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Burnham Canal, a Milwaukee dead zone, is being revived as a wetland

Burnham Canal, a Milwaukee dead zone, is being revived as a wetland
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Clean Up Underway In Milwaukee Estuary — From Burnham Canal Wetland To Proposed Contaminated Sediment Removal

/ It will be years before the long-blighted Burnham Canal springs to life as an urban wetland. In recent years, Milwaukee’s rivers have gradually been revitalized becoming cleaner and more welcoming to fish, wildlife and humans. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District The Burnham Canal project (starred) is a small piece of the EPA-designated Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern. But decades before cleanups began, manufacturers commonly dumped waste into the waterways. That toxic legacy contributed to the EPA designating the Milwaukee Estuary as an “area of concern. Advocates say a series of projects, some underway and others proposed, will help lift that designation.

Wisconsin communities combat flooding as warming brings heavier rains

DARLINGTON – Long before climate change became a global concern, this small southwestern Wisconsin community knew it had to do something to deal with persistent severe flooding. Bev Anderson remembers 1950, the year the floodwaters of the Pecatonica River rose quickly around the buildings of downtown Darlington, leaving her stranded.  The floods rose halfway up Darlington s main street after a particularly heavy rain, flooding basements, damaging businesses and risking the lives of the people who lived and worked in the city s small downtown. The Alliant Energy men strung a rope from one building across to another because the current was so bad, she said. And we all went across holding on to that rope to get out of there.

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