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For communities
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Why wetlands?
Healthy wetland landscapes contribute to the health, safety, and livability of nearly every Wisconsin community. Learn more about how wetlands provide cost-effective amenities and services to your community.
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Tools for communities
Learn more about wetlands – Find tools and resources that explain the benefits of wetlands and how you can use wetlands to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
Model wetland conservation ordinance – Explore policy options that your community can adopt to put wetlands to work for achieving community goals and priorities.
Wetlands in your community – Learn about your county’s current and historical wetland landscape.
Updates for communities
We regularly post updates, information, and various information for communities. Check out a few recent posts below.
What is the Little Plover River Watershed Enhancement Project?
Learn more about our work to improve the health of the Little Plover River with wetland restoration.
Wetland Coffee Break: Spring beauties: Ephemeral ponds
Explore ephemeral pond ecology and some of the wonderful critters found in these wetlands.
Wetland Coffee Break: Using wetlands as solutions to reduce flood damage risks
Learn about Natural Flood Management, a watershed-based approach that incorporates natural river and landscape processes to store water and limit the erosive energy of runoff.