Wind Point Watershed Restoration Plan
Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network will develop a Watershed Restoration Plan for the Wind Point watershed that gathers the input of a diverse group of stakeholders and provides a prioritized action plan for implementing best management practices to improve water quality. The project will also include extensive water quality monitoring by the City of Racine Health […]
Menomonee Valley Stormwater Treatment and Riverbank Stabilization Project
The Fund for Lake Michigan is supporting the joint efforts of the Urban Ecology Center and Menomonee Valley Partners to transform a 24-acre brownfield and former rail yard along the Menomonee River into a park and outdoor classroom. Support from the Fund will help reduce erosion, treat contaminated runoff, and improve water quality and habitat […]
Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern Fish Passage Restoration
Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network will develop a Watershed Restoration Plan for the Wind Point watershed that gathers the input of a diverse group of stakeholders and provides a prioritized action plan for implementing best management practices to improve water quality. The project will also include extensive water quality monitoring by the City of Racine Health […]
Milwaukee River Greenway Coalition: Bluff Restoration in the Milwaukee River Greenway
The Milwaukee River Greenway Coalition will restore five steep bluffs in the Milwaukee River Greenway that were severely eroded during the unprecedented storms of July 2010.
Mequon Nature Preserve Land Restoration Program
The Mequon Nature Preserve will use funds from The Fund for Lake Michigan to help restore 438 acres of predominantly agricultural land to its pre-settlement condition of a beech-maple forest and wetlands. Restoring the natural habitat will reduce polluted runoff into the Milwaukee and Menomonee River watersheds, and reduce flooding along Trinity Creek.
Advancing Green Infrastructure Through Ordinance Revision
1000 Friends of Wisconsin, in partnership with Milwaukee County and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, will work with nine municipalities within the Menomonee River Watershed to identify and address barriers to green infrastructure that currently exist in local codes and ordinances. Recommendations to update codes and ordinances will be prioritized based on their potential impact […]
Planning, feasibility and outreach for restoration at Granville Park
The Fund for Lake Michigan has awarded a grant to the River Revitalization Foundation to work with local stakeholders on a site plan to stabilize and restore the highly degraded stream bank along the Menomonee River in Milwaukee County’s Granville Park, a popular off-leash dog park.
Green Rivers and Green Beaches: monitoring phosphorus loading in the Milwaukee River Basin
The Fund for Lake Michigan is supporting Milwaukee Riverkeeper’s work with the Village of Menomonee Falls. Funding from the Fund for Lake Michigan will be used to stabilize and restore the stream bank in Rotary Park, a popular 60-acre park located at the confluence of the Menomonee River and the Nor-X-Way channel. The site has […]
Monitoring of non-point source pollutants in the Pike River Watershed in the City of Kenosha
The gaps in existing water quality data for the Pike River inhibit effective and informed efforts to improve the overall ecological health of the watershed. With support from the Fund for Lake Michigan, the Kenosha Storm Water Utility will work with the City of Racine Health Department to fill gaps in existing water quality data […]
Milwaukee Rotary Centennial Arboretum
The Fund for Lake Michigan is supporting the restoration of one mile of riparian corridor along the Milwaukee River as part of the Urban Ecology Center’s Rotary Centennial Arboretum. The 40-acre site now includes barren industrial land and other degraded parcels. Support from the Fund for Lake Michigan will enable UEC to mitigate runoff threats, […]