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Milwaukee’s Aquatics Ambassadors program recruits lifeguards, promotes water safety for all swimmersA partnership with the Milwaukee Parks Foundation and Milwaukee County Parks, the Aquatics Ambassadors Milwaukee program is helping address lifeguard shortages and working to promote equitable access to swimming.
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For decades, the Milwaukee County Parks System has been unable to mend its aging infrastructure. A recent report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum explores how different partnerships could help the parks system.
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By fall of 2024, what's currently Wauwatosa's Wisconsin Avenue Park will be renamed Moss Universal Park. It will have universal fields, accessible playgrounds, a renovated clubhouse and more, so that everyone can play.
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Milwaukee native and author, Stacy DeKeyser, explores the city's history and draws inspiration from the Washington Park Zoo and famous animal escapes to write her latest children's book.
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With many branch lines spread across Milwaukee County connecting to other municipal trails, Milwaukee County Parks' trails have plenty of options to explore. There may even be a trail hidden in plain sight in your own neighborhood.
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Milwaukee Public Museum is staging its eighth annual BioBlitz at Havenwoods State Forest in Milwaukee this weekend. Sixty scientists and conservationists will have 24 hours to find as many animal and plant species as they can.
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Kilbourn Reservoir Park was once the main storage for Milwaukee's drinking water.
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Over the decades, many facilities have been built to address the physical and mental health needs of the community, and with those buildings and their histories come great artifacts to look back on. Jonathan Piel, the unofficial historian for the Behavioral Health Division, shares a few of his favorite pieces and places that you can still visit today.
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The Medical College of Wisconsin is about to conduct a project called Relax and Breathe Easy. Its goal is to determine how being in nature influences our stress levels. Milwaukee residents are invited to join in.
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There is no easy fix to set Milwaukee County’s many parks on solid financial footing. The beloved Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservancy— The Domes —is just one its facilities in desperate need of attention.