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Don’t you just hate it when… there’s raw sewage in your local rivers? Unfortunately, this is the case all too often with over 850 billion gallons of raw or partially treated sewage flowing into our streams, rivers and lakes every year.

This article in the August 2010 issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources highlights a few of the great accomplishments of Wisconsin's Stewardship program, now in its third decade.

"Some of the great spaces that Stewardship helps preserve are in the heart of downtowns", such as RRF's Wheelhouse property.

Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Cheryl Nenn, was recently published in a Journal-Sentinel op-ed about UWM's plans to build an engineering campus on the County Grounds, an 89 acre natural area in Wauwatosa.

Milwaukee Riverkeeper, along with countless other environmental groups have been demanding that immediate action be taken against the invasive Asian Carp, which can grow to over 100 pounds and wreak havoc on our Great Lakes' ecosystem.

Milwaukee Riverkeeper is demanding immediate closure of navigational locks that separate Chicago rivers from Lake Michigan.

The Bike Fed and the City of Milwaukee recently completed Milwaukee by Bike, the city's 2010 bicycle master plan that, if approved, will guide the development of bicycle policies and facilities in Milwaukee for the next decade. In addition to proposing more than 200 miles of new bikeways, the plan sets goals and objectives designed to increase the safety and ease of bicycling in the city.