
Advancing Nature-based Solutions in the East River Watershed
Our funding would support green infrastructure code audits for four communities within the East River watershed: Allouez, Bellevue, De Pere and Ledgeview. One of the largest barriers to utilizing green infrastructure in communities has been the existence of incompatible municipal codes and ordinances. An extensive audit of existing local codes and ordinances will be conducted, […]