UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences

Baldwin Votes to Pass Bipartisan Funding Package to Support Clean Drinking Water, Public Safety, and Economic Development

Milwaukee Has Its First ‘Innovation District’

City aims to cut red tape while Wantable Cafe leader seeks to create tech cluster.

South Shore Park Has a New Beach

After many years of work, new beach should solve water quality problems.

Big Changes Coming to South Shore Park in 2025

Plus: South Shore Terrace opens for the Season.

Effort Aims To Reduce E. Coli Closures at Bradford Beach

Project will also try to reduce pollution from seagull droppings at McKinley Beach.

Meet The Eight Candidates Running To Replace Brostoff

Special election for third district aldermanic seat draws large field.

Milwaukee Dredging Project Could Have Extra Benefit

Estuary cleanup effort could release nutrients that boost Lake Michigan perch.

Climate Justice in the Lincoln Creek Greenway

Activists and neighborhood residents seek to restore urban tributary.

Why Do We Care About The Sturgeon?

How reintroducing sturgeon to the Milwaukee River connects all of us. Third story in series.

MHD Release: Milwaukee Health Department Launches COVID-19 Wastewater Testing Dashboard

How the Kletzsch Fishway Was Created

And how it will change the Milwaukee River and its fish.

It’s Plastic Free July!

You can take the Plastic-Free Pledge, join the cause of groups like Plastic-Free MKE, to reduce use of single-use plastics.

Explore Wisconsin’s Natural Wonders With Natural Resource Foundation Field Trips

It’s The Final Weekend for Summerfest

Plus, Harborfest returns, a boat parade, a theater production in Humboldt Park, an arts event and auction and the return of the Shamrock Shuffle.

Harbor Fest Returns, Featuring Sturgeon Fest and Boat Parade

Celebrate Milwaukee’s working Harbor District with all things fish, water, and ships

Can We Keep the Great Lakes Great?

$10 million plan for fresh water collaborative at 13 UW campuses must be funded.

Port Milwaukee Tugboat Sinks

The Harbor Seagull sank in the inner harbor without injury sometime Sunday night or early Monday morning.

How Thompson Is Handling Legislators

Former governor warned by Legislature not to include tuition hike in UW System budget.

New Water Trail Guides The Way in Walker’s Point

Painted trail is the first phase of project designed to link water-related amenities.

Harbor View Plaza Upgrades Highlight Freshwater Ecology

Waterfront park now highlights what's happening above and below water

Port Renaming Boat “Larry Sullivan” After 53-Year City Employee

Sullivan retired last week after nearly three decades as port's chief engineer.

UWM Gets Okay to Partially Demolish Columbia Hospital

Plus: Council could delay convention center expansion, MSOE expanding nursing facilities.

City Plans Walker’s Point Water Trail

A Water Centric City tells its story. Trail could include a beach, public art, other attractions.

Couple’s $1.5 million gift for UWM research vessel memorializes children

UWM Research Vessel Gets Green Light, Thanks to $10 Million Gift

The Maggi Sue will be the most advanced research vessel on the Great Lakes.

Evers Tours UWM, Touts Freshwater Goals

The governor lauds freshwater programs, promises state funding for them.

New Park, Harbor View Plaza Opens

Meet the kid-friendly, $1.5 million park overlooking harbor at east end of Greenfield Avenue.

Governor-elect Tony Evers and Lt. Governor-elect Mandela Barnes Announce Agriculture, Energy, and Natural Resources Policy Advisory Council

"We’re going to bring science back to decision-making in Wisconsin."

Should County Move South Shore Beach?

County officials have funded design options to improve the often polluted beach.

Wangard, City Again at Odds on Freshwater Plaza

Size of sign at issue. Meanwhile developer planning two more developments at the plaza.

New Building for Freshwater Plaza Moves Forward

City seeks to update design standards for Walker's Point development.

More Apartments, Retail for Walker’s Point

Wangard development is compromise between city, developer and alderman.

Harbor District Plans Unveiled

Plan would redevelop 888 acres, create $864 million in property development and 5,663 new jobs.

Bay View Wetland Will Be Restored

One of city’s last wetlands, near Barnacle Bud’s, will be naturalized, may allow public access.

Fund for Lake Michigan Backs UW-Milwaukee Ground-Breaking Study of Aquatic Species

Other grants fund research on chloride pollution, revitalization of Inner Harbor

New UWM Research Could Give You More Days at the Beach

The research was performed by Natalie Rumball at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences.

Walker’s Point Boomtown

The south side neighborhood is seeing big changes, anchored by a brownfield-to-mixed-use development.

Freshwater Plaza Rises

Walker's Point finally gets a grocery store, plus more apartments, and surface parking galore.

Drink Wisconsinbly Is Very Very Local

Wisconsin beer, Wisconsin Culture, Wisconsin jokes -- only Badgers here, buddy.

The Path Forward for Estabrook Dam

It’s a golden opportunity for Milwaukee if we tone down the rhetoric and consider the potential.

Global Water Center to Expand

State grant will provide funding for future tenants

Estabrook Dam’s Environmental Impact

Green activists support the dam’s removal, but that might actually hurt the environment.

Does the Estabrook Dam Cause Flooding?

Supporters of removing dam say it would reduce flooding, but their data is suspect.

Repairing Estabrook Dam Will Cost Less

When all costs are considered, removing the dam could cost far more than repair.

Estabrook Dam’s Golden Age for Swimming

It was a huge success, with heavy use of public swimming and beaches. What happened? Part 3 of series.

Freshwater Plaza to Break Ground October 22nd

Wangard Partners’ Commitment to Bettering Communities Focuses on Walker’s Point

Harbor Area Will Be Redesigned

Calling all architects & planners: Brownfield with coal piles bordering harbor will be redeveloped.

Milwaukee’s Extraordinary Freshwater Future

A huge number of redevelopment and environmental projects will further reshape and improve the city’s waterfront lands.

Milwaukee Leads Great Lakes Cities

Its waterfront redevelopment is many decades ahead of Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo. Part IV of a series.

What Is Milwaukee Water Commons?

The recently-formed grassroots group, which looks to make sure all citizens benefit from Milwaukee's water resources, holds a fundraiser.

The Brand New UWM School of Freshwater Sciences

New freshwater school is the centerpiece of the burgeoning water cluster.

Is Milwaukee One of the World’s Greenest Cities?

So says OnEarth magazine. Is it right?

UWM’s New Freshwater School Makes Progress

The $53 million, UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences is rising along the waterfront.

District 12 welcomes Natural Resource Technology to the Freshwater Hub

Statement of Alderman José G. Pérez March 6, 2013

The $74 Million Gamble

Can Milwaukee become a world water hub? It’s betting $74 million it can.

The Slow Demise of Sydney Hih

Sydney Hih could be saved, a witch hunt on North Ave, UWM has a baseball team (?), and Alderman Jose Perez wins a game for the Brewers.

Sad to See Chancellor Santiago Leave UWM

Recently, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Carlos Santiago announced his resignation from UWM to become the Chief Executive Officer of the Hispanic College Fund in Washington, D.C.

Oops! No Money for UW-Tosa

To think, I was just about to put the UW-Tosa t-shirts up on the new Urban Milwaukee store, maybe I can hold off now? Apparently, UWM's backing out of the fight to locate the School of Freshwater Sciences on the former Pieces of Eight restaurant site ruffled some feathers, and Michael Cudahy decided to return the favor by backing out of funding UWM's proposed Wauwatosa location for the Engineering School.

A Postcard Location for UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences

It's certainly good that we value our parks, public places, and the lakefront, so a public debate over the appropriateness of placing UWM's School of Freshwater Sciences on Lake Michigan is worth having, but the downtown lakefront is the right location.

Milwaukee the Water Capital?

The single most important expansion of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee currently underway is the proposed School of Freshwater Sciences.