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Milwaukee Riverkeeper's Executive Director Karen Schapiro was recently published in an Op-Ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel regarding MMSD's most recent combined storm water and wastewater overflows into Lake Michigan.

By Joel Brammeier, Alliance President & CEO

A decade ago, boosters of oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes were confident that "it couldn't happen here."

The Alliance is launching a first-of-its-kind Great Lakes Action Center, a tool for you to voice your opinions and engage your friends on Great Lakes issues with just a few keystrokes.

The RiversReport highlights projects, events, and programs advancing water quality and water resource protection taking place throughout the Greater Milwaukee Watersheds.

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]