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- 1995
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- Hart Park River Cleanup & Weedout
Hart Park
Saturday, November 7 at 9:00am - KK Dredging Completion Ceremony
Paul Davis Restoration
Monday, November 2 at 12:00pm - Public Meeting to tear down Gr...
John Long Middle School (700 Hickor...
Thursday, October 22 at 5:30pm - Riverkeeper Bash
Barnacle Buds
Thursday, September 10 at 5:30pm - BYOC - Bring your own canoe (o...
Milwaukee Rowing Club
Saturday, August 22 at 10:00am - Estabrook Park River Cleanup
Estabrook Park, Parking lot by Picn...
Saturday, August 15 at 9:00am - Little Menomonee Summer Cleanup
Little Menomonee River Parkway
Saturday, June 20 at 9:00am - River Cleanup - Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park
Saturday, May 16 at 9:00am
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Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Milwaukee Riverkeeper A new study by Food & Water Watch shows that privatizing Milwaukee's water would result in a drastic cost increase to the average consumer.
Source: www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org
Milwaukee Riverkeeper helped form a coalitionnamed KPOW(Keep Public Out Water) this past summer to stop the City of Milwaukee's move to privatize the Water Works.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Please join the Friends of Hart Park for their Fall 2009 Weed Out and Menomonee River Clean-Up.
The Friends of Hart Park is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote the preservation of Hart Park. Please visit their web site at www.ihartpark.com for further information about The Friends of Hart Park.
The event ...will take place Saturday November 7, 2009 from 9am- noon. They are looking for volunteers to help with pulling weeds and cleaning up along the Menomonee River at Hart Park. They will be meeting outside the Park Office (7300 W. Chestnut) at 9am.
They will be supplying bags. Please bring gloves, sheers and any supplies that you think will be beneficial for the clean-up.
Please contact Patrick McNally via email at patrick.mcnally82@gmail.com if you plan on attending.
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The Friends of Hart Park is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote the preservation of Hart Park. Please visit their web site at www.ihartpark.com for further information about The Friends of Hart Park.
The event ...will take place Saturday November 7, 2009 from 9am- noon. They are looking for volunteers to help with pulling weeds and cleaning up along the Menomonee River at Hart Park. They will be meeting outside the Park Office (7300 W. Chestnut) at 9am.
They will be supplying bags. Please bring gloves, sheers and any supplies that you think will be beneficial for the clean-up.
Please contact Patrick McNally via email at patrick.mcnally82@gmail.com if you plan on attending.
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Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Findings about the possible impacts of razing the Bridge Street Dam will be presented at a public meeting on Thursday Oct 22nd in Grafton. The proposed demolition of the dam is under debate by some residents who want to keep the dam as a landmark, and the Village's Public Works who want it removed. Milwaukee Riverkee...per advocates in favor of removing the dam and urges citizens to share their view.
http://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/cont
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Time:5:30PM Thursday, October 22nd
Location:John Long Middle School (700 Hickory St., Grafton, WI)
Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Help Improve Water Quality in Wauwatosa, October 8th, 6pm, Wauwatosa City Hall.
http://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/civi
Source: www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org
Milwaukee Riverkeeper
UWM master planners are re-thinking the placement of their new engineering campus. Now's your chance to tell them what you think, and to save a slice of natural heaven in the city of Wauwatosa. http://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/cont
Source: www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org
UWM master planners are re-thinking the placement of theirnewengineering campus.It was originally slated to go on the County Grounds in Wauwatosa, an area Milwaukee Riverkeeper has fought to protect before. To read its past history click here.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Bring your canoe or kayak to the Milwaukee Rowing Club (1990 N. Commerce St.) next to Lakefront Brewery for a trip down the Milwaukee River. It takes place Saturday August 22nd, from 10am-Noon. A few canoes/kayaks may be available. Please contact us if you might need one.
If you have own apparatus and would like to register (not required). There is cost to paddel, except sweat.
Time:10:00AM Saturday, August 22nd
Location:Milwaukee Rowing Club
Milwaukee Riverkeeper
For this year's Riverkeeper Bash we came up with a wild idea. Let's get people on the river!
Join Milwaukee Riverkeeper and guests at Barnacle Buds for a river tour on the Iroquois narrated by our own river expert Cheryl Nenn.
There will also be live music, dinner, a silent auction, and an award presentation to this yea...r's River Heroes.
Your attendance and support helps keep our waterways clean and gets us one step closer to swimmable, drinkable rivers.
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Join Milwaukee Riverkeeper and guests at Barnacle Buds for a river tour on the Iroquois narrated by our own river expert Cheryl Nenn.
There will also be live music, dinner, a silent auction, and an award presentation to this yea...r's River Heroes.
Your attendance and support helps keep our waterways clean and gets us one step closer to swimmable, drinkable rivers.
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One Night Only, the River is yours!
Time:5:30PM Thursday, September 10th
Location:Barnacle Buds
Milwaukee Riverkeeper
The 3rd installment of our summer river cleanup series will meet at Estabrook Park.
We will be cleaning the banks of the Milwaukee river, which runs through the park, and tackling the park grounds, if time allows. Meet at the parking lot next to picnic area #5 (4616 Estabrook Pkwy) on Saturday August 15th, from 9am-Noo...n.
Bags and gloves will be provided. Just bring yourself (a friend or two) and a desire to clean the rivers!Read More
We will be cleaning the banks of the Milwaukee river, which runs through the park, and tackling the park grounds, if time allows. Meet at the parking lot next to picnic area #5 (4616 Estabrook Pkwy) on Saturday August 15th, from 9am-Noo...n.
Bags and gloves will be provided. Just bring yourself (a friend or two) and a desire to clean the rivers!Read More
We'll get her clean this time
Time:9:00AM Saturday, August 15th
Location:Estabrook Park, Parking lot by Picnic Area #5
Milwaukee Riverkeeper Storm sewers oozing human fecal bacteria to beaches, rivers, study finds
Source: www.jsonline.com
Human sewage is flowing out of municipal storm sewers and into local waterways and Lake Michigan on rainy days without sanitary sewer overflows to blame for the load, and even during periods of dry weather, a three-year study has concluded.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper Milwaukee Riverkeeper applauds the FAA’s decision to reject the West Bend Airport Expansion and discontinue spending taxpayer money on the Environmental Impact Statement for the Project, which would have caused the largest wetland destruction in Wisconsin's history!
Source: www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org
Milwaukee Riverkeeper applauds the FAA’s decision to reject the West Bend Airport Expansion and discontinue spending taxpayer money on the Environmental Impact Statement for the Project.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper Do you have a canoe (or kayak)? If the answer is yes...
Source: www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org
Bring your canoe or kayak to the the Buffalo Street Public Launch (150 Buffalo St.) in Milwaukee's Third Ward for a trip down the Menomonee River. It takes place Saturday July 25th, from 10am-Noon. To register (not required) click on the link below.Oh yeah, and it's FREE!
Milwaukee Riverkeeper Congrats to Ozaukee County Dept. of Planning and Parks! NOAA announced last week that Ozaukee County has been awarded $4.7 million in Recovery Act funding for its “Fish Passage in the Milwaukee River Watershed” project. The project involves modifying
Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Check us out in this MJS article talking about the $22 million PCB cleanup of the Kinnickinnic River: http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/5
Source: www.jsonline.com
PCBs have trickled into Lake Michigan from the Kinnickinnic River for decades, but a $22 million project now is under way to stem the flow of industrial pollutants into the lake.
