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Transcript of Land Trusts and Water Quality Restoration
Milwaukee’s urban rivers land trust
Healing Our Waters September 11, 2013
� Founded in 1994 as a nonprofit conservation organization to implement the Riverway Plan
� Kiwanis, Rotary Club and community board members
� Focused on the Milwaukee River basin within Milwaukee County
� Photo credit: Mark Williams Milwaukee River in Glendale WI
� Our mission is to establish an urban parkway for public access, walkways, recreation and education, bordering the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic Rivers; to use the rivers to revitalize surrounding neighborhoods; and to improve water quality.
� The Riverway Plan is our guiding document (1991)
� Main objectives: Create a greenway, Build trails, Increase public access, Habitat restoration.
� Land Protection Plan area – estuary (AOC) upstream to County Line
� Lake Michigan Basin drainage area
� Land acquisition 16 acres protected
Milwaukee River Greenway � Overlay approach to conservation
� Allows for sweeping protections of entire river corridor
� Zoning ordinance passed May 25, 2010
� 800 acres protected within city limits
Challenges We Face � Rising land values � Density � Landowner non-‐attachment
� Limited resources � Parcel size � Development threat
Wheelhouse � $1,400,000 for 2.8 acres � Funding: $700,000 (50%) from DNR stewardship program; $400,000 from MMSD Greenseams program; Fund for Lake Michigan – shoreline restoration $248,000
� Blighted site restored to riverfront park
Southbranch Creek
Granville County Park-‐Planning, Outreach, and Feasibility for Streambank and Habitat Restoration
ü 26-acre off leash dog park on the upper Menomonee River; ü 950 feet river frontage ü Severe erosion, total loss of top soil