Kewaskum Dam Fish Passage Feasibility Study
The Kewaskum Dam is one of the few remaining dams on the Milwaukee River, impeding the movement of native fish species to vital feeding and spawning habitat upstream. Milwaukee Riverkeeper will conduct a feasibility study of fish passage options for consideration by the Village of Kewaskum. The study will also look at options within River […]
Clean Farm Families
The Clean Farm Families are a coalition of local farmers dedicated to improving soil health and water quality through regenerative agriculture. This support will allow the Clean Farm Families to establish conservation practice incentives which will provide cost-sharing to promote soil health practices like cover crops, low-disturbance manure application, green buffers, and rotational grazing. These […]
Building Capacity to Expand Agricultural Conservation in the Fox-Wolf Basin
The Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance’s new Soil Health Challenge will encourage farmers to practice holistic soil management and showcase their conservation achievements in a Farm Progress Report. These reports will model individual farm’s phosphorus and sediment runoff in the context of larger water quality goals for the Fox-Wolf Watershed. This will be coordinated with a new […]
Building Municipal Green Streets Program Capacity
The City of Green Bay is developing a Green Streets program to address two key stormwater challenges: managing urban stormwater runoff quantity and reducing pollutant discharges to local waterways. This grant will support the construction of a section of permeable street in a residential neighborhood adjacent to the Fox River and the widely used Fox […]
The WATERshed Program
The WATERshed Program teaches students in Racine and Kenosha about the significance of living in a coastal community with freshwater resources and demonstrates how human activities impact the Root-Pike Watershed and Lake Michigan. Through hands-on activities, learners discover what’s going down storm drains and how it travels to rivers and lakes from their neighborhoods. Participants […]
Mapping Harbor Habitat: Completion of Wisconsin’s Coastal Lake Michigan Harbors
Harbor Habitat Maps identify the diversity and location of existing fish foraging and spawning habitat in order to facilitate future projects that improve the overall ecosystem. Following the success of the project in other Wisconsin ports, the project will expand to Kenosha, Racine, Kewaunee, and Algoma to better understand species distribution throughout Lake Michigan. Maps […]
Future Water Leaders Student Pilot Program
The Future Water Leaders Student Pilot Program will prepare Wisconsin post-secondary students for future internship or traineeship opportunities in the water business community while enabling a number of on-the-ground demonstration projects addressing various water quality issues. The Water Council and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee– School of Freshwater Sciences will administer grants of up to […]
One Water Summit 2022
The One Water Summit brings together over 1,000 utility representatives, business leaders, policymakers, environmental groups, researchers, community leaders, and students to address our most urgent water challenges to build stronger and more prosperous communities. This year’s Summit, which will be held in Milwaukee, will include three days of in-depth institutes, site visits, plenaries, interactive workshops, […]
Valley Creek and Sauk Creek Resiliency Planning
The Sauk and Valley Creek watersheds have been impacted by environmental stressors related to warmer, longer growing seasons, increased precipitation, lake-level changes, erosion, and other ecosystem stressors. The City of Port Washington and partners are working together to create a more resilient future through the design of several water quality improvement projects and two new […]
Restoring Coastal and Riparian Habitats at Silver Creek Park
Streambank erosion is releasing sediment from Silver Creek into Lake Michigan, impairing important foraging and spawning habitat for a variety of fish species.The City of Manitowoc is developing conceptual designs to stabilize the streambanks and restore habitat along 3,700 feet of Silver Creek. This 71-acre park is classified as an Area of Special Natural Resource […]