The latest wetland news
From the Director: Diverse doesn’t have to mean divisive
The wetland challenges we face are complex and also different in each region. Diverse, solution-oriented work, therefore, is needed to address the immense wetland challenges across our state.
National attention creates new opportunities for Wisconsin Wetlands Association’s Policy Programs work
With more than 50 years of experience and a string of recent policy successes, WWA is well-positioned to meet this moment.
Wisconsin Wetlands Association invited to serve on expert panels at multiple national conferences
Organizers of these panels contacted WWA because the work we’re doing is game-changing.
Wetland Coffee Break: Tackling aquatic invasive species with surveys, drones, and soil cores in the Pheasant Branch Conservancy
Presenters Evelyn Webb Williams and Tom Bernthal share how multiple types of data, both current and historical, were used to inform and develop an Aquatic Invasive Species plan.
Wetland Coffee Break: The Wetland Way: Special new exhibit at the Cable Natural History Museum
Get a taste for how the Museum exhibits are designed in-house and how the exhibit provides educational venue for hundreds of visitors each year.
Proposed federal legislation would reduce barriers to restoring degraded floodplains
This bipartisan legislation reforms antiquated policies that have discouraged restoration of degraded floodplains by subjecting projects to the same review requirements as traditional development projects.
Wetland Coffee Break: Impact of Great Lakes coastal wetland restoration on seasonal bird assemblages
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) is the leading large-scale restoration program targeting the ecological health of the Laurentian Great Lakes; since 2010, 530,000 acres of coastal wetland and nearshore habitats, as well as other habitats, have been...
From the Director: The unseen wonders of wetlands
Wonder is an important word. I talk about wonder a lot in these columns (no apologies).
Wetland Coffee Break: Ganawenindiwag: Working with plant relatives to heal and protect Gichigami shorelines
Local Lake Superior basin practitioners reading Ganawenindiwag may find themselves thinking about plants in a different way as they encounter a cultural framing which affirms that plant beings are our elders, relatives, and teachers.
Wetland Coffee Break: Water is medicine: Caring for the Wetlands of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community
This special edition of the Wetland Coffee Break includes a premiere of the latest video in our series highlighting how Wisconsin Tribes are leading the way in protecting and restoring wetlands and watersheds.