Hear from WWA’s Erin O’Brien and the WDNR’s Tom Nedland as they give a brief background and overview of the Hydrologic Restoration General Permit, which will encourage voluntary wetland, stream, and floodplain restoration and management projects.
WWA and its partners led the seven-member, Governor appointed board on a tour of the project as part of their September meeting in Plover, Wisconsin.
A recent update to a DATCP rule is a major step forward in breaking barriers to wetland restoration by enabling the use of state funding for hydrologic restoration and stream restoration.
Last week WWA policy staff visited multiple built or planned flood risk reduction demonstration sites in Ashland County.
Learn how this restoration project is aiming to help the community be more resilient to extreme weather events.