by Wisconsin Wetlands Association | Sep 26, 2023 | News
In Wisconsin, we owe much of our modern landscape of wetlands, ponds, lakes, streams, and rivers to the last ice age when a vast ice sheet reshaped the land, and ultimately reorganized surface and groundwater systems.
by Wisconsin Wetlands Association | Aug 31, 2023 | News, Policy Program Updates
The EPA has released a new rule to administer the Clean Water Act rolling back federal wetland protections after the US Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA.
by Wisconsin Wetlands Association | May 26, 2023 | For communities, News, Policy Program Updates
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.”
by Wisconsin Wetlands Association | Jul 17, 2020 | Flood Resilience, For communities, For landowners, News, Wetland Coffee Break
Upper watershed wetlands are critical to regulating water throughout watersheds, yet they are among the most under-recognized wetlands in Wisconsin–and sometimes some of the most altered. Join WWA’s Executive Director Tracy Hames for a virtual tour of some intact...
by Wisconsin Wetlands Association | Apr 23, 2019 | News, Policy Program Updates
As you know from the headlines, the Trump administration has initiated a repeal of the 2015 Clean Water Rule and proposed to replace it with a far less protective definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). This is the latest chapter in a decades-long struggle...
