On June 14, Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach alongside the Brown County Land and Water Conservation Department, Extension Brown County, the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, and The Nature Conservancy, hosted a water summit at the Resch Expo in Ashwaubenon.
The summit was held to address the variety of water issues that are a concern in Brown County, including surface water, ground water, PFAS, recreation, water levels and flooding, green infrastructure, and more. Topic experts and facilitators were on hand to provide education and lead groups in discussion on the current state and future potential solutions to each water issue.
Local leaders from municipalities big and small such as Bellevue, Ledgeview, De Pere, Green Bay, Wrightstown, and Allouez as well as Wisconsin Senator Rob Cowles and Wisconsin Representative Shae Sortwell, joined in learning and conversation.
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Keepers of the Fox Program Director Katie Woodrow gave a presentation on our recovery efforts as a model of how water quality issues can be addressed by collaborative stakeholder work. |
| The event concluded with a press conference led by Executive Streckenbach to announce the allocation of American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funds to two water quality projects. The first will begin the restoration of a portion of the East River that will provide the opportunity for a future water trail. The second will fund additional soil health work through the Lower Fox Demonstration Farms. |
Check out the media coverage of the announcement below:
Keepers of the Fox is a program of the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance that works cooperatively to protect, sustain, and restore the water resources of the Lower Fox River watershed. For more information, contact Katie Woodrow, Lower Fox River Watershed Program Director at Katie@fwwa.org or 920.915.5767
