The Kletzsch Park Dam – Fish Passage in the Milwaukee Estuary AOC
The Fund for Lake Michigan is supporting Milwaukee County Parks with this $200,000 award for the construction of a fish passage structure at the Kletzsch Park Dam. The Kletzsch Dam is a barrier to native fish and other aquatic life passage, and Milwaukee County Parks sees a need for this fishway. The design of the […]
Mequon Marsh
As part of its Greenseams program, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District will use grant monies from the Fund for Lake Michigan to convert and restore 42 acres of agricultural land within the floodplain of the Menomonee River.
The National Center for Great Lakes Genomics
The Fund for Lake Michigan has awarded a challenge grant to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences to purchase a next-generation DNA sequencing tool to more quickly decode the genetic makeup of organisms in Lake Michigan and provide policymakers and other stakeholders the data they need to make more informed decisions on the […]
the Office of Sustainability’s Fondy Stormwater Park
Project partners will convert a large and degraded vacant lot immediately adjacent to the Fondy Farmers Market into a high-profile park space. The site park will include many stormwater features that will capture over 20,000 gallons in any given storm. The finished site will combine stormwater management, multiple garden types, trees, seating areas, public art, […]
the Pilot Deployment Program
In partnership with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewarage District and The Water Council, the Fund is supporting a number of demonstration projects aimed at improving water quality and reducing polluted runoff in the Milwaukee area using new, cutting-edge technologies. The goal is to test and evaluate the effectiveness of these emerging “green infrastructure” technologies in real-world […]
The Shul’s Green Infrastructure Project
The Shul, with support from the Fund for Lake Michigan, will incorporate green infrastructure into its new parking lot design, installing porous pavement and a new bioswale to capture and infiltrate stormwater runoff and decrease nonpoint source pollutants draining into nearby Lake Michigan.
Tippecanoe Rooftop Pantry Garden
As part of their food pantry and community gardens program, Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church will use a grant from the Fund for Lake Michigan to install a “working” intensive vegetated roof garden that will supply the food pantry with produce, provide education and job training for community members, and infiltrate or store for reuse up to […]
Transform Milwaukee Strategic Action Plan
WHEDA Foundation and partners MMSD will use a grant from the Fund for Lake Michigan to further their development of the Transform Milwaukee Strategic Action Plan to restore Milwaukee’s five core industrial areas. This grant will support Transform Milwaukee’s plans for implementing green infrastructure to reduce flooding and basement backups in the targeted areas.
Underwood Creek Downtown Daylighting Project
This challenge grant supports the Village of Elm Grove’s plans to daylight and restore a 900-foot stretch of Underwood Creek, which currently runs under a large parking lot in the downtown and is completely enclosed in a concrete box culvert. The covered creek is completely devoid of habitat, vegetation, and floodplain functions and blocks fish […]
Underwood Creek Daylighting and Stream Restoration
This grant will support the Village of Elm Grove’s plans to daylight and restore a 900-foot stretch of Underwood Creek which currently runs under a large parking lot in the downtown and is completely enclosed in a concrete box culvert. Once complete, this project would have significant water quality and habitat benefits. Grant funds will […]