At the annual “We Are Water” event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, groups highlighted work to be done to clean up the South Shore Beach which is part of the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern. Read and hear the full story by WITI – TV – Milwaukee, WI.
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