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- Category: Articles
- Category: Events
- Preserve Our Parks sponsors Week 3 of Greenway 15!
- Milwaukee River Greenway Coalition Celebrates 15 Years!
- Birding, Boats, and Breweries on the Milwaukee River
- Hiking the Lincoln-Estabrook Connector Trail
- Photo Essay: An Historic Return to the Milwaukee River and Indigenous Roots
- Where to do the DNR Challenge: Do It Nearby!
- African American Environmental Pioneer Awards 2021
- A guided—and illustrated—tour of Lake Park
- Treasures of Oz Eco-Tour 2020
- Lincoln Creek Greenway: Pocket of Paradise
- Sanctuary Woods: Restoring an old growth forest with ‘historical roots’
- Photo essay: Annual Milwaukee Riverkeeper Boat Parade rocks Milwaukee River
- The annual Urban Candlelight Hike in Three Bridges Park is coming!
- Kickoff event for new group: Friends of County Grounds Park
- Explore the Outdoors!
- Touring restoration sites on the Milwaukee River in Ozaukee County
- Photo essay: New Year’s Day at Lapham Peak
- Photo essay: Santa Rampage 2019
- Southeastern Wisconsin Conservation Summit convenes at Forest Beach
- Monarch butterfly tagging at Mequon Nature Preserve
- Sturgeon Fest: A child’s perspective
- Sturgeon Fest is this Saturday!
- Milwaukee County Parks System is designated an “Important Bird Area”
- Ozaukee County celebrates 10th annual Treasures of Oz!
- UW-Parkside and Root-Pike WIN Partner for “Pollinator Patch Program”
- Photo essay: Kite Fest lights up Veterans Park
- Photo essay: Kayaking in the Root River Challenge
- Photo essay: Kayaking Lincoln Park
- Join in the fun: “Wisconsin Loves Parks” Day is May 11
- Photo essay: Annual river clean up
- Hiking with the Ice Age Trail Alliance
- Milwaukee Riverkeeper Boat Parade!
- Mequon Nature Preserve: Frolickers out in force
- A photography contest promotes local conservation
- Raptors get top billing at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
- Sturgeon Fest
- Monarch tagging event at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Migration Celebration 2018 at the Monarch Trail
- Photo essay: Hank Aaron State Trail Run/Walk 2018
- We Are Water / Somos Agua
- Treasures of OZ 2018 focuses on the Milwaukee River
- Category: featured artist
- Mauriah Donegan Kraker: Artist in Residence in the Milwaukee River Greenway
- The Birds Are Here: Public Art Lands on Lakeshore State Park
- Heidi Parkes: Artist in Residence in Lake Park
- Beth Stoddard: Artist in Residence in Fitzsimmons Woods
- Jayce Kolinski: Artist in Residence in the Milwaukee River Greenway
- Tom Smith: Artist in Residence at Spirit Lake Preserve
- Angela Johnson and Justin Bitner: Artists in Residence at Zinn Preserve
- Marsha McDonald: Artist in Residence in Milwaukee River Greenway
- Frankie Garr: Artist in Residence at Tall Pines Conservancy
- ARTservancy: Year in review
- UWM students bring “balance” to the Milwaukee River Greenway
- Milwaukee River Greenway: A year in the wilderness
- Leslie Fedorchuk: Artist in Residence at Kratzsch Conservancy
- New public sculpture on Hank Aaron State Trail: An introduction
- Krista Allenstein: Artist in Residence at Sidney Woodland Preserve
- Mary Mendla: Artist in Residence at Fairy Chasm State Natural Area
- Kelly Alexander: Artist in Residence at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Emily Verbeten: Artist in Residence at Zinn Preserve
- Barbara Manger: Artist in Residence at Donges Bay Gorge Nature Preserve
- Featured photographer: Danielle (Dana) Kornitz
- Danielle Pahlisch: Artist in Residence at Shannon Preserve
- Vicki Reed: Artist in Residence at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Devon Hugdahl: Artist in residence at Sauk Creek Nature Preserve
- Glenda Puhek: Artist in residence in the Milwaukee River Greenway
- Tori Tasch: Artist in residence at Schoofs Preserve
- Featured artist: The pastel painting of Colette Odya Smith
- An exhibit at The Warehouse highlights nature
- Featured poem: To Homo Sapiens
- ARTservancy 2020 and Wild & Scenic Film Festival!
- Healing the waters: The art of Melanie Ariens
- Meet Me in the Grove
- Nicole Shaver: Artist in residence at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Andrew Musil: Artist in residence at Cedarburg Environmental Study Area
- Hal Rammel: Artist in residence at Hames Nature Preserve
- David Niec: Artist in residence at Lake Twelve Preserve
- Gina Litherland: Artist in residence at Bratt Woods Preserve
- Risë Andersen: Artist in Residence at Sauk Creek Nature Preserve
- Chris Hewitt: Artist in residence at Kurtz Woods State Natural Area
- Michael Bunton: Artist in residence at Kratzsch Conservancy
- Art and restoration on the KK River: The gods are smiling!
- Brooklyn Henke: Artist in residence at Spirit Lake Preserve
- Patricia Bertha-Mattingly: Artist in residence at Donges Bay Gorge
- Cynthia Lorenz: Artist in residence at Huiras Lake State Natural Area
- Todd Mrozinski: Artist in residence at Fellenz Woods
- ARTservancy: Art and conservation
- Art and Ecology
- Photo essay: Swallow Mandala
- Lake Michigan: A Poetic Appreciation
- Technology and Nature: The Art of Nathaniel Stern
- Feature: Wildlife photographer Mary Lee Agnew
- Category: Issues
- Honoring Earth Day All Year
- Bradford Beach proposal stirs controversy over public access
- Trail Fees Proposed for Milwaukee County Parks – Then Dropped for Now
- Photo Essay: Kinnickinnic River restoration in Pulaski Park
- Photo essay: The resilience of Milwaukee’s rivers
- County Executive David Crowley names Guy Smith for Parks Director
- The Ice Age Trail – Waterville Segment to be improved!
- “Love Your Parks” campaign launched in Milwaukee County
- County Parks Lost Funding to Bucks Arena
- It’s GARLIC MUSTARD time!
- Celebrate 50 years of Earth Days: Join the #trashtag challenge!
- Schools are closed, events cancelled, but parks are open!
- Milwaukee County voters: Is your County Executive candidate a Public Parks Champion?
- Waukesha County Land Conservancy and Muskego Lakes Land Conservancy to Merge
- The coyotes that share our urban environments
- Two perspectives: Kletzsch Park River Access & Fish Passage Project
- Wauwatosa Common Council to vote on resolution to protect Sanctuary Woods
- Public to weigh in on proposal to rezone Sanctuary Woods in Wauwatosa
- Wauwatosa Plan Commission votes unanimously to rezone Sanctuary Woods as Conservancy
- Preserve Our Parks posts “For Sale” signs at Milwaukee County Parks
- Make your voice heard: Support Milwaukee County Parks with a letter to the editor or to your county supervisor
- 10 Ways to Design Healthy Communities
- Competing views on Kletzsch Park project proposal
- Photo essay: Kinnickinnic River restoration in Pulaski Park
- Wauwatosa citizens speak out (again): Save Sanctuary Woods!
- Wauwatosa to hold Public Hearing on revised Master Plan
- Open letter to Milwaukee County Board: Milwaukee County Parks need a “Fair Deal”
- “Our Turn” petition drive for more park funding goes online
- Preservation has become a priority for Sanctuary Woods
- Milwaukee County Parks at a Crossroads
- County Board adds protections for Pleasant Valley Park
- “Our Turn” petition drive and town hall meetings appeal for more park funding
- Our Endangered Domes
- Category: Places
- Oconomowoc River Conservancy Park and Healing Nature
- Lion’s Den Gorge: A Meditation on Photography
- Wildlife Spotting Along the Menomonee River
- Celebrating Earth Day with the Planting of 44,000 Trees at Meachem Preserve!
- Photo Essay: The Blue Hole
- Area Nature Centers Tap Maples for Syrup—and Fun!
- Frosty Fun in Three Bridges Park with a three-year-old!
- Nature and Community: A Winter Walk in the Milwaukee River Greenway
- Prairie Seeding Honors Ancestors at Buffalo Speaks Reserve
- Winter fun in Milwaukee County Parks!
- Chiwaukee Prairie: If You Restore It, They Will Come
- Unique New Maps Show What’s in Milwaukee’s Harbor
- Cultural fire at Buffalo Speaks Reserve preserves American Indian tradition
- Kulwicki Park: An unlikely wilderness
- Milwaukee River Greenway: Moments of Gratitude
- Developing America’s Most Inclusive Park in Milwaukee County
- Photo Essay: An Autumn Odyssey of Discovery
- ‘Welcome All to the Forest’
- Revisiting Hartung Park: Floating islands and so much more!
- Prairie and wetland restoration to begin at Gitzlaff Park
- Photo essay: Badertscher Preserve in midsummer
- Menomonee River Valley Kayak Tour 2020
- An historic tour of Sanctuary Woods
- Snowbirds at Mequon Nature Preserve
- Photo essay: Milwaukee River Greenway in white!
- WGLBBO, FBMP and OWLT: Ten years and growing
- A winter walk in the Cedarburg Bog
- Photo essay: A winter hike along the Milwaukee River
- Photo essay: Winter is a blast at Curry Park
- Photo essay: Wild winter surf on Lake Michigan
- Photo essay: Christmas Day in the park
- Work in progress: Friends of Doctors Park Annual Report
- Photo essay: The magic of the monarchs
- Touring Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area
- Photo essay: Fun and adventure on the Milwaukee River at Estabrook Falls
- Photo essay: A misty morning at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
- Meyer Preserve: Restoration and Stewardship Project
- Photo essay: Downtown Milwaukee’s river of kayaks
- Photo essay: Ottawa Lake Recreation Area
- Photo essay: A guided tour of wildflowers in Three Bridges Park
- Photo essay: A busy afternoon at Fox Brook Park
- Photo essay: Sunrise and resurrection at Grant Park!
- Fellenz Woods Preserve: A controlled burn
- Photo essay: Touring Schlitz Audubon Nature Center with the Sierra Club
- Buckthorn brigade tackles Sanctuary Woods
- The observatory at Harrington Beach State Park
- A new interactive map reveals the secrets of Wauwatosa’s Sanctuary Woods
- Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas Day snow!
- Hiking the Milwaukee River Greenway: our premier urban wilderness
- Birding at the Lynden Sculpture Garden
- Touring Vernon Wildlife Area
- Photo essay: Butterflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies at Cedarburg Bog
- The Prairie: Bristol Woods County Park
- New trail connects Lincoln and Estabrook Parks
- Lapham Peak: A summer bouquet
- Explore the Milwaukee Urban Water Trail
- Phenology at Lakeshore State Park
- Butterfly gardens are thriving in River Hills
- Hiking Hartland Marsh and the Ice Age Trail
- Photo essay: Ice Age Trail at Loew Lake
- Welcome to Tichigan Wildlife Area: A winter tour of trees
- Jackson Marsh, a local wildlife area for all seasons
- Category: Spotlight
- The Lincoln Park Wilderness
- Hawk Watch at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
- Year in Review: The Best of 2020!
- Photo essay: Autumn forays in the parks of Southeast Wisconsin
- A time for giving thanks!
- The dramatic effect of the Grazing Goats on invasive buckthorn!
- Coping with COVID: When will it end?
- Coping with COVID: Jane’s Walk goes virtual
- Coping with COVID: Imagining a future…
- Coping with COVID: Meetings and distances
- Coping with COVID: Spring Beauties!
- Coping with COVID: The new normal?
- Coping with COVID: An Earth Day tribute!
- Coping with COVID: Getting away from it all!
- Coping with COVID photo essay: All over the map!
- Coping with COVID-19: People enjoying our parks!
- Coping with COVID-19: People seek out nature!
- Sixteen reasons to build a fort in the woods
- The Year in Pictures
- Season’s Greetings!
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Photo essay: An October Odyssey
- 12 “Awards” for Spring Flowers and Wildlife in the Milwaukee Area
- Wetland Monitoring: Citizen scientists join in the fun!
- A Place Where Water Sparkles
- Searching for snow and serenity: Bristol County Park
- 2018 in review: A year in The Natural Realm…with pictures!
- Season’s Greetings!
- Artist-designed posters of Milwaukee County Parks unveiled
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Photo Essay: First snow
- Photo essay: Signs of autumn in Southeast Wisconsin
- Summer Bouquet: A panoramic view
- String of Pearls: Milwaukee County’s south shore parks
- Monarch migration underway on Milwaukee County Grounds in Wauwatosa
- Go jump in a lake!
- Welcome to “A Wealth of Nature”
- The Lakefront: Welcome to summer!
- Photo essay: A spring bouquet of wildflowers!
- Category: Stories
- Native Species: Our Home is Their Home
- Duluth woman aims to complete winter thru-hike of 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail
- Grazing Goats help eradicate invasive buckthorn!
- Threats to birds / A songbird photo essay
- What is “needle ice?”
- Smolenski Park and the Seed Idea
- Hiking with Urban Wilderness Explorers
- Snakes alive! Citizen Science snake surveys at Retzer Nature Center
- Building healthy cities: The Nature Conservancy comes to Milwaukee
- Pike River restoration: This is what success looks like!
- Meet Tilia: Canine Conservation Ambassador at Mequon Nature Preserve
- A Jane’s Walk in the Menomonee River Wilderness
- The “Smokes” of Spring
- An Earth Day Success Story: MMSD’s Greenseams® Program Rejuvenates a Restored Prairie
- Historic routes provide the basis for today’s Oak Leaf Trail
- The hawk in Jackson Park: A lesson learned.
- Warm Winter Memories – Cool Neighborhood Park
- Winter is Lake Michigan’s showiest and finest hour
- Brew City Safari hikes the Hank Aaron State Trail at night
- Floating Islands help rehabilitate Hartung Park Pond
- Native Plants to Replace Cattails at Humboldt Park Lagoon
- Photo essay: Kayaking the Fox River in Waukesha County
- Floating down the Bark River with Flotilla
- Burning Washington Park