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Milwaukee Riverkeeper is part of a coalition of organizations pushing to have the Chicago locks closed to prevent the spread of the invasive Asian Carp into the Great Lakes.

The carp is known to grow up to four feet long and over 100 pounds, devastating native species.

[excerpted from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]

The Milwaukee by Bike 2010 Bicycle Master Plan will guide the development of bicycle policies and facilities in the City of Milwaukee for the next decade.

Attention remains focused on the Chicago Waterway System where fear continues that the Asian carp could be making its way through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to Lake Michigan via the Chicago and Calumet Rivers.

The first live Asian carp was found in late June in Lake Calumet. Carp can grow up to 4 feet long and over 100 pounds, devastating native fish populations.

This year’s Taste of the Great Lakes featured the best turnout ever for the Alliance’s annual Chicago fundraising event.

In all, 278 supporters attended the June 17 gala, inaugurating a new lakefront location aboard the Columbia Yacht Club’s Abegweit ship in Chicago’s Monroe Harbor.

Historian John Gurda recently wrote an editorial memoir about the many transformations the Kinnickinnic River has taken throughout Milwaukee's history.

Most recently, MMSD is in the process of buying up homes around the KK and plan to remove the concrete from the riverbed and begin to restore the river to a more natural state.