Archive
We are pleased that the City of Milwaukee is minimizing salt use this year both for the sake of the environment and to save money! You may have noticed that salting has been reduced on[...]
December 4, 2013 The City of Waukesha’s revised plan to divert an average of 10.1 million gallons of water daily from Lake Michigan falls short of the protective standards set by the Great Lakes Compact.[...]
Milwaukee had three founders, each of whom established their own communities that were largely divided by the rivers. Byron Kilbourn established Kilbourntown on the west side of the Milwaukee River (north of the Menomonee River);[...]
CREATION OF THE "MILWAUKEE TYPE" BASCULE BRIDGE Bascule bridges have one or two movable spans, called a leaf, which rotate vertically on a horizontal, axle-like pin, known as a “trunnion.” The leaf operates much like[...]
Work to remove contaminated sediments from the Milwaukee River in Lincoln and Estabrook Parks is well underway! The sediment deposit just below the oxbows in Lincoln Park (deposit 3B-1 on attached figure) was completed at[...]
Mussels and macroinvertebrates serve as excellent indicators of water quality and ecosystem health. These organisms provide critical information about the condition of a river or stream and can help guide conservation and restoration efforts.[...]
In Milwaukee, like many cities around the country, centuries-old sewer infrastructure is failing and leaking, and sewage is entering the waterways through broken pipes, cross connections with the stormwater system, and other routes. To[...]
Milwaukee Riverkeeper participates in ongoing research with the Shedd Aquarium’s Migratory Fish Monitoring Program. Our team helps track the spring migration of sucker fish. Each spring, suckers (both white and longnose) migrate from the[...]
Plastic litter and microplastic pollution poses a significant threat to the health of our waterways and the species that inhabit them. It is estimated that 22 million pounds, or 779 dump truck loads, of[...]
Milwaukee Riverkeeper joined Waterkeeper Alliance in a national effort to understand levels of PFAS or “forever chemicals” in surface waters. In 2023, Waterkeeper groups across the nation took samples to better understand levels of[...]
