Crescent Beach-Storm Collection and Outfall Redesign
The city will use this grant to improve water quality and reduce the number of beach closures at Crescent Beach. This two-mile long beach in Kewaunee County is a popular destination for both residents and visitors and is important to the local economy. Water quality at Crescent Beach, however, is currently poor and the beach […]
Lake Michigan Genome Project
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee ($100,000)Scientists at the Great Lakes Genomic Center of UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences received this $100,000 award in support of their project to sequence the DNA of three species of fish: Yellow Perch, Hexagenia Mayfly, and Lake Whitefish. As the first phase of their project to create a library of […]
Lake Vista Green Infrastructure
The City will use this grant from the Fund to help restore natural areas, create parkland and implement green infrastructure to reduce runoff to Lake Michigan at Lake Vista, a 250-acre former brownfield adjacent to Milwaukee’s Bender Park on the shores of Lake Michigan. Read more about the Lake Vista redevelopment project here.
Little Manitowoc Coastal Wetland Restoration
Record flooding in early summer 2008 drained a coastal wetland on the Little Manitowoc River, leaving a mud flat that filled in with invasive species and preventing migratory fish from spawning upstream. The Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership will use a grant from the Fund for Lake Michigan to reconnect the reaches of the river and […]
Lincoln Lagoon Planting Design
Lincoln Park’s 5-acre lagoon was once the centerpiece of the park and hub for many recreational activities. However, it has since severely deteriorated due to significant sediment deposit, decreasing water level, and cattail infestation. This area now collects garbage and is a liability for other activities in the park. This $20,000 award will therefore support […]
Long-Term Sustainability Initiative
Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network (Root-Pike WIN) ($37,500)Root-Pike WIN is one of the environmental non-profits specifically focused on improving water quality in the counties of Racine and Kenosha. As such, Root-Pike WIN has built relationships with many municipal leaders, elected officials, government agencies, and community groups. This $37,500 award will assist Root-Pike WIN as it continues […]
Milwaukee River Mequon Thiensville Dam Fishway Enhancements
Ozaukee County will develop design plans to upgrade the Thiensville Dam fishway. The fishway was installed in 2010 and has provided a key link to fish passage on the Milwaukee River between Lake Michigan and the Bridge Street Dam in Grafton. To date it has succeeded in passing 37 different fish species. The proposed enhancements […]
MKE United plan
This grant will support the development of the MKE United Greater Downtown Action Agenda. The goal of MKE United is to create a shared and inclusive vision for Downtown Milwaukee and its adjacent neighborhoods, supported by a strategic Action Agenda that will make that vision a reality. With support from the Fund, MKE United will […]
Neumiller Woods/Gitzlaff Park wetland and restoration
With this grant from the Fund for Lake Michigan, the Town of Somers will make several water-quality improvements to Neumiller Woods Park, at the headwaters of the Somers branch of the Pike River. By scraping a sedimented area of wetland, restoring native vegetation, and replacing an undersized culvert, this project will reduce flooding in the […]