parks

While this is a slight improvement from the state's 2020 score, nine categories scored are in mediocre condition and three are in poor condition.

Sisters Karen and Jennifer Lemke visited more than 50 parks to put together the accessible field guide. They consider it a showcase of the city they love and a vision for an inclusive future.

A new respiratory illness in dogs has veterinarians stumped.

Al Jarreau always spoke fondly of his upbringing in Milwaukee. Now Milwaukee is renaming a park in his honor.

Famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted designed the Lake Park. He included a short, curvy road that cuts through a ravine. The picturesque drive links Lincoln Memorial Dr. below to Lake Drive above. Drivers haven’t been able to traverse the ravine for nearly a decade.

UWM sophomore Jaeden Carrasquillo spent his summer stomping around Havenwoods State Forest and Hopkin's Hollow — a deep dive into the field of conservation.

Frederick Law Olmsted is widely considered the father of landscape architecture as we know it. His first major project was designing Central Park in New York City, but did you know he also designed three parks here in Milwaukee? Independent journalist Virginia Small joins Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to share more.

A Brooklyn-based photographer visited Milwaukee in search of old trees, specifically in parks designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Back in April, some Milwaukee residents gathered at Lindbergh Park and campaigned to change the name of the park in the Arlington Heights neighborhood to Lucille Berrien Park. On Thursday, their efforts paid off when the Milwaukee County Board voted unanimously to rename the park after Berrien.

A group is suing the state Department of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Board over a recent decision to create a snowmobile trail in Blue Mound State Park, 30 miles west of Madison.