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.
Learn more about a series of restoration projects in Dane County focusing on repairing hydrologic impairments.
Dr. Kristen Voorhies joined us for an insightful and dynamic presentation on how formal scientific knowledge and community-held knowledge can work together.
Last week, the Wisconsin State Legislature convened the first-ever Legislative Council Study Committee on Floodplain Restoration. Read a recap of that meeting here.
Presenter Martha Sample shares how altered hydrology, emerald ash borer, and a changing climate are affecting northern lowland hardwood forests, and how more coordinated monitoring, reporting, and information sharing could help people manage these shifting ecosystems.