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The following opinion piece by Cheryl Nenn, Interim Executive Director/Riverkeeper, Milwaukee Riverkeeper, was printed in the Journal Sentinel on June 13.

In 2007, Milwaukee Riverkeeper (then Friends of Milwaukee’s Rivers) successfully nominated the Kinnickinnic River for one of the nation’s Most Endangered Rivers. Our objective was to shed some light and advocate for funding for this river that had been neglected—laced with toxic contamination, lined with concrete, degraded, and ignored over the years.

The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would increase funding for beaches to $60 million a year to ensure your health when you visit the beach.

The Senate bill would pay for state and local beach health monitoring, public notification and -- most importantly -- removal of pollution that can make you and your family sick.

Cameron Davis, president and CEO of the Alliance for the Great Lakes, has been tapped by the Obama administration to serve as special advisor to the U.S. EPA overseeing its Great Lakes restoration plan.

Milwaukee, WI – On Thursday, June 4 at noon members of the media and transit supporters are invited to join the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS), Milwaukee County Supervisors Michael Mayo, Patricia Jursik, Marina Dimitrijevic, and Christopher Larson, and the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin for the launch of Bikes on Buses.