The Park People of Milwaukee County, Inc.

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We're the "friends" of all 144 Milwaukee County Parks!

Since 1977, the Park People have educated and involved the public in decisions concerning our parks through our mission: Citizen Stewardship of Milwaukee County Parks.

10/30/2026

As fall marches on toward winter, only a few Weed-Outs remain! Help one of these Friends groups get rid of buckthorn!

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳
Sheridan Park Friends, 9 - 11 am

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟴
Friends of County Grounds Park - Milwaukee, WI, 1 - 4 pm

Volunteers should wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and a sturdy pair of shoes or boots. Bring a pair of work gloves, if you have them.

Click or tap the link in the first comment for contact information and meet up locations.

📸: Friends of County Grounds Park

Milwaukee County Parks Natural Areas & Conservation

10/28/2026

A couple of Friends groups are holding Trash-Outs for final park cleanups of the year! Come by and help tidy up parks before the snow flies!

Sheridan Park Friends and Friends of LaFollette Park will be holding Trash-Outs on Saturday, November 7, from 9 - 11 am.

For Sheridan Park's Trash-Out, meet at the pavilion located at 4600 S. Sheridan Dr., Cudahy.

For LaFollette Park's Trash-Out, meet at the lower level of the pavilion located at 9418 W. Washington St., West Allis.

Bring a pair of work gloves, if you have them. All other supplies will be provided.

10/22/2026

If you're a long-time Milwaukee County resident, you're probably familiar with the Menomonee River Parkway, Root River Parkway, and the Milwaukee River Greenway. In our November Parkives post, we check out the history of these parkways within the greater Milwaukee County Parks system.

A system of parkways, following routes of major waterways in the county, also provided connecting links between primary park areas. The park commissioners developed a campaign to convince the county board and local citizens of the merits of reserving land along rivers and streams for park use, for the purpose of flood control for nearby residential areas, and to reduce pollution in the waterways. The two photographs shown here demonstrate good and bad development along the Kinnickinnic (left) and Milwaukee (right) Rivers.

Do you live along a parkway? What does it look like to you today? Steps are being taken to improve some of the parkways to further mitigate flooding in nearby neighborhoods. Are you seeing any of these developments in a parkway close to you? Share your photos and stories with us using .

Historical excerpts from Images of America: Milwaukee County Parks by Laurie Muench Albano, published by Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC.

📸: Milwaukee County Historical Society

10/20/2026

Blitzing buckthorn continues and Friends groups are looking for your help! If you're available, please consider lending a hand!

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟰
Friends of Brown Deer Park: 9 am - noon
Cudahy Nature Preserve: 9 am - noon
Friends of Grant Park: 9 am - noon
Underwood Creek Parkway: 10 am - noon

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟭
Friends of Estabrook Park: 9 am - noon

Volunteers should wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts, and pair of sturdy work shoes or boots. Bring a pair of work gloves, if you have them. All other supplies and equipment will be provided.

For more information about these and other Weed-Outs, including meet up locations, please click or tap the link in the first comment.

📸: Rick Kaiser, Friends of Grant Park

Milwaukee County Parks Natural Areas & Conservation

10/15/2026

💚 When you become a member of The Park People at either the $50 or $100 level, your support helps our Friends groups host park cleanup or invasive plant removal events at our Milwaukee County Parks, like the one recently held at Jackson Park. Your membership ensures our volunteers can stay active in their parks, improving these green spaces for area communities.

For more information or to become a Park People member, click or tap the link in the first comment.

📸: J.O. Haselhoef, Friends of Jackson & Manitoba Parks

10/14/2026

Here is a quick video from Humboldt Park Friends' Annual Tree Day.

Tree Day Program is an annual educational environmental program for Bay View area first-grade students, hosted by Humboldt Park Friends and Milwaukee County Parks.

The program includes a nature hike through Humboldt Park, tree planting, leaf rubbing, story time, and button making. Students are excited to watch the tree planting process. Milwaukee County

Milwaukee County Parks planted our trees this year; students not only watch the planting but also participate by “feeding” each tree with their names written on paper and tossed into the hole before planting.

In addition to the hands-on tree guide booklet, students receive an event bag of activity booklets that further encourage their understanding of trees and the natural environment. Humboldt Park Friends donates these booklets.

HPF also receives materials support from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources/Forestry Division, WDNR/WEE Recycles, Department of Transportation, U.S. Forestry, and Wisconsin Forestry. Teachers often incorporate these booklets into classroom curriculum.

The Tree Day program was implemented, developed, and guided by Humboldt Park Friends volunteers with the ongoing support of Milwaukee County Parks Department and the City of Milwaukee’s Urban Forestry; the program began in the year 2000

10/14/2026

☑️ If you live or work in the Gordon Park neighborhood, consider volunteering as a poll worker! Gordon Park Friends is looking for people to help out during Election Day, Tuesday, November 3. The Friends group receives funding from the Election Commission for its events and projects based on the number of volunteers who help out at the polls. More volunteers = more money! You'll receive training and meet awesome people who are committed to the park and the neighborhood!

For more information, email the address in the first comment.

10/12/2026

Today and every day, we respectfully acknowledge that Milwaukee County parklands are on traditional homelands of many indigenous peoples, including the Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee. These homelands stretch along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet. In the past, these First Nations were forcibly removed from their lands and subjected to genocide, slavery, and discrimination. Today, descendents of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida, Potawatomi, and Mohican nations remain vital members of our communities, contributing extensively to the area’s culture and way of life. Humbly, we share stewardship of these spaces with First Nations descendents. They inspire us to remain connected to these spaces, to increase our knowledge of them, and to transmit that knowledge to future generations.

Address

Falk Park Pavilion, 2013 W. Rawson Avenue
Oak Creek, WI
53154

Telephone

+14142737275

Website

https://parkpeoplemke.org/

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