Milwaukee Riverkeeper Spring Cleanup
April 23, 2022
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Urban Ecology Center - Menomonee Valley
3700 W Pierce Street
Milwaukee, WI 53215
https://milwaukeeriverkeeper.secure.force.com/apex/volunteerEventRegisterPageBootstrap?cid=7014S000000HRoSQAW
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Milwaukee Riverkeeper is a science-based advocacy organization working for swimmable, fishable rivers throughout the Milwaukee River Basin.
ANNUAL SPRING RIVER CLEAN-UP
Join us for our the annual Milwaukee Riverkeeper Spring Cleanup! Every April, 4,000 volunteers visit more than 55 locations across the basin in one day.
WATER QUALITY MONITOR
Milwaukee Riverkeeper supports a network of trained citizen-science volunteers who monitor streams and rivers throughout the Milwaukee River Basin May through October.
ROAD SALT MONITOR
Milwaukee Riverkeeper is working to determine if chloride concentrations from road salt are reaching harmful levels. Road salt monitors are needed to help collect data for this research. Sampling typically takes place within 48 hours after events that trigger road salt use such as large snowfalls and snowmelts.
EMERGING CONTAMINANTS MONITOR
Milwaukee Riverkeeper works with partners to collect and analyze water samples for more than 60 emerging contaminants including prescription drugs, antibiotics, herbicides, personal care products, and even vanilla and cinnamon.
The goal of Milwaukee Riverkeeper’s Mussel Monitoring program is to identify mussel demographics within in the Milwaukee River Basin and is part of a larger effort by the Wisconsin DNR’s Mussel Monitoring Program.
