CITY OF GREENFIELD: (319) City of Greenfield - Wildcat Creek Restoration

The City of Greenfield is undertaking activities to stabilize streambanks within a 500-foot section of Wildcat Creek, a tributary to the Root River, in Milwaukee County.

Project activities: 1) Create engineering plans and obtain permits for stream bank stabilization of 500 feet of Wildcat Creek located within Kulwicki Park; 2) during the Fall of 2018 or as soon thereafter as practicable, install vegetated soil-lifts and fieldstone/river rock in the project portion of Wildcat Creek as designed; 3) conduct in-stream debris removal; 4) conduct project outreach.

Project deliverables: 1) Create engineering plans for streambank stabilization utilizing vegetated soil-lifts and fieldstone/river rock for the project portion of Wildcat Creek, as well as identify/quantify areas for proposed in-stream debris removal. Utilizing developed plans, obtain necessary project permits from WDNR, Army Corps of Engineers, and City of Greenfield as needed; 2) following developed engineering plans, install vegetated soil-lifts and fieldstone/river rock within the 500-foot project portion of Wildcat Creek; 3) following developed plans, conduct in-stream debris removal within the 500-foot project portion of Wildcat Creek; 4) upon project completion, submit to the Department in electronic format as-built construction drawings, and before-and- after photo documentation of the project area; 5) provide to the Department electronic copies of outreach efforts, including copies of any newsletters, web-page screenshots, photos of educational signage, etc. utilized in project outreach.

Activities

• Best Management Practices, Implement

Final Report and Products

• Wildcat Creek Nonpoint Source Watershed Implementation Plan [PDF 4 MB]