Registration for the 30th Annual Milwaukee Riverkeeper Spring Cleanup is OFFICIALLY OPEN! 🌎🌊 📅 Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025
 ⏰ Time: 9:00 AM - Noon
 📍 Location: 80+ sites across the Milwaukee River Basin (Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington & Waukesha Counties) For 30

For the next three days, we’re highlighting the Wisconsin Stream Monitoring Award winners. First up: Katie Rademacher, a 2024 Outstanding Stream Coordinator! For six years, Katie has been a dedicated Water Quality Manager for Milwaukee Riverkeeper. Thank you, Katie!

Get active and help the watershed 🌊🌊

🚨 NEXT WEEK: A new natural gas plant has been proposed in Oak Creek, raising questions about its potential impact on air and water quality in the region. Located near Lake Michigan, this project could contribute to pollution affecting one of our most vital freshwater sources.

🌊 Kicking Off Another Season of Sucker Monitoring! 🎣 For the past five years, our team has been proud to volunteer with @shedd_aquarium ’s Sucker Migration Timing Study, helping track the migration of one of the most abundant fish in the #GreatLakes 🐟 Yesterday, we met up

@MMSD_MKE @cityofmilwaukee #CityOfWauwatosa

📢 THIS WEEK: Open House on the Western Milwaukee Phase 2B Levee and Floodwall Project 📅 Date: Tuesday, March 12 ⏰ Time: 5:30 - 7:00 PM 📍 Location: Hawthorn Glen Nature Center (1130 N. 60th St, Milwaukee) This is your chance to: ✅ Learn about new detours for the next phase

POV: You just realized river season is only a few months away! 🏃‍♂️💨🐌 This speedy little snail is moving faster than winter is passing… but we’re hanging in there! Soon, the ice will melt, the waters will rise, and spring will bring new adventures on our rivers. 🌊💙 Until

SAVE THE DATE for the 30th Annual Milwaukee Riverkeeper Spring Cleanup! 📅 Saturday, April 26, 2025 ⏰ 9 AM – 12 PM 📍 Milwaukee River Basin Milwaukee Riverkeeper alongside THOUSANDS of volunteers across the #MilwaukeeRiverBasin have been helping our waters thrive since ‘95,

📣Community in Action! 📣 This past Tuesday, our #Riverkeeper , Cheryl Nenn, stood alongside #Neighbors4Neighbors in front of #Plymouth City Hall, braving the cold to protest the proposed ATC high-capacity transmission lines. These lines threaten to cut through homes, farms,

Billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE staffers have reportedly entered the headquarters of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), vowing to make deep cuts to their programs. @noaa is a critical agency for the protection and restoration of the #GreatLakes . NOAA funds

🚨 TAKE ACTION: Tell the Public Service Commission to REJECT building a methane gas plant in Kenosha County We Energies is rushing to push a $1.5 billion buildout for a methane gas plant in the Town of Paris, #Kenosha County which is needed to supply a proposed data center.

Our Executive Director, Jennifer Bolger Breceda and Senior Director of @AmericanRivers teamed up to share an important message before next week's election. Water is always on the ballot, but this year the stake are high. Critical resources necessary for protecting clean water

#GreatEgrets on the #MilwaukeeRiver ✨ #MKE #Milwaukee #MilwaukeeWildlife #LetOurRiversUniteUs

🌿 It’s Time to Restore Our Rivers! 🌿 Join us for a two-day series dedicated to improving Jackson Parkway! Together, we’ll tackle invasive #buckthorn and plant trees to revitalize the area. 📅 Events: 🌳Buckthorn Removal ➡️ Saturday, 10/19 🕖 9:00am - 12:00pm 🌳Tree

If you're seeing this and you're free Saturday morning, we'd love to see you along the river! If you can't make it, you can still help by sharing this with a friend or neighbor!

Join us THIS SATURDAY, 10/12 for our next FREE fishing clinic at #kletzschpark from 10am-12pm. All equipment will be provided. Meet at Kletzsch Park Falls! Learn basic fishing skills with our amazing @mfldclinic @americorps member and Outreach Program Assistant, Rylee!

Shout out to @mfldclinic Community Corps @AmeriCorps members Dylan, Marty, & Michael for serving at @mkeriverkeeper this year and to Rylee & Gabrielle for continuing your service with another #WIAmeriCorps term! Thanks for your #ServiceinWI! @WisconsinDOA @statecommission

#Kingfisher eats a #crayfish on the #MilwaukeeRiver ✨