The latest wetland news
Wetland Coffee Break: Native wetland plant restoration pilot project: Fish Creek Slough Estuary in Ashland, Wisconsin
Learn about the ecological impacts on Fish Creek Slough from historic and present-day human presence, invasive species dynamics, and the emerging challenges of climate change.
South Shore partner spotlight: Superior Rivers Watershed Association
Our partners in the South Shore Flood Resilience Assessment project are vital to its success. Learn more about one of these partners who play an important role as community liaison and technical support.
Natural Connections: The myths and mysteries of sphagnum moss
Sphagnum is a dominant part of bogs and fens. All but the uppermost leaves of the plant are made up of dead cells, which means that sphagnum moss can hold water like a sponge.
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...