Root River Floodplain Restoration Project – Phase Two
Hunger Task Force, Inc. ($22,235)This $22,235 award supports the Hunger Task Force’s project to restore 13 acres of natural areas along the Root River. In order to promote native diversity along the river, the Hunger Task Force intends to address the problems posed by invasive brush, water pollution, wetland habitat loss, and the general lack […]
Sweet Water Riparian Prioritization and Design Project
Sweet Water will use a grant from the Fund for Lake Michigan to create a plan identifying high-priority, cost-effective opportunities for riparian area restoration in the Menomonee and Kinnickinnic River watersheds.
Sweet Water’s Water Quality mini-grant program expansion
The Fund for Lake Michigan provides support for Sweet Water’s Water Quality Mini Grant program which funds small, neighborhood-level projects aimed at improving water quality and restoring and improving habitat in the Kinnickinnic and Menomonee watersheds.
Sweet Water Mini-Grant Program 2017
Southeast Wisconsin Watersheds Trust (Sweet Water) ($60,000)The Fund for Lake Michigan is happy to continue supporting Sweet Water’s popular Mini-Grant program with this two-year, $60,000 award. This program supports projects that advance local water quality initiatives, promote green infrastructure, and improve riparian buffers and habitat at the neighborhood-level. Sweet Water awards grants up to $5,000 […]
Restoration of Milwaukee’s Inner Harbor
With the help of a grant from the Fund for Lake Michigan, Great Lakes Future will launch “Inner Harbor 2020” — a public-private partnership to restore Milwaukee’s Inner Harbor, a key project outlined in the City of Milwaukee’s sustainability plan, ReFresh Milwaukee, and a high-priority target for restoration within the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern. […]
Root River – Colonial Park – Ravine Restoration Design
Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network, Inc. ($62,735)This $62,735 award will support three simultaneous restoration projects at Colonial Park near downtown Racine. The City of Racine will remove 1,000 ash trees infested with Emerald Ash Borer from the park. To ensure that invasive species do not colonize the site, Root-Pike WIN and Weed Out Racine will work […]