For communities
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.
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.
Wetland Coffee Break: Swamp, bog, or fen? An introduction to wetland types of Wisconsin
Learn about the wetland communities of Wisconsin, including how to tell them apart, where to find them, and how you can learn more.
Can wetlands and farms go together?
Yes! And WWA is collaborating with farmers and others in the agricultural community to explore how wetlands can be assets to farmers and their communities.
Wetland Coffee Break: Tracking amphibians with HerpMapper
Watch this Wetland Coffee Break presentation to learn how to use Herpmapper: a free app for smartphones that can track amphibians and reptiles, organisms that are often indicators of wetland quality.