Restoration ecologist Clay Frazer will discuss beaver behavior and how having beavers on the landscape can improve water quality, mitigate flooding, support biodiversity, and increase wetland functionality.
Wisconsin’s beaver management policies are primarily aimed at benefiting the state’s trout populations. But what if beaver ponds are ideal habitats for threatened and endangered species like the bats of Wisconsin?
Ecologist Sally Jarosz provides an introduction to the wetland monitoring and assessment methodologies employed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Interpretation of historic and current aerial photography is an important skill for wetland ecologists of all disciplines because it helps tell the story of land use over time.
Stephen Winter, wildlife biologist for the USFWS, uses information from previous research and aerial survey data to highlight three important components of canvasback habitat quality on the Upper Mississippi River.
Stephen’s talk was a favorite among attendees at the conference, so we asked him to join us for a Wetland Coffee Break presentation to share how many invasive species are better understood as symptoms of a stressed ecosystem.