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Want to support your local rivers, learn how to fly-fish and drink a cold beer, all at the same time?  Then join us for at our: 

Riverkeeper Bash! 

(It will be a river-side smash!)

HELP MILWAUKEE RIVERKEEPER EARN UP TO $20,000!

August 6, 2010

Milwaukee Riverkeeper has been named as one of the finalists in the Tom's of Maine "50 States for Good" contest.

Put in at Brown Deer Rd 2Set your outlook, i-phone, blackberry, or Advent Calendar to remind yourself EACH DAY to vote for Milwaukee Riverkeeper at this website:
http://www.tomsofmaine.com/community-involvement/living-well/finalists-overview/poll

If Milwaukee Riverkeeper ranks in the top 5 for most votes, we receive up to $20,000!

Port of Milwaukee Redevelopment Meeting

August 27, 2010

LakeMichTony Zielinski, alderman for Milwaukee's 14th District, will be holding a neighborhood meeting to discuss the Port Redevelopment Plan on Wednesday, September 1st, 6 p.m. at the Port of Milwaukee , 2323 S. Lincoln Memorial Dr.
 

Did you miss the 4th St. Forum "River Edition?" It's being re-broadcast!

August 27, 2010

Don’t take a vacation from 4th Street Forum.
Watch some of the season's best again -
Sunday mornings at 9 on MPTV Channel 10.1.

This week, August 29, 9AM -
MILWAUKEE’S RIVERS: SEEKING A CLEAR FUTURE 
The Menomonee, the Kinnickinnic, the Milwaukee: Our rivers suffered as industry thrived. Today, cleanups continue and new challenges emerge.  Will we protect and restore Lake Michigan’s vital tributaries?

After flooding, MMSD considers checkups for sewer laterals

August 23, 2010

[excerpted from JS-Online.com]
by Don Behm

Call it a routine seweroscopy.

It is time to check the inner workings of private sewer laterals, say officials at the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.

Cameras would televise the inside of 6,000 laterals in the next 12 months in a search for cracks or other damage allowing excessive volumes of storm water to enter municipal sanitary sewers, as part of contracts to be considered Monday by the district's commission.

Rethink Siting of Campus to Save County Grounds

August 20, 2010

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Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Cheryl Nenn, was recently published in a Journal-Sentinel op-ed about UWM's plans to build an engineering campus on the County Grounds, an 89 acre natural area in Wauwatosa.

Milwaukee Riverkeeper believes that UWM's recent effort to get a $12 million TIF district contribution from Wauwatosa taxpayers is a bad gamble on development that may never happen, and there are far better places to develop than a natural area filled with wildlife and used by many for recreation.

More information can be found below.

Carp Suit Heading to Court

August 20, 2010

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Milwaukee Riverkeeper, along with countless other environmental groups have been demanding that immediate action be taken against the invasive Asian Carp, which can grow to over 100 pounds and wreak havoc on our Great Lakes' ecosystem.  

Milwaukee Riverkeeper is demanding immediate closure of navigational locks that separate Chicago rivers from Lake Michigan.

Wisconsin has signed on with other Great Lakes States to force Chicago to do just that.  The court case, filed against the Army Corps of Engineers and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, will force the locks closed except in emergency situations.

More information can be found below.

SWWT (Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust)

Milwaukee Riverkeeper is a member of SWWT (the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust).  SWWT is collaborative effort to achieve healthy and sustainable water resources throughout the Greater Milwaukee Watersheds.

Estabrook Dam Removal

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Milwaukee Riverkeeper has joined with citizens, fisherman, property owners and elected officials to call for the removal of the Estabrook Dam.  Removing the dam will save millions in taxpayer money, while improving water quality and habitat for fish and wildlife.
 

Milwaukee County Grounds

Milwaukee Riverkeeper (then known as Friends of the Menomonee River) orginally formed to protect the County Grounds in Wauwatosa from overdevelopment.  Fourteen years later, we are returning to our roots to protect large portions of the County Grounds from being sold for development.

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