The 2025 Wetland Science Conference in La Crosse was our first sell-out ever and the most number of registrants at an in-person conference yet. It was so energizing knowing that this many great people wanted to talk about wetlands.
The next time you’re in a Wisconsin backwater slough and you see little constellations on the surface of the water, take a moment to stop and admire the humble starhead topminnow.
Between 1630 and 1830, fur hunters exterminated more than 95 percent of the region’s beaver population. In this talk, Hayden Nelson shares how the historical overhunting of beavers substantially altered the forested wetlands around Lake Superior.
Dreux Watermolen, one of the attendees at the first Wetland Science Forum, reminisces on 30 years of the conference.
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.