Fund For Lake Michigan

Our project partners make headlines with the work they do in their communities. Follow the links below to read more about their success

2022

Crossroads Receives $50,000 Grant | Door County Pulse – September 15, 2022

Sturgeon project tours offered | Eagle Herald – September 13, 2022

Green Bay’s use of ‘green infrastructure’ to manage stormwater runoff will grow with first permeable pavement street | Green Bay Press Gazette – August 24, 2022

Port digs into bluff, beach project | Ozaukee Press – July 13, 2022

This Greenfield creek is in desperate need of restoration. The city has a nearly $3 million plan to do just that | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – March 10, 2022

Big Plans in store for Southport Park | Kenosha News – January 21, 2022

2021

Water Council announces Seventh Pilot Program winners | Water World Magazine – December 17, 2021

$45k grant will help restore rearing pond near the mouth of the Pike River | Kenosha News – December 7, 2021

WATERshed program organization utilizes grant from Fund for Lake Michigan | The Journal Times – November 15, 2021

Milwaukee communities come together to turn schools ‘concrete jungles’ into green spaces and outdoor classrooms | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – November 8, 2021

A walking tour becomes a lesson of rich Milwaukee history this weekend with Doors Open | WDJT Milwaukee – September 25, 2021

The Doors Open! Historic Milwaukee’s Doors Open | WTMJ-TV – September 20, 2021

The Waterway Restoration Partnership Launches a New One-Stop Shop Website |  Milwaukee Courier – August 13, 2021

Water filtration technology company piloting devices at Wisconsin State Fair Park | Wisconsin Inno – August 10, 2021

Milwaukee River outfitted with high tech system to detect migrating sturgeon | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – August 5, 2021

Doors Open Milwaukee to return in-person this year | BizTimes Milwaukee – July 23, 2021

What Are Milwaukee’s Fish Hotspots | Milwaukee Magazine – June 24, 2021

Milwaukee River Watershed Clean Farm Families | The Anniston Star – June 9, 2021

Massive water and habitat cleanup effort in Milwaukee ongoing | Spectrum News – May 18, 2021 

Pike River bank restoration and pedestrian bridge replacement work to begin at Petrifying Springs Park | Kenosha News – May 16, 2021

Contaminated Canal to Become Restored Wetland | Urban Milwaukee – May 13, 2021

Clement Avenue Completes Its Green Playground Renovation | Bayside Compass – March 2, 2021

Green infrastructure soaks up rainwater |  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – February 13, 2021

Parkside students assist in helping restore Pike River water quality |  Kenosha News – January 18, 2021

2018

Making Pritchard Park more pristine; natural areas being upgraded | Racine Journal Times – October 29, 2018

Fund for Lake Michigan Awards Grant for Phosphorus Reduction Efforts in Grafton | SCF – September 19, 2018

Blox Party at Alice’s Garden Builds Vital Cistern For Stormwater | Milwaukee Independant – September 18, 2018

Artworks for Milwaukee | CBS 58 – September 2, 2018

Proposed ‘Green’ stormwater demonstration site on Milwaukee’s north side gets city approval | Milwaukee Journal Sentinal – August 23, 2018

Improvement plan for Crescent Beach in Algoma | WBAY – August 21, 2018

Milwaukee’s Water Technology Cluster Spurs Innovation | Shepherd Express – August 14, 2018

Fund for Lake Michigan Partners with Take Back My Meds MKE | Urban Milwaukee – August 13, 2018

BID 32 leaders committed to ‘building neighborhood from within’ | Milwaukeenns – August 1, 2018

Bay Beach restoration | Green Bay Press Gazette – July 9, 2018

After Decades of Decline Lake Sturgeon Could be Headed for Threatened Designation | Wisconsin Public Radio – July 5, 2018

Sturgeon elevator tour at Menominee Dam | Fox News 11 – May 22, 2018

Concrete bed of Kinnickinnic River in Pulaski Park to be removed | Milwaukee Journal Sentinal – May 7, 2018

Estabrook Park dam floodgates fall to demolition crew | Milwaukee Journal Sentinal – April 18, 2018

Restoration of one of the last wetlands in Milwaukee’s harbor estuary | Milwaukee Journal Sentinal – April 17, 2018

Algoma Authorizes Phase 1 of Crescent Beach Plan | February 9, 2018

Plans for a beach at Bay Beach move forward | February 6, 2018

Top five things to do with your kids in Milwaukee in February | January 31, 2018

Kenosha County awarded $200,000 for wetland restoration | January 12, 2018

2016

Study shows investments in water quality creates jobs, boost property value | Lake Country News, November 3, 2016

Water quality investment pays dividends | Wisconsin Gazette, November 3, 2016

A good addition to county park network | Kenosha News, October 27, 2016

Manmade islands clean runoff water before entering Lake Michigan | WISN, October 14, 2016

Wisconsin Sturgeon Fest Oct 1. | The Fishing News, September 21, 2016

Foundation continues Gifts to the Community with free admission to lakefront sites | Urban Milwaukee, September 15, 2016

Algoma receives $175,000 EPA grant | Green Bay Press Gazette, August 15, 2016

Grant money to reduce sediment into Racine Harbor, lake | Journal Times, August 8, 2016

Lincoln Lagoon upgrades planned | Kenosha News, July 18, 2016

War Memorial Parking Lot Revamp First Step in Creating Milwaukee Shoreline Master Plan | WUWM, July 14, 2016

Goal of UWM habitat study is to restore fisheries in river | Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, June 26, 2016

Marcus DeBack Playground renovation plans revealed | OnMilwaukee.com, April 29, 2016

The plan to repair the Pike River | Kenosha News, April 14, 2016

Milwaukee River has come far, but much work remains | Journal Sentinal, April 6, 2016

Water Council announces winners of clean water technology competition | WUWM, March 21, 2016

Algoma uses grant money for beach improvements | Fox 11 Green Bay, March 18, 2016

County to Study Racine Harbor | Journal Times, March 12th, 2016

Algoma receives Fund for Lake Michigan grant | Green Bay Press Gazette, March 11, 2016

Algoma Awarded Grant for Crescent Beach | Door County Pulse, March 11, 2016

Fund for Lake Michigan Awards $1.4 million in Grants | Biz Times, March 9, 2016

Fund for Lake Michigan awards almost $1.4 toward Wisconsin Water | OnMilwaukee, March 8, 2016

Wisconsin Natural Resources Board Accepts Donation for Lake Michigan Coastal Research | WDNR, February 24, 2016

Love Your Great Lakes Day at Discovery World | Fox 6 Milwaukee, February 13, 2016

Discovery World to Open New Aquarium | WDJT CBS Milwaukee, February 9, 2016

Two Rivers Pursues Wayside Ownership | Herald Times Reporter, January 19, 2016

Wetlad Restored as Part of Oak Creek’s Main Street Development | WUWM, January 13, 2016

Port Exploreum is more than a museum | OnMilwaukee.com, January 4, 2016

2015

Menomonee River in Wauwatosa receives facelift | Wauwatosa Now, December 23, 2015

MMSD work would remove 5 fish barriers in Menomonee River | Milwaukee Journal–Sentinel, September 15, 2015

Milwaukee company’s device delivers hope for clean drinking water | Milwaukee Journal–Sentinel, August 22, 2015

Water Council gets additional funding for pilot program | BizTimes.com (Milwaukee Business News), August 21, 2015

New funding, expanded programming for Global Water Center | Milwaukee Business Journal, August 20, 2015

$75,000 grant helping turn fish boil pollution site into model for WI shoreline cleanup | NBC 26 Green Bay, August 11, 2015

Elm Grove to bring covered creek back to daylight | Milwaukee Journal–Sentinel, August 6, 2015

Sheboygan County gets $75K to start dunes preservation | Sheboygan Press, August 6, 2015

Northeast Wisconsin preserve gets grant to clean ‘fish boil’ pollution (article + audio) | Wisconsin Public Radio, July 31, 2015

Neighbors help reclaim Walnut Way neighborhood with park | Milwaukee Journal–Sentinel, July 31, 2015

Port loses one grant, receives another for breakwater | Ozaukee Press, July 29, 2015

Conservation grant for the Ridges Sanctuary (article + video) | Fox 11 News, July 28, 2015

Investing in our lakeshore | Peninsula Pulse, July 24, 2015

Organization hopes to fund 1,000 Lake Michigan projects (letter) | Kenosha News, July 24, 2015

New green alleys on South Side protect KK River quality | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, July 23, 2015

Avanza construcción de un callejón ecológico en el sur de Milwaukee (in Spanish) | Telemundo Wisconsin, July 22, 2015

Green alleys being installed in Milwaukee (video) | WISN.com, July 22, 2015

Hawthorn Hollow nets grant to combat stormwater runoff | Kenosha News, July 19, 2015

und for Lake Michigan announces $1.9 million in grants | UrbanMilwaukee.com, July 15, 2015

Sam Myers beach project nets $75,000 grant | Racine Journal Times, July 15, 2015

Watershed plan to be presented Thursday | Racine Journal Times, July 13, 2015

he transformation of Johnsons Park | UrbanMilwaukee.com, June 30, 2015

MKE Plays aims to reconstruct 12 deteriorated playgrounds throughout city | March 24, 2015

2014

Crews construct Milwaukee River reef for spawning lake fish (with video) | Milwaukee Journal–Sentinel, November 3, 2014

Milwaukee River fish spawning area expands | Urban Milwaukee, October 31, 2014

Work aims to improve water quality at Eichelman Beach | Kenosha News, October 1, 2014

Ancient sturgeon finally catch a break | Milwaukee Journal–Sentinel, September 24, 2014

Latest “WisBusiness: TheShow” features Vicki Elkin and the Fund for Lake Michigan | Wisconsin Technology Council, September 10, 2014

Milwaukee finds a fix for stormwater overflows: abandoned basements | NPR.org, August 12, 2014

Green roof company partners with local organizations to pilot new stormwater management solution | Greenroofs.com, July 21, 2014 2

Milwaukee churches, 2 ways of growing food and jobs | Milwaukee Journal–Sentinel, July 20, 2014

Fund for Lake Michigan Economic Impact Study Released | The Water Council Blog, July 10, 2014

Clean up funds awarded to Little Lake | Green Bay Press–Gazette, July 9, 2014

Fund for Lake Michigan creates economic tidal wave, study finds | University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, July 1, 2014

Little Lake cleanup effort gets big boost | WDOR.com (93.9 FM Door County Radio), July 1, 2014

Grants to help water quality having real impact, study finds | Milwaukee Journal–Sentinel, June 30, 2014

Discovery World to add freshwater sustainability lab | Milwaukee Business Journal, June 25, 2014

New sequencer to be purchased with support from the Fund for Lake Michigan | Great Lakes Genomics Center, June 1, 2014

Change in U.S. law allows Burnham Canal restoration to proceed | Milwaukee Journal–Sentinel, May 27, 2014

Wetlands to provide environmental benefits, critical habitat | City of Oak Creek, May 14, 2014

County gets grant to fill Belle Harbor Marina | Racine Journal-Times, May 9, 2014

Transforming Reed Street Yards | UrbanMilwaukee.com, April 18, 2014

Green neighborhoods for all in Milwaukee’s Westlawn Gardens | U.S. Green Building Council, April 9, 2014

A Downtown of the Future | City of Oak Creek, April 4, 2014

Fund for Lake Michigan boosts clean water research at UW-Milwaukee | UWM School of Freshwater Sciences, March 24, 2014

Neighbors come together to revitalize park on Milwaukee’s North Side | wuwm.com Milwaukee Public Radio, March 18, 2014

City nets $250,000 EPA grant | Racine Journal-Times, March 13, 2014

Milwaukee Gets $1M From EPA To Install ‘Green Alleys’ (Reed Street Yards) | Wisconsin Public Radio, March 12, 2014

Green infrastructure work outpaces MMSD’s mandate (Drexel Town Square) | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, March 5, 2014

$48,464 in grants to help Milwaukee neighborhoods control stormwater | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, January 16, 2014

Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church takes homeless ministry to new level (rooftop community garden) | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, January 7, 2014

2013

Petrifying Springs Dam Removal Wins Design Award | R.A. Smith International, November 21, 2013

Protect the Pike: Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network has new restoration plan | Racine Journal-Times, September 26, 2013

New Milwaukee park creates an oak savanna in urban area | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, September 23, 2013

A community effort cleans up the Kinnickinnic River | HealthyLakes.org, August 30, 2013

Can Lake Michigan perch be revived? | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, August 10, 2013

Milwaukee’s Three Bridges Park opens in Menomonee Valley | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, July 20, 2013

Eyes on Milwaukee: Bike Sharing and Permeable Pavement | UrbanMilwaukee.com, June 21, 2013

2012

Westlawn’s rebirth aims to lessen floods, pollution | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, July 9, 2012

Grant to help pay for dam removal at Petrifying Springs | Kenosha News, January 23, 2012