Developing a Framework to Advance Statewide Phosphorus Reduction Credits for Leaf Collection
U.S. Geological Survey ($45,000)This award is the second Fund for Lake Michigan grant that supports research on leaf collection as it relates to phosphorus loading in urban areas. The first grant, which began in 2013, found that up to 80% of phosphorus runoff in urban areas comes from leaves left in the streets during rain […]
Harrington Beach Stormwater Remediation
The Fund for Lake Michigan is supporting Ozaukee County’s stormwater remediation activities on the Lake Michigan shoreline at Harrington Beach State Park. The park has experienced frequent beach closures and advisories due to poor water quality caused by concentrated stormwater runoff in two locations where roads terminate at the beach. Ozaukee County will design construction-ready […]
Post-TMDL Planning for Watershed Restoration: Collaboration and Evaluation
Southeast Wisconsin Watershed Trust (“Sweet Water”) ($112,00)Sweet Water will use this $112,000 award to address two significant barriers to dealing with water quality challenges in the region: the lack of detailed sub-watershed plans in the Milwaukee River watershed, and the lack of a project evaluation and reporting mechanism for projects. Sweet Water will therefore catalog […]
Comprehensive Master Plan for Milwaukee’s Lakeshore
War Memorial Center ($75,000) The War Memorial Center, along with Milwaukee County Parks, Milwaukee Rotary, and Milwaukee Art Museum have jointly proposed to develop a comprehensive plan for a stretch of county land between Lincoln Memorial Drive and the lake. Despite its high visibility and public use, this area currently has no such plan, and […]
Gitzlaff Park Wetlands and Prairie Restoration
With this funding, Root-Pike WIN will restore ten acres of prairie and wetland habitat in Kenosha County at Gitzlaff Park in the Village of Sommers. The park is located on the Sommers Branch of the Pike River and is listed in critical need of restoration in the Pike River Watershed Plan. Root-Pike Win hopes to […]
Harrington Beach – E.coli Source Identification & Assessment
This grant will identify sources of E. coli that are compromising water quality at Harrington Beach State Park. Over 125,000 individuals visit Harrington Beach State Park each year, making it one of the most popular beaches along Lake Michigan. Yet exceptionally high levels of bacteria and the presence of E.coli have led to routine beach […]
Envisioning the Future of Milwaukee’s Harbor District
Harbor District, Inc. will lead and coordinate efforts to sustainably redevelop and revitalize Milwaukee’s Inner Harbor. Along with acting as the Project Manager for the City of Milwaukee on a Water and Land Use plan for the area, HDI will advance efforts to clean up contaminated sediments in and around the harbor and will work […]
Green roof at the Global Water Center
The Water Council will work with Hanging Gardens and the UW–Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences to install and run extensive testing on ten different vegetated roof systems on the roof of the Global Water Center building, providing consumers with a cost/value analysis for each system, in addition to infiltrating as many as 10,000 gallons of […]
Kenosha Storm Water Utility-Eichelman Park Beach Restoration – Phases II – VII
In order to protect both public and environmental health at Eichelman Park Beach, the Fund for Lake Michigan is supporting the City of Kenosha’s project to revitalize this beach that is currently listed as an impaired water by the State of Wisconsin. Project activities will include: capturing and infiltrating stormwater runoff; detering gull loafing behavior; […]