A Love Letter to the Magic of Milwaukee’s Urban Nature
A city explorer pays homage to urban nature, which is brought to us by decisions decades or even a century old to keep parts of the landscape as sanctuary for creatures great and small.
This Part of the Menomonee River Parkway is Almost Completely Deserted
It’s a little hard to imagine a place in the City of Milwaukee that you might consider remote. I’m not talking about a place you have to drive a long distance to reach. I mean a natural landscape so secluded and, yes, wild that you wouldn’t expect to encounter another person there—unless they were doing something illicit.
Underwood Creek in Wauwatosa is Getting a Makeover
Restoration is underway for a section of Underwood Creek in Wauwatosa—and believe it or not, the sight of bulldozers and power shovels is a welcome one.
Thousands Braved the Cold for Urban Candlelight Hike at Three Bridges Park
The first-ever Urban Candlelight Hike just may have brought more people at one time to Three Bridges Park than ever before – and it was cold out!
Milwaukee County Grounds: Winter walking tour demonstrates citizens’ concern
Open house at Wauwatosa City Hall invites public input on Tuesday from 5:30-7:30
Residents pack meeting on Tosa master plan
They’re concerned about possible fate of County Grounds’ ‘Sanctuary Woods.’
Wauwatosa Master Plan Would Bulldoze Last Corner of County Grounds
Must “Sanctuary Woods” be sacrificed for retail and residential development?
A magnificent autumn in Milwaukee’s parks
The city environs afford plenty of opportunity to see the colors.
The Parks Department Survey You Should Know About
Plus the need-to-know information about the department’s public workshops.
Kayaking the Menomonee River
Finding solitude in a surprisingly remote ribbon of green winding through urban Milwaukee