Strides have been made to restore the Great Lakes over the last 50 years, but the legacy of unbridled pollution still haunts the basin.
One such place is the Milwaukee River Estuary, where the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet in Wisconsin before heading into Lake Michigan.
Troubled by polluted sediment, poor water quality and habitat loss, the estuary is designated as an “area of concern” – one of the most degraded places in the entire Great Lakes region.
