Creation Care Team Urges Congregations to Join Community Water Cleanups

Jul 13, 2022

By Kelley Greene

A great way for congregations throughout Wisconsin to participate in a common creation care advocacy effort is to join local community water cleanups.

Congregations don’t have to recreate the wheel – cleanup campaigns and events are ongoing throughout the state. See:

Adopt-a-Beach: Alliance for the Great Lakes https://greatlakes.org/

Adopt a River:  https://milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/restore/adopt-a-river/

https://wisconsinrivers.org/local-groups/

Adopt a Shoreline: http://lakewausau.org/page/volunteers

Find a watershed protection group near you.

We want to hear about your congregation’s involvement with community water cleanups. Email Kelley Greene to share your story.

Wisconsin Organizations Hosting Regular or Annual Water CleanUp Events

Black Earth Creek Watershed Association, Cross Plains
(608) 320-3243
Email association
Association website

Brule River Sportsmen’s Club Brule
Email club
Club website

Brice Prairie Conservation Association, Onalaska
608-783-1305
Email association
Association website

Capitol Water Trails, Madison
Email CWT
Website

Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, Appleton
(920) 858-4246
Email FWWA
Website

Friends of Crescent Beach, Algoma
(920) 487-8136
Email FOCB
Website

Friends of Monona Bay, Madison
608-698-9708
Email FOMB
Website

Friends of Starkweather Creek, Madison
(608) 251-1893
Email FOSC
Website

Friends Of The Branch River Watershed, Whitelaw
(920) 323-3486
Email FOTBRW
Facebook page

Friends of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway, Spring Green
(608) 575-0325
Email FOLWR
Website

Friends of the Manitowoc River Watershed
Email FOMRW
Facebook page

Johnson Creek Watershed Alliance
(920) 699-3711 for Pat or (920)-699-3936 for Pete
Email Pete
Facebook page

Lake Wausau Association, Wausau
Email LWA
Website

Lake Winnetka Sugar River Improvement Association, Albany
(608) 862-1698
Email LWSRIA
Facebook page

Lower Sugar River Watershed Association, Brodhead
(608) 897-8641
Email LSRWA
Website

Maunesha River Alliance
(972) 809-6646
Email MRA
Website

Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Milwaukee
(414) 287-0207
Email MR
Website

Namekagon River Partnership, Hayward
(715) 634-8149
Email NRP
Website

River Alliance of Wisconsin, Madison
(608) 257-2424
Email RAW
Website

Rock River Coalition, Jefferson
(920) 541-6766
Email RRC
Website

Root Pike Watershed Initiative Network, Racine
(262) 883-4018
Email RPWIN
Website

Sauk Prairie River Projects Association Ltd, Sauk City
(608) 393-6811
Email SPRPA
Website

Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust (Sweet Water), Milwaukee
(414)-382-1766
Email Sweet Water
Website

Trout Unlimited Lakeshore Chapter, Waldo
(920) 627-5779
Email TULC
Website

Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St. Croix and Namekagon, Osceola
(715) 483-3300
Email WRC
Website

Wolf River Preservation Association, Fremont
Facebook page

Kelley Greene is coordinator for congregational life at First Congregational Church, Oshkosh.