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 migration to the 5,000+ acre upstream watershed. This restoration would have significant water quality and habitat benefits and is key to making the entire watershed biologically accessible to Lake Michigan.