Watershed Refuge Replanting: A Future for Endangered Monarchs
The Monarch Conservancy is located on western edge of the Milwaukee County Grounds near the Menomonee River. The site serves as an important migratory flyway for birds and the monarch butterfly. The Friends of the Monarch Trail will create a more biodiverse plant community in the wetland and stream areas on the western side of […]
Expanding Ecological Restoration in the Lake Michigan Basin
The Land Restoration School (LRS) will help restore sites owned and managed by the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust (OWLT) and the UW-Milwaukee Field Station. The LRS is a new immersive, program to train future generations of professional ecological restorationists through hands on, intensive learning. This project will lead to on-the-ground water quality improvements at sites […]
Green Infrastructure and Master Plan
Bookworm Gardens is a wonderful book-themed botanical garden in Sheboygan. Located on 7.5 acres, Bookworm Gardens currently includes over 75 different gardens all inspired by children’s books. More than 80,000 people a year visit the gardens and visitor numbers have gone up significantly in recent years. Based on this demand, Bookworm Gardens is expanding to […]
East River Flood Mitigation Project
The City of Green Bay has faced frequent flooding on the East River due to changes in the frequency and intensity of storm events, undersized stormwater infrastructure and development pressure in the area. Sixteen flood and flash flood events have occurred since 1990, including severe flooding in 2019 that resulted in the Governor declaring a […]
Reconnecting Aquatic Habitat, Improving Water Quality and Adapting to Climate Change in NE Wisconsin
Our funding will support the removal and replacement of road stream crossings that are blocking the passage of aquatic organisms. These are typically undersized culverts or poorly constructed bridges. Trout Unlimited has been working in northeast Wisconsin since 2017 to inventory over 350 road stream crossings, survey dozens of priority project sites, and replace 44 […]
The WATERshed program
The WATERshed Project educates around 2,000 4th, 5th and 12th grade students in Racine and Kenosha school districts. The project educates local youth on the value of freshwater resources and demonstrates how human activities, both positive and negative, affect local watersheds and Lake Michigan. Over the summer of 2023, the WATERshed project manager will work […]
Installation of Ecological Design for Upslope Runoff Management at Klode Park
The Village of Whitefish Bay will improve water quality and prevent erosion at Klode Park, a popular park on the shores of Lake Michigan. As part of the first phase of the project, the Village will replace 50,000 square feet of turf grass with native plants to stabilize the slope, capture stormwater and improve habitat. […]
Stormwater Wetland Restoration and Groundwater Investigation at Virmond County Park
Our funding will support the restoration of bluff top wetlands and would restore the historic drainage of Virmond Park in the City of Mequon. Ozaukee County contains a majority of the undeveloped clay bluffs along Lake Michigan. These features, also known as seepage bluffs, contain rare perched wetlands that are very susceptible to erosion. This […]
City of Algoma State Street Flood Mitigation and Green Infrastructure
Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership (LNRP) will engage with the City of Algoma in designing green stormwater infrastructure for four stormwater outfalls along Crescent Beach which discharge directly into Lake Michigan. These projects are part of a multi-phase stormwater management initiative in the City of Algoma. The Crescent Beach redesign planning process will include a hydraulic […]
Buoy Network for Monitoring Algal Blooms and Hypoxia on the Bay of Green Bay
UW-Green Bay will fabricate and deploy three monitoring buoys along with “autonomous underwater vehicles” (AUVs) to continuously measure critical water quality parameters in the bay of Green Bay. This equipment will help researchers identify and map hazardous algal blooms and the dead zone in the bay in greater spatial detail. The AUVs will also enable […]