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Posted inFeature Milwaukee, Habitat Restoration, Milwaukee, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Bringing Back Milwaukee’s Swamps: Part II

by Lorraine Boissoneault June 21, 2019November 9, 2025

The Milwaukee Wetland Monitoring program is a citizen-science effort aimed at documenting some portion of the 400 ephemeral wetlands that still exist in Milwaukee County.

Posted inFeature Milwaukee, Habitat Restoration, Milwaukee, News, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Bringing Back Milwaukee’s Swamps: Part I

by Lorraine Boissoneault June 20, 2019November 9, 2025

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