Thank you to those who have already responded to our position need.

As landowners see the value in the preservation of their stewardship in perpetuity, they turn to land trusts to care for the land.  A rise in the numbers of land trusts is changing the landscape.

The Friends of the Mukwonago River, a grassroots non-profit organization located in the Mukwonago area in Southeastern Wisconsin, seeks to fill a limited-term, part-time watershed coordinator role to assist its Board of Directors in: growing our organization, increasing its effectiveness, facilitating watershed protection and restoration projects, improving our funding base, reaching out to the community Read more about The Friends are seeking a Watershed Coordinator[…]

The International Day of Peace, observed each year on 21 September, is a global call for ceasefire and non-violence. This year the Secretary-General is calling on governments and citizens to focus on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. A wiki how to live in peace.

Along with its environmental degradation,  stormwater issues, long commutes, suburban sprawl has fragmented our sense of community.  Has it made us unable to trust?  Have we lost social capital and replaced that with facebook and other social media?  Wow!

A new report, Turning the Tide, subtitled Investing in Wastewater Infrastructure to Create Jobs and Solve the Sewage Crisis in the Great Lakes sponsored by Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is available.  Solutions will require funding and creative approaches.  Raw sewage and stormwater breaches of the Great Lakes run into the billions of gallons annually Read more about Turning the Tide, a report on healing the Great Lakes.[…]

Thank you to Allie Chase of the Alice Baker Library for the opportunity to see the Mukwonago River video,  Glacial Refuge, The Phenomenally Diverse Mukwonago River.  It was well attended, and people asked very good questions about the River.  You can borrow the DVD or VHS from the Eagle or Mukwonago libraries.  It has wonderful, Read more about Glacial Refuge showing at the library a success.[…]

The recent passing of Rod Nilsestuen, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, sent a wave of devastation and sadness throughout the agricultural community and the state of Wisconsin.  Working Lands Connection

Commodities, derivatives and your food costs.  Will the Wall Street reform bill  change food pricing?  Think forward.

See events and URL for more information about mussels,  Mussel information

Several of the Mukwonago River Initiative group toured a few sites along the Jericho Creek, a major tributary of the Mukwonago River from the North.  This part of the Mukwonago River watershed is primarily in private ownership and is a largely intact creek system due to its stewardship in private hands and the lack of Read more about MRI group visits sites along Jericho Creek[…]

July 24 at Alice Baker library.  Lawlor poster.  Join the Friends of the Mukwonago River and Alice Baker Library.