The Amazing Milwaukee River Basin

The Milwaukee waterfront at night
photo by Jeff Strobel

  • 6 watersheds
  • 900 square miles
  • Home to 1milllion people
  • 7 counties
  • 30 townships
  • 24 villages
  • 12 cities
  • 410 miles of perennial streams
  • 85 lakes & ponds greater than 5 acres
 

NEW!

Rivers Report

The RiversReport Spring 2011 Issue Now On-line*

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



* Click to view the RiversReport (537 Kb pdf) [links to an external site}


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This site administered by: Gail Epping Overholt, Basin Educator for Natural Resources
Phone: 414.256.4632          gail.overholt@ces.uwex.edu


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