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Watershed Action Teams in Action, Menomonee Watershed Action Team

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[Music playing]

Cheryl:

You know, I think, I think the infrastructure

fixes in particular, have opportunity to

drastically improve water quality in a very

fast, you know, very quick way and that's really

exciting. So, we're definitely hoping that

we can tap into existing funding sources

and get as many of these problems fixed that we can.

So, you know, there's only so much that we can

do as citizens and then the rest you know,

we're really gonna need, you know, municipalities

and others to help us with that work. And

that's, you know, that's significant work.

Jeff: Cheryl, can I make a comment?

Cheryl: Yeah.

Jeff: As a person that's sat in on the

budget hearings from MMSD a few weeks ago,

the thing that struck me about it is how

few of the members of the public actually

go to sessions like that and voice their

opinion about projects that involve huge

environment impacts and huge amounts of dollars.

And so, the point that I'd make, relative

to the comment about what can private

citizens do? If you think particular

investments make sense for your community,

to make sure that your local officials

know that, or to stay informed, and

spread what you know to other citizens.

It's actually hugely enforced.

I was amazed. I think there were four

people that morning, you know, and this

is 100's of millions of dollars being discussed.

So, you have more power than you think

because a lot of us don't make time to let our voices be heard.

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Title: Watershed Action Teams in Action, Menomonee Watershed Action Team

Description:

Cheryl Nenn (Milwaukee Riverkeeper) and Jeff Martinka (Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc.) discuss the power of the people in making things happen for Menomonee River restoration projects.

Location: Milwaukee, WI, USA

Date Taken: 11/16/2010

Length: 1:34

Video Producer: Douglas A. Harned , National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA), USGS, North Carolina Water Science Center, Raleigh, NC

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Additional Video Credits:

Faith Fitzpatrick: Scriptwriter, Narrator, Scientist Consultant

Gerard McMahon: Producer

Douglas Harned: Producer, Video, Editor

Alan Cressler: Video

Luke McMahon: Video

Cheryl Nenn (Milwaukee Riverkeeper)

Jeff Martinka (Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc.)

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