CWP Water Policy Scholar (2024-2025) and affiliated faculty at the School of Freshwater Sciences James Wasley wrote an opinion piece in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about celebrating the final stages of a 50-year process to restore Milwaukee’s rivers.
In the article, Wasley outlines how the construction of a facility that will hold toxic contaminants from the Milwaukee Estuary could also be developed into an educational and civic space — highlighting years of work to remove local waterways from the national list of toxic hotspots. Because the city is still finalizing plans for the site, Wasley made a call for “compelling public rationale for what comes next.” He shares his vision, developed during his year as our Scholar, in the piece.
Read it here: Milwaukee has turned toxic legacy into civic asset with river cleanups | Opinion
The Center is proud of its longstanding work with Milwaukee-area partners to restore Milwaukee’s rivers. Check out the Center’s work surrounding opening the new lakefront land to the public here, here, and here.