The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin has developed multiple tools to highlight high quality wetlands to prioritize protection efforts as well as impaired wetlands with high restoration potential.
The connection between wetlands, streams, and floodplains and flood risk reduction is clear: in a healthy and well-connected state this natural infrastructure captures and reduces the energy and velocity of floods. New reports that summarize work done in the Marengo River Watershed demonstrate this connection.
Wisconsin’s Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Grant Program is in the process of accepting its first round of applications—and WWA is encouraged by the high level of interest.
Last week WWA policy staff visited multiple built or planned flood risk reduction demonstration sites in Ashland County.
Communities in the Lake Superior Basin suffering from the devastating effects of severe storms and climate change will receive support from the newly announced, and highly competitive, award.