Ozaukee Washington Land Trust Inc

OZAUKEE WASHINGTON LAND TRUST WILL CONTROL INVASIVE SPECIES, INCLUDING PHRAGMITES AND JAPANESE KNOTWEED, ON 1,500 ACRES OF WETLAND, RIPARIAN AND SHOR

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THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE (GLRI) AND THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT, PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 112-74. THE

MIGRATORY STOPOVER & GREAT LAKES FISH & WILDLIFE HABITAT RESTORATION

OZAUKEE WASHINGTON LAND TRUST AND RIVER REVITALIZATION FOUNDATION (LAND TRUST) INTEND TO USE COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH TO MANAGE AND ENHANCE THE HABITAT QUALITY AT TWO OF ITS PROPERTIES, KOCH WOODS, A 2.5 ACRE NATURAL AREA ALONG MILWAUKEE RIVER TRIBUTARY, SOUTH BRANCH CREEK AND TURTLE PARK. TURTLE PARK IS A FORMERLY BLIGHTED COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSFORMED TO 4 ACRES OF URBAN PRAIRIE WITH OVER 800 FEET OF RIVER FRONTAGE WITHIN THE MILWAUKEE RIVER ESTUARY AREA OF CONCERN. THE LAND TRUST WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON OUR EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS. OUR COMMUNITY APPROACH INCORPORATES ENGAGING COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, MILWAUKEE HIGHSCHOOL INTERNS, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE SERVICE LEARNERS, MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART AND DESIGN, AND LOCAL CONSERVATION CORPS IN STEWARDSHIP EFFORTS. THIS STRATEGY NOT ONLY LEVERAGES OUR CAPACITY TO INCREASE OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND EFFORTS BUT STRENGTHENS THE COMMUNITY S CONNECTION TO NATURE AND SENSE OF PLACE WHILE NURTURING MORE PEOPLE TO BECOME STEWARDS AND FUTURE CONSERVATION LEADERS.

GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE - RESTORING FORESTED RIPARIAN CORRIDORS ALONG THE MILWAUKEE RIVER

DEVELOPING AND STRENGTHENING A NETWORK FOR MIGRATORY LANDBIRD CONSERVATION IN THE MIDWEST

GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE: RESTORING COASTAL FOREST HABITAT AT FOREST BEACH MIGRATORY PRESERVE

WI MIDWEST MIGRATION NETWORK: DEVELOPING NEW BANDING AND BANDER-TRAINING PROTOCOLS AND LINKING DATA TO THE MIDWEST AVIAN DATA CENTER MB-R

PELAGIC SURVEYS FOR WATERFOWL AND WATERBIRDS IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.

AVIAN MIGRATION MONITORING NETWORK

WI URBAN BIRD MONITORING AND CONSERVATION IN THE GREATER MILWAUKEE AREA MB-R