Wetland Coffee Break: Seeley Lake dam removal: Restoration of a Baraboo Hills floodplain valley
Walk through the removal of the Seeley Lake Dam in Sauk County and the dynamic restoration of the former lake-bed to a fully functioning floodplain.
Study Committee on Floodplain Restoration second meeting recap
The second meeting of the Legislative Council Study Committee on Floodplain Restoration included a recorded field visit with committee members, WWA staff, and people doing on-the-ground work to restore floodplains.
Legislative Committee begins examining barriers to floodplain restoration
Last week, the Wisconsin State Legislature convened the first-ever Legislative Council Study Committee on Floodplain Restoration. Read a recap of that meeting here.
Wisconsin Wetlands Association invited to serve on expert panels at multiple national conferences
Organizers of these panels contacted WWA because the work we’re doing is game-changing.
Proposed federal legislation would reduce barriers to restoring degraded floodplains
This bipartisan legislation reforms antiquated policies that have discouraged restoration of degraded floodplains by subjecting projects to the same review requirements as traditional development projects.