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![Wetland Coffee Break: The influence of beaver dams on Wisconsin trout streams](https://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/fb-event-header-small-3.jpg)
Wetland Coffee Break: The influence of beaver dams on Wisconsin trout streams
Beavers and the wetlands they create play a complex role in the dynamics of low-gradient streams of the Upper Midwest, especially where dams alter important habitat for trout.
![Wetland Coffee Break: Wetland restoration for ravine protection in SE Wisconsin](https://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/fb-event-header-3.jpg)
Wetland Coffee Break: Wetland restoration for ravine protection in SE Wisconsin
Hear from Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary & Arboretum about their restoration project of about two acres of wetland, and the installation of other storm water management measures over roughly six acres.
![WWA’s 2023 Annual Membership Meeting: Join us!](https://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20200218_190012-edit.jpg)
WWA’s 2023 Annual Membership Meeting: Join us!
Join us on February 21st at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention Center in Stevens Point, WI for our 2023 Annual Membership Meeting!
![If the waters could speak: Hoocąk voices and values](https://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/banquet-web.jpg)
If the waters could speak: Hoocąk voices and values
Join us on the evening of February 22nd, 2023 for a special banquet presentation from Janice Rice, Emerita Professor and Librarian with UW-Madison and member of the Ho-Chunk Nation.
![Wetland Coffee Break: The fascinating fishes of the floodplains of Wisconsin’s largest rivers](https://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/fb-event-header.jpg)
Wetland Coffee Break: The fascinating fishes of the floodplains of Wisconsin’s largest rivers
The Mississippi, Wisconsin, Wolf, and other large rivers in Wisconsin have extensive floodplain wetlands that support a diverse fish fauna. Some species are important gamefish, but most are little-known yet vitally important to a healthy ecosystem. Join John Lyons,...
![Year-end report: Working for wetlands in Wisconsin](https://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Annual-Report-Cover-FY22.jpg)
Year-end report: Working for wetlands in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Wetlands Association and our members worked hard in 2022 to protect and restore wetlands across the state.
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Order your FREE wetlands sticker today!
Order your FREE Wisconsin Wetlands Association sticker!
![Wetland Coffee Break: Establishing a Green Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve](https://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fb-event-header-1.jpg)
Wetland Coffee Break: Establishing a Green Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Two years after her first Wetland Coffee Break on this topic, UW-Green Bay Director of Freshwater Strategy Emily Tyner will provide an update on the designation of the Bay of Green Bay as a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR).
![Reducing flood risk through floodplain and wetland restoration](https://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Marenga-20220915_120201.jpg)
Reducing flood risk through floodplain and wetland restoration
WWA and ASFPM hosted a recent workshop with Ashland area road crews, town and county officials, and other stakeholders from the region and state to encourage wetland and floodplain restoration.
![Wetland Coffee Break: Wetland restoration within the chaos of our shifting world](https://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/fb-event-header.jpg)
Wetland Coffee Break: Wetland restoration within the chaos of our shifting world
Wetland restoration gives us opportunities to respond to climate change impacts and, at the same time, becomes more difficult within a chaotic climate both current and unfolding. How can we navigate these dilemmas?