Burnham Canal Wetland
MMSD will develop engineering and design work necessary to transform the highly contaminated Burnham Canal into a vibrant wetland. This high-profile project has received widespread public support and has the potential to dramatically improve habitat and water quality in the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern.
Green Infrastructure Improvements at Lake Michigan Shoreline Parks-Bender Park and Grant Park
Milwaukee County DPRC will stabilize bluffs and reduce runoff in Bender and Grant Parks by constructing a 3,537 square foot parking lot rain garden, reestablishing 5 acres of forest, taking 48 acres of leased agricultural fields out of production and converting them to native prairie, converting 49.7 acres of mowed turf to prairie, and eradicating […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Porous Walks
The City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works will pilot the use of prefabricated porous sidewalks as a cost-effective way to capture stormwater in parts of the city where impervious surface is the greatest. Building off experience from other parts of the country, the city will experiment with the use of pre-fabricated sidewalks to address […]
Estabrook Dam Environmental Analysis
Milwaukee County will conduct a detailed hydraulic and structural evaluation of alternatives to repairing the Estabrook dam. The evaluation will help inform an Environmental Assessment of the dam and goes beyond what is typically required in an EA. The information generated through the more rigorous analysis will help ensure that a recommendation for repairing or […]