Conservation overlay legislation was passed on May 25, 2010 by the City of Milwaukee (and the Village of Shorewood prior to that) to protect the Milwaukee River valley, over 800 acres of greenspace just a mile from downtown for all to enjoy. In response to a clear-cut on the river’s edge, a grassroots effort led
Our EPA-funded Great Lakes Restoration Initiative project to improve habitat in the Greenway is complete. Spanning 45 acres, the project removed an estimated 249,415 pounds of herbaceous invasives and 1,290,438 pounds of woody invasives.
One of this year’s RE-volv projects is brought to you by the Solar Ambassador Team at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (UWM). The project is taking place at the River Revitalization Foundation (RRF), Milwaukee’s urban rivers land trust.