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Committee approves 11‑year conservation easement with MMSD for tree planting along Kinnickinnick River Parkway

Milwaukee County Committee on Parks and Culture · January 28, 2025
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Summary

Milwaukee County Parks and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District will place an 11‑year conservation easement on county land at the Kinnickinnick River Parkway to support reforestation funded by a U.S. Forest Service grant and administered by MMSD and Riverkeeper. Parks will monitor the site and maintain the new trees.

The committee recommended granting an 11‑year conservation easement to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) to support a tree-planting and wetland restoration project along the Kinnickinnick River Parkway.

Peter Brett, director of operations for Milwaukee County Parks, said the work is part of a larger MMSD program funded by a U.S. Forest…

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