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.
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.
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.”
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.
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...
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.