By Karen Stokes Each year on April 22, people celebrate Earth Day by taking part in activities like picking up litter and planting trees to help make our world a healthier place to live. Earth … [Read more...]
How Organizations are Trying to Make Milwaukee’s Waterways More Accessible to All
By Alexandra Garner This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit … [Read more...]
Milwaukeeans Brave Bad Weather Warnings to Help Keep Local Rivers Clean
By Rhea Riley Windy, cold and damp are words that do not resonate the thought of spring cleaning. Spring rarely includes gloomy clouds or the threat of a blizzard. However, these elements were … [Read more...]
Adopt-a-River to Clean the Banks and Bring Community Together
By Dylan Deprey The nine mile stretch along the Lincoln Creek banks have finally shown its face, and after a long winter, they are pretty messy. There were traffic cones, tires and wheel chairs … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Riverkeeper Stay on Winter Watch for Road Salt
By Dylan Deprey As usual, Mother Nature has made this winter an interesting one. Whereas last year snow was a sight for sore eyes at the end of December, this winter was another story. With … [Read more...]
Uncertainty for Estabrook Dam Removal Has Community in Deadlock
By Dylan Deprey The 86-year-old deteriorating Estabrook Dam may sit dormant covered in ice and snow, but tensions between advocates for both the dam’s removal and repair still burn. Whether … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Riverkeeper challenges Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on Estabrook Dam repair
DNR's Environmental Impact Statement insufficient to evaluate impacts of repairing the Estabrook Dam MILWAUKEE – On Monday, May 23, 2016, Milwaukee Riverkeeper filed a lawsuit challenging the … [Read more...]
Volunteers Take to the Banks of Lincoln Creek in the Fight Against Water Pollution
By Dylan Deprey Where might one find a bike, a grill, a carburetor, a muffler, a toy car, countless car tires and a shopping cart? What about an infinite amount of chip bags, soda cans and … [Read more...]
Water Privatization Does Not Go To Senate As Expected
By Mrinal Gokhale On January 29, a water privatization bill passed, which calls for private water companies to control Wisconsin’s water. After much anticipation, the bill did not make it to … [Read more...]
Senate committee passes water privatization bill in executive session despite public opposition
Full State Senate to vote in next 10 days MILWAUKEE - Yesterday, Senator Chris Larson, Tom Stolp, from Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters, and Jayme Montgomery Baker, from Sierra Club made … [Read more...]