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[excerpted from the Journal-Sentinel]

Twenty-five years after the old Moss-American wood-preserving plant was placed on the nation's Superfund priority cleanup list, federal officials said Friday the work is nearly done at an estimated cost of $37 million.

This Superfund site stretches across the northwest corner of Milwaukee, encompassing a six-mile stretch of the Little Menomonee River from the former 88-acre factory at W. Brown Deer and N. Granville roads downstream to W. Hampton Ave.

Wisconsin River Ranked 38th Nationally for Most Toxic Discharges

Following recent national coverage in the New York Times and Washington Post on the state’s water quality problems, Wisconsin Environment released a new report today showing that industrial facilities dumped 4.1 million pounds of toxic chemicals into Wisconsin waterways.

The powerful, leaping Asian carp, which could devastate the region's $4.5 billion fishing industry and are known to knock recreational boaters and anglers from their boats, have reached the electrical barrier operating in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

A new concern looms that could make the barrier irrelevant, however, and spread the invasive fish into the Great Lakes.

We need you to make a call to your representative in Congress, to Senator Feingold and Senator Kohl, and to the Army Corps of Engineers to make sure the carp stays out of our local water.

Milwaukee's River Skimmer plans to increase its hours to remove even more debris from the Milwaukee River.  Due to the excess of litter, it hopes to expand its route to include the Menomonee & Kinnickinnic rivers as well.  The recent article by the Journal Sentinel demonstrates the need for river cleanups that Milwaukee Riverkeeper regularly engages in.