Press

12 November 2024 - What are these letters popping up all over Milwaukee? City leaders say the symbols tell you about your water
By Kathryn Merck, CBS 58

5 September 2024 - 13 Local Organizations Form MKE’s Environmental Youth Collaborative to Provide Pathways to Careers
By Maria Peralta-Arellano, Carvd n Stone

27 August 2024 - 13 Milwaukee groups join forces to connect urban youth with environment-related careers
By Susan Bence, WUWM 89.7

26 August 2024 - Lakefront helps raise funds to green the Riverwest Elementary schoolyard
By Bobby Tanzilo, OnMilwaukee

21 August 2024 - Milwaukee teens lead the charge for environmental justice at Green and Healthy Schools Conference
By Gideon Verdin, TMJ4

8 August 2024 - How Milwaukee Public Schools are transforming the learning environment with “Green Schoolyards”
By Carolyn Esswein and Justin Hegarty, Brookings

15 July 2024 - Spotlight on Milwaukee: Green Schoolyards Pre-Conference Tour
By The Children & Nature Network

17 May 2024 - Architectural teams honored at the 27th Annual Mayor's Design Awards
By Michele Fiore, CBS 58

17 May 2024 - See the 2024 Mayor’s Design Awards Winners
By Jeramey Jannene, Urban Milwaukee

21 March 2024 - 10 GLISA Awardees Receive Small Grants for Equitable Climate Adaption Initiatives
By Lori Atherton, University of Michigan

11 January 2024 - Before & After Renderings Show Amazing Schoolyard Transformations
By Bobby Tanzilo, OnMilwaukee

4 January 2024 - Milwaukee Program Helps Schools Ditch Playground Asphalt for Natural Settings
By Mike Moen, Public News Service

December 2023 - The Rise of Extreme Heat
By The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

27 November 2023 - Milwaukee’s Green Tech Station is an Environmental Wonderland
By La Risa R Lynch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

3 November 2023 - Green Tech Station Promotes Environmental Education to Local Schools
By Phillip Bordeaux, Spectrum News 1

1 November 2023 - New Local Fund Investing $1.4 Million to Fight Climate Change and Improve Water Quality in Western Lake Michigan Region
By Amber Meyer Smith, Daybreak Fund

16 October 2023 - Gleaming Letters in Milwaukee’s Sky: Initiative Highlights Stewardship, Science and Community
By Susan Bence, WUWM 89.7

11 October 2023 - 5 New ‘Green’ Playgrounds Unveiled at Milwaukee Public Schools
By Madison Moore, WISN 12 News

11 October 2023 - MPS Celebrates 5 Asphalt-To-Green Space Transformations
By Jeramy Jannene, Urban Milwaukee

14 September 2023 - DOA Secretary Blumenfeld Marks Coastal Awareness Month with Awards for Southeastern Wisconsin Coastal Projects
By Wisconsin Department of Administration, Urban Milwaukee

28 April 2023 - Arbor Day: Milwaukee’s Vincent High School Continues Tradition
By Fox 6 News Digital Team

 

Urban Milwaukee Water Stories Series

Reflo has partnered with Urban Milwaukee, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program (WCMP) to produce a series of National-Geographic-Style articles relating to Milwaukee’s Waterways. Follow along here, on Urban Milwaukee or at refloh2o.com/water-stories

21 July 2024 - “Colorful Benches Tell Story of Stormwater Management”
By Michael Timm, Urban Milwaukee

8 July 2024 - “How 18 Municipalities Work Together on Water Quality”
By Michael Timm

24 May 2024 - “Milwaukee Dredging Project Could Have Extra Benefit”
By Michael Timm, Urban Milwaukee

7 May 2024 - “Indigenous-Led Walk Honors Water”
By Michael Timm, Urban Milwaukee

23 April 2024 - “Climate Justice in the Lincoln Creek Greenway”
By Michael Timm, Urban Milwaukee

A Fish Story Series

27 March 2024 - “Wisconsin Uses Millions of Tons of Salt”
By Michael Timm, Urban Milwaukee

29 March 2024 - “How Salt is Polluting State’s Waters”
By Michael Timm, Urban Milwaukee

1 April 2024 - “How Can We Reduce Salt Pollution?”
By Michael Timm, Urban Milwaukee

Too Salty Series

15 February 2024 - “Why Do We Care About the Sturgeon?”
By Michael Timm, Urban Milwaukee

31 January 2024 -
“The Return of the Sturgeon”
By Michael Timm, Urban Milwaukee

19 January 2024 -
How the Kletzsch Fishway was Created and How it Will Change the Milwaukee River and its Fish
By Michael Timm, Urban Milwaukee


Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett congratulates Green Schools Consortium of Milwaukee’s effort to support “fewer blacktops, more greentops” at Milwaukee Public Schools playgrounds in virtual remarks at Rock the Green in April 2021, shared by City of Milwaukee Environmental Collaboration Office. Original context, see 17:50-18:02

From 32:00 to 42:00 in the recording above, Reflo’s executive director Justin Hegarty provides an overview of the nonprofit and its major program areas. Shared with permission of Milwaukee County Historical Society. For the Love of Water originally aired as a live panel discussion on Feb. 11, 2021.