Wetland Coffee Break: Upper Mississippi River restoration history
Mississippi River habitat restoration is an art that blends an understanding of historical events, science, insight, communication, and societal desires.
How WWA facilitates a place-based project
The problems and solutions to situations like the one in Fancy Creek are complex and require more than any one landowner, organization, or agency can offer. This is why collaborating with partners is essential to expand the base of knowledge, grow interest, and obtain commitments to work toward restoration.
How one landowner is inspiring her community to care for wetlands
Our involvement in a project in the Fancy Creek watershed in the Driftless Area started when landowner Marilyn Houck reached out to us about her wetlands. Since Marilyn’s call, her neighbors and local agencies have joined the team working to develop and implement solutions for challenges in their watershed.
Wetland Coffee Break: The Stream Functions Pyramid
Join Paxton Ramsdell as he describes the five hierarchical functions of streams and describes the importance of accounting for each of these functions when protecting or restoring streams and watersheds.
From the Director: The art and craft of restoration
In his latest Director’s column, Executive Director Tracy Hames examines how wetland and watercraft restoration is an art as much as they are a craft.