Lake Michigan Archives | Marek Landscaping https://mareklandscaping.com/tag/lake-michigan/ Stewardship | Design | Contracting Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:38:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://mareklandscaping.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/favicon.png Lake Michigan Archives | Marek Landscaping https://mareklandscaping.com/tag/lake-michigan/ 32 32 Can Perch Be Revived? https://mareklandscaping.com/can-perch-be-revived/ https://mareklandscaping.com/can-perch-be-revived/#respond Sun, 11 Aug 2013 15:01:21 +0000 http://marek.dev/?p=44 August 11, 2013 – The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel interviewed Mike Marek for an article about the declining perch population in Lake Michigan and using floating islands as a means to restore fish habitat in the Milwaukee River Estuary. Read Here

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]]> August 11, 2013 – The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel interviewed Mike Marek for an article about the declining perch population in Lake Michigan and using floating islands as a means to restore fish habitat in the Milwaukee River Estuary. Read Here

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]]> https://mareklandscaping.com/can-perch-be-revived/feed/ 0 Milwaukee’s First Floating Island Installed in the Milwaukee River Estuary https://mareklandscaping.com/milwaukees-first-floating-island-installed-in-the-milwaukee-river-estuary/ https://mareklandscaping.com/milwaukees-first-floating-island-installed-in-the-milwaukee-river-estuary/#respond Tue, 21 May 2013 14:54:51 +0000 http://marek.dev/?p=38 May 21, 2013 – We installed the first of four floating islands in the Milwaukee River Estuary after four years of planning and partnering! The idea is to re-introduce aquatic & wetland habitat along the sheetpiled shoreline of Milwaukee’s harbor. Marek Landscaping, LLC applied Floating Islands International’s technology to the riverine environment. We would like...

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]]> May 21, 2013 – We installed the first of four floating islands in the Milwaukee River Estuary after four years of planning and partnering! The idea is to re-introduce aquatic & wetland habitat along the sheetpiled shoreline of Milwaukee’s harbor. Marek Landscaping, LLC applied Floating Islands International’s technology to the riverine environment. We would like to thank Groundwork Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, & Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission as project partners and Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Fund for Lake Michigan, Floating Islands International, and Midwest Floating Islands as project funders and partners.

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]]> https://mareklandscaping.com/milwaukees-first-floating-island-installed-in-the-milwaukee-river-estuary/feed/ 0 Residential Client Highlighted in Historic Milwaukee Tour of Homes https://mareklandscaping.com/residential-client-highlighted-in-historic-milwaukee-tour-of-homes/ https://mareklandscaping.com/residential-client-highlighted-in-historic-milwaukee-tour-of-homes/#respond Sat, 18 May 2013 14:52:49 +0000 http://marek.dev/?p=35 May 18, 2013 – A residential client’s home is part of Historic Milwaukee’s 32nd Annual Spaces and Traces Neighborhood Tour. Marek Landscaping, LLC completed a bluff stabilization, a trail down to the Lake Michigan beach, a 90-foot long living retaining wall, and a deck and stair system on top of the bluff. Be sure to...

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]]> May 18, 2013 – A residential client’s home is part of Historic Milwaukee’s 32nd Annual Spaces and Traces Neighborhood Tour. Marek Landscaping, LLC completed a bluff stabilization, a trail down to the Lake Michigan beach, a 90-foot long living retaining wall, and a deck and stair system on top of the bluff. Be sure to attend this year’s event!

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]]> https://mareklandscaping.com/residential-client-highlighted-in-historic-milwaukee-tour-of-homes/feed/ 0 Atwater Bluff Restoration Receives Fund for Lake Michigan Grant https://mareklandscaping.com/atwater-bluff-restoration-receives-fund-for-lake-michigan-grant/ https://mareklandscaping.com/atwater-bluff-restoration-receives-fund-for-lake-michigan-grant/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:49:27 +0000 http://marek.dev/?p=31 April 3, 2013 – Marek Landscaping assisted the Village of Shorewood in obtaining funding from the Fund for Lake Michigan to continue native bluff and dune habitat restoration at the Lake Michigan beach. The grant award was highlighted in the Shorewood Patch.

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]]> April 3, 2013 – Marek Landscaping assisted the Village of Shorewood in obtaining funding from the Fund for Lake Michigan to continue native bluff and dune habitat restoration at the Lake Michigan beach. The grant award was highlighted in the Shorewood Patch.

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