From the Director: Sisyphus at the dog park
How a little dog park and some Greek mythology can show the importance of wetland restoration.
Wisconsin Towns Association Guest Column: Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Bill
Wisconsin Towns Association highlighted the the Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Bill in their recent magazine. The bill provides tools for local governments to address the root cause of flooding disasters rather than solely focusing on fixing and repairing damages after each incident.
Help increase investments in wetlands for flood resilience!
The Wisconsin State Senate is scheduled on June 7th, 2023, to vote on Senate Bill (SB) 222, creating a State Pre-disaster Flood Resilience Grant! Please contact your State Senator and ask them to vote in favor of SB 222 on the Senate Floor on June 7th.
Wetland Coffee Break: Discovering historic Wisconsin geospatial data
A photo of speaker Howard Veregin over a map that shows one landscape with several different maps. Starting on the right with 1939 aerial imagery, then a survey map (the Bordner Survey) ca. 1933-1945, then into the colorful Digital Bordner Data from 2014 and onward with ‘wetlands’ pointed out.
Wisconsin Wetlands Association statement on Sackett vs EPA
The US Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett vs. EPA substantially narrows the scope of federally protected wetlands to those “with a continuous surface connection to bodies that are waters of the United States in their own right.”
It’s a wrap! Outcomes from a FEMA-funded pilot project
This is some of the most consequential work the organization has ever done…and we’re just getting started.