August 20, 2010 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...
September 10, 2010 Wauwatosa is soon to vote on a $12 Million TIF (Tax incremental financing) for the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee’s proposed engineering campus on the Milwaukee County Grounds. Milwaukee Riverkeeper does not think a TIF is in the best...
For up-to-date information on Milwaukee County Grounds, check out the news archive. Milwaukee Riverkeeper has a long history of working to protect the County Grounds (located off Hwy 45 & Watertown Plank Rd. in Wauwatosa). The organization was originally formed...
By Eddee Daniel, 2006 County Grounds photographs on Flickr For most people the term landscape means the topological features of a particular place, often one that is being viewed, often with an emphasis on natural features. But our definitions of landscape and of...
June 22, 2012 On June 20th, the Milwaukee Public Works Committee of the Common Council voted to start negotiations with Waukesha to sell them water to meet the city’s needs, but they excluded selling water to four adjoining municipalities currently included in a...
February 5, 2010 The Journal-Sentinel has reported that Milwaukee County could begin courting a private developer to build a hydroelectric power plant near Estabrook Dam under a plan the County Board’s parks committee endorsed this week. Milwaukee Riverkeeper...
