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The Milwaukee River Basin Partnership has reorganized around five Self Managed Action Teams, or SMATs. These are teams that will conduct activities and perform the functions necessary to keep our partnership moving forward. We need your participation! Here are the teams and initial leaders
- Communication, Marketing and Membership:
This team promotes the partnership and its events, publishes official newsletters and promotes membership. (The “simple things you can do to help our rivers” checklist committee will dovetail into this team.)
- Science, Research and Regulations:
Contact Sharon Gayan, Department of Natural Resources, 414-263-8707, Sharon.gayan@dnr.state.wi.us or Jim Lubner, UW-Sea Grant Institute, 414-227-3291 or lubner@uwm.edu
This team will conduct public scientific education, participate in research with other partner groups and keep the membership abreast of regulatory issues.
- Events, Conferences and Meetings:
Contact Kimberly Gleffe, River Revitalization Foundation, 414-271-8000, riverfdn@hotmail.com
This team will plan and conduct annual meeting and host periodic workshops or conferences.
- Recreation:
Contact Cheryl Nenn, Friends of Milwaukee’s Rivers, 414-287-0207, ext. 29, Cheryl_nenn@mkeriverkeeper.org This team will conduct and promote recreational activities with the basin and report on water use issues.
All team leaders are in the midst of calling independent meetings to begin to plan their actions and activities. We encourage you to contact them and help them develop and carry out their agendas. These teams have the authority to carry on their activities very independently: your help is critical. And will be fun --- guaranteed! The idea is more ‘doing’ and fewer meetings. For your information board members and team leaders serve for a year, October-October so please consider volunteering for a leadership position in the next year. So please contact a SMAT (or however many you wish) today!
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