If you haven’t already, it’s critical to get your absentee ballots dropped off or to make a plan to vote. There’s a lot at stake for our waterways in this year’s election. We must keep pushing to make our communities climate resilient, for healthy rivers and clean drinking water.
There is no doubt that Milwaukee Riverkeeper sides with our partners and black neighbors united in this movement, especially those who’ve unjustifiably suffered or inexcusably died from police brutality and violence. We know that environmental justice can only be achieved if we are also working to address social justice issues and to help protect those disproportionately affected by pollution and environmental harms.
As Waterkeepers, we’re on the front lines of testing water quality and patrolling for pollution, so it’s critical that we remain up-to-date with the most recent science to ensure we’re keeping our staff and volunteers safe. We have postponed all water sampling activities, and are continuing to track the situation. We look forward to once again sampling and connecting (safely) with you all out on the river soon.
We believe a FISHABLE future for the Milwaukee River Basin is possible. To ensure we have healthy, flourishing native fish populations we need to address barriers to fish passage. One such hurdle for some of our native fish is the Kletzsch Park Dam.
At Milwaukee Riverkeeper, we pride ourselves on being the voice of the rivers. And if Milwaukee’s rivers could talk, they would probably SCREAM, “let us flow free.” As river protectors, we take our job seriously to ensure our shared resource will be swimmable, fishable and drinkable for our children and our children’s children. We are at a pivotal moment in the history of water in Milwaukee. Momentum and energy is building to prioritize the work to clean up historically contaminated parts of our rivers and Estuary through EPA’s Area of Concern program. This could mean a serious federal investment to achieve cleaner rivers and healthier communities.
