Webinar Topic: Building Climate Resilience with Land Preservation
Webinar Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 1pm ET 
Guest Speaker: Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Kristin Schultheis, Senior Project Planner
Moderator: Council of the Great Lakes Region, Lora Shrake, Interim Executive Director

For over twenty years, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) has engaged and supported communities throughout the Milwaukee River Basin to address future flooding risk, soil erosion, pollutant runoff, habitat degradation, and climate resilience through targeted land preservation. Through its Greenseams® and Working Soils® programs, MMSD is preserving critical natural areas by acquiring or placing easements on undeveloped private properties near streams, wetlands, and future growth zones.

Join CGLR for an engaging conversation with Kristin Schultheis from MMSD who will share the effect these programs are having on natural land and water systems and how peer-to-peer engagement is vital to their ongoing success. 

Learn how your community can play a role in shaping a more resilient future.

SPEAKER:

Kristin Schultheis, Senior Project Planner, MMSD

Kristin Schultheis manages Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s Working Soils® and Greenseams® floodwater management programs and facilitates the Milwaukee River Basin Conservation Partnership in implementing a USDA-NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program. Kristin is a UW-Madison alum, has degrees in soil science and hydrogeology, has over twenty years professional experience around restoration ecology, serves on the board of the River Alliance of Wisconsin, and is a life-long paddler and hiker of Wisconsin’s waters and lands.

MODERATOR:

Lora Shrake, Interim Executive Director, Council of the Great Lakes Region

Lora Shrake serves as the Interim Executive Director with the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR). Since joining CGLR, she has focused on growing the Council’s network and connecting business leaders and regional stakeholders on sustainability issues through CGLR’s programs that support the advancement of cross-sector solutions. She facilitates CGLR’s monthly business and sustainability webinar series, providing a platform for knowledge sharing and amplifying regional best practices.

About MMSD

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) is a regional government agency responsible for wastewater treatment and flood management in the Milwaukee area and surrounding communities in southeastern Wisconsin.