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Wisconsin Wetlands: The Ice Age Connection

Wisconsin Wetlands: The Ice Age Connection

by Wisconsin Wetlands Association | Sep 26, 2023 | "Isolated" and non-federal wetlands, 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.

New post-Sackett decision EPA rule released

New post-Sackett decision EPA rule released

by Wisconsin Wetlands Association | Aug 31, 2023 | "Isolated" and non-federal wetlands, News

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.

Wisconsin Wetlands Association statement on Sackett vs EPA

Wisconsin Wetlands Association statement on Sackett vs EPA

by Wisconsin Wetlands Association | May 26, 2023 | "Isolated" and non-federal wetlands, Advocacy, For communities, News

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.”

Wetland Coffee Break: The story behind the SWANCC decision: Site history and permitting

Wetland Coffee Break: The story behind the SWANCC decision: Site history and permitting

by Wisconsin Wetlands Association | Sep 2, 2021 | "Isolated" and non-federal wetlands, News, Wetland Coffee Break

While all wetland practitioners know the impact of the SWANCC decision on wetland jurisdiction, few people know the backstory of the site that led to this monumental court decision.

WWA opposes proposed Clean Water Act rollbacks

WWA opposes proposed Clean Water Act rollbacks

by Wisconsin Wetlands Association | Apr 23, 2019 | "Isolated" and non-federal wetlands, Advocacy, News

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...
Isolated wetlands: A home for waterfowl

Isolated wetlands: A home for waterfowl

by Wisconsin Wetlands Association | Apr 9, 2018 | "Isolated" and non-federal wetlands, News

Isolated wetlands are essential, critical, and without compare as a habitat resource for waterfowl.

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