The Joint Committee on Finance voted on Tuesday to continue the Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Grant by allocating $2 million in the 2025-27 budget. Initiated in the last budget, the creation and continuation of this program has been a top priority of the Wisconsin Wetlands Association.
Great new for wetlands! The new HRGP is officially launched, creating a general permit for stream, wetland, and floodplain restoration projects that improve hydrologic conditions, connections, and functions.
Restoration ecologist Clay Frazer will discuss beaver behavior and how having beavers on the landscape can improve water quality, mitigate flooding, support biodiversity, and increase wetland functionality.
Wisconsin’s beaver management policies are primarily aimed at benefiting the state’s trout populations. But what if beaver ponds are ideal habitats for threatened and endangered species like the bats of Wisconsin?
January 2025 marked the start of a new two-year legislative session. To help our supporters understand where we’ve been and where we’re going next, here’s some context that underpins our policy program efforts.