Become a Member of WWA

If you cherish our wetland heritage and want to help protect what remains of Wisconsin’s wetlands, now is a great time to join Wisconsin Wetlands Association. Wisconsin Wetlands Association boasts nearly 1500 members from across the state and from 26 other states including Illinois, Massachusetts, California, and Ohio. Please take advantage of our current membership challenge to demonstrate your support for Wisconsin Wetlands Association today, and help us reach more of Wisconsin’s citizens with the message that no matter who you are or where you live, wetlands affect your life.

>> Membership Benefits
>> Membership Levels
>> Membership Form
>> Donate Online
>> Memorial and Tribute Donations


Membership benefits include:

  • A subscription to our quarterly newsletter, Wisconsin Wetlands, with information about our programs, profiles of featured wetlands, updates on our advocacy efforts, a calendar of events, and more.
  • An optional subscription to Wetland News, our periodic email service with information about wetland related field trips, programs, and available outreach materials. Sign up here.
  • An optional subscription to Wetland Alert!, our periodic email service with information about time-sensitive wetland advocacy and policy issues. Sign up here.
  • Invitations to our field trips, events, and programs, including our Annual Meeting.
  • Special member-only rates for our programs that aren’t free, including our annual Wetland Science Conference, Wetland Restoration Workshops, and a limited number of field trips.
  • Access to the lending library maintained in our Madison office.

    • Members of our Wisconsin Heritage Circle receive additional special benefits. Contact Becky Abel (becky.abel[at]wisconsinwetlands.org) or at 608-250-9971 for more information on these benefits.

    Membership Levels
    We welcome your membership at the level that is right for you. In 2009, contributions from every new member as well as increased contributions from current members will be matched, dollar for dollar, by a Membership Challenge Grant from the McKnight Foundation. Please consider helping us do more to protect wetlands in Wisconsin by making a generous membership gift during this challenge!

  • Basic $30
  • Sustainer $50
  • Contributor $100
  • Patron $250
  • Heritage Circle $500

    • We also offer a student/low income membership level for $15.

    Membership Form
    To pay by check, print and fill out our     membership form and send it to us with your check payable to Wisconsin Wetlands Association to:
    Wisconsin Wetlands Association
    222 S. Hamilton St, Ste 1
    Madison, WI 53703

    We’ll send you a welcome letter and a copy of our most recent newsletter and sign you up for your other membership benefits.

    Donate Online
    If you prefer to pay for your membership with your credit card, click on the "Donate Now" button at right to go to our secure server powered by Community Shares of Wisconsin. When you click on the button at right, you’ll be taken to CSW’s online giving webpage. Please select Wisconsin Wetlands Association from the dropdown list provided on that webpage. WWA values your privacy and guarantees the confidentiality of your contribution and credit card information (your credit card information will NOT be stored on our server).

    Memorial and Tribute Donations
    Wisconsin Wetlands Association welcomes donations in memory of a loved one or in honor of a special person or day (wedding, anniversary, retirement). Use our     membership form or donate online, and indicate in whose memory you are making the donation (When donating online, please note that WWA’s online giving tool is powered by Community Shares of Wisconsin (CSW). When you click on this link, you’ll be taken to CSW’s online giving webpage. Please select Wisconsin Wetlands Association from the dropdown list provided on that webpage). At your request, Wisconsin Wetlands Association would be happy to announce this donation in our Wisconsin Wetlands newsletter.

    Quote from one of our memorial donors:
    "I think Dad would be very happy to know that a memorial to him had been sent to you to help aid in the preservation of Wisconsin’s wetlands."