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About the Shorewood Waters Project
The Shorewood Waters Project is a Village of Shorewood project that began in 2011 with financial support from a $240,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) grant. This Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant focused on assessing stormwater management practices and outcomes in Shorewood and included a component for community education. Since the grant ended in 2013, the Village of Shorewood's Department of Public Works has continued to create fun and engaging events and educational programs to empower Shorewood residents with solutions to enhance and protect the waters that border Shorewood - Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee River.
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The Shorewood Waters Project is proud to have partnered with:
- Shorewood Men's Club
- Shorewood School District
- Shorewood Recreation Department
- Shorewood Library
- Shorewood Historical Society
- Shorewood Conservation Committee
- Shorewood Senior Resource Center
- Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
- Milwaukee Riverkeeper
- Respect Our Waters
- Urban Ecology Center
- Adopt Your Drain
Educational Materials
Below is a list of the educational products, events and programs created to date:
- Shorewood Waters Project (SWP) educational booth for community events with the Shorewood Water Wheel
- The Shorewood Simple Solutions to Water Pollution Resource Guide (PDF)
- Shorewood Waters bookmark (PDF)
- Freshwater Tips refrigerator magnet (PDF)
- Shorewood Waters billboard (PDF)
- Just Add Water elementary and middle school lesson plan
- Native Plants and Rain Gardens flyer (PDF)
- Interpretive signs for Atwater Park (PDF) and Beach (PDF)
- Shorewood Waters Coaster project (PNG)
- Gardening for Bees, Birds and Butterflies flyer (PDF)
- Event giveaways: native plant seeds, doggies bags, tattoos, beach balls, beach bags, baseball hats and pencils.
- Shorewood Loves Dogs campaign and Poo Facts flyer (PDF)
- Shorewood Water Walk
- Block Party Box - SWP helps celebrate your block party with fun items and resources!
- Freshwater Tool Kit for teachers
Events & Programs
- Milwaukee River and Atwater Beach cleanups
- Milwaukee River canoe and kayak trips
- Lake Michigan boat tours
- Milwaukee River Walks: hikes in the river
- Native Plan Contest (2012): formally adopting Butterfly Weed as the Official Native Plant of Shorewood
- "Waters of Shorewood" historical presentation with John Gurda
- Atwater School rain garden
- Lake Bluff School rain garden
- Shorewood Waters Coaster Project with local restaurants and bars
- Barktoberfest
- Fish and Feather Festival
- Shorewood Summer Splash Summer Launch community event (2018)
- Go Wild: Gardening for Bees, Birds and Butterflies native plant presentations
- Shorewood Loves Dogs mascot contest and dog owner information campaign (2019)