Project Update — Coastal Resilience Community Impact Project

Extreme precipitation events, coastal storms, and fluctuating water levels pose threats to Lake Michigan coastal communities. Flooding, erosion, and storm surge can threaten properties and impair infrastructure and other assets that are vital to the region’s economic security. Agricultural and urban runoff during heavy rain events can also impair water quality in receiving water bodies, further threatening recreation and tourism. Planning, preparing for and adapting to these and other climate change hazards can enhance community resilience and strengthen coastal economies.

Project Update: Friends of Stony Brook and LNRP Complete Phase Three Restoration

With generous support from the Fund for Lake Michigan, Friends of Stony Brook (FOSB) and the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) recently completed phase three of the effort to restore Stony Brook. The effort was in collaboration with the Town of Stockbridge which cost-shared and installed a “fish-friendly” culvert on Long Road…

Project Update: LNRP and ROOTS Make Significant Investments in 2022

Phase Three project sites include the Cities of Algoma and Kewaunee, two City Parks in Manitowoc – Silver Creek Park and Lower Schuette Park, the Village of St. Nazianz, the Town of Two Creeks; and two Manitowoc County Parks – Maribel Caves and Lower Cato Falls…

Centerville Creek Restoration

One long-term project that was initiated in 2008 focused on a partnership with the Village of Cleveland and repairing the abandoned millpond created by the removal of the dam that powered the grist mill in 1996.

The first phase of the Centerville Creek Restoration Project was completed through the development of several key partnerships…

Collaborative North Point Bluff Restoration Project Work Continues

Although slowed by the collective response to COVID-19, the critical restoration work at North Point Bluff Park in the City of Sheboygan continues. Lakeshore Natural Resources Partnership (LNRP) has been collaborating with the City of Sheboygan, Friends of North Point, Sheboygan River Basin Partnership, and Stantec Consulting Services on the project.

Project Updates — Spring 2020

Here is a list of some of our current projects along with our partners who work with local units of government and management agencies to help make our projects successful with long-term maintenance and care.