Citizens for the Lake and Rivers Monitoring Program – Year 2
Scientists at the UMW School of Freshwater Sciences will partner with UWM’s Zilber School of Public Health, Carroll University, Milwaukee Riverkeeper and the Urban Ecology Center to teach citizens to test area waterways for emerging contaminants such as antibiotics, fungicides, painkillers and caffeine. The project will use tools including visualizations of the test results, static […]
Root River Watershed Restoration Plan Project
The Fund supports Sweet Water’s work to develop a Watershed Restoration Plan for the Root River. Sweet Water, in partnership with Root-Pike WIN, will engage area stakeholders to develop a plan that provides specific, targeted recommendations to achieve improvements in water quality and mitigate fragmentation of aquatic and terrestrial habitat.
Scenario-Based Infrastructure Planning & Implementation in the Kinnickinnic Watershed
The Sixteenth Street Community Health Center is working in partnership with Climate Interactive to develop a decision support tool that will be available to groups locally and nationwide to better inform green infrastructure projects. The grant from the Fund will help to refine the tool; develop a watershed curriculum for the Kinnickinnic River based on […]
Special Project
The Public Policy Forum will conduct research and issue a comprehensive report on the status of water infrastructure – including stormwater, waste water and drinking water systems—in the Milwaukee area. The report will evaluate the general condition of existing stormwater, waste water and drinking water infrastructure and will determine how much it would cost over […]
Schlitz Audubon Stormwater Wetland Excavation Project
Friends of Schlitz Audubon ($100,000)The Fund for Lake Michigan is supporting the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center with this $100,000 award for the first phase of a restoration project designed to combat erosion, increase the stormwater holding capacity, and create educational opportunities at the nature center. By implementing “shovel-ready” stormwater management plans over the course of […]
Sheboygan Marsh Enhancement Phase II
With support from the Fund for Lake Michigan, Ducks Unlimited will develop three design plans to address water management at Sheboygan Marsh, the largest restored wetland in Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan Basin. Currently, the dam in Sheboygan Marsh is deteriorated and the water control structures at this site are insufficient to manage water levels. Ducks Unlimited […]
Simmons Island – Beach Restoration and Site Improvements
City of Kenosha ($100,000)The City of Kenosha will use this $100,000 award for the second phase of its restoration effort at the most heavily used beach in Kenosha, Simmons Beach. With the goal of removing Simmons Beach from the list of impaired waters, the City of Kenosha plans to install an extensive system of green […]