The latest wetland news
Wetland Coffee Break: Establishing a citizen science salamander and ephemeral pond monitoring program in Wisconsin
What are ephemeral ponds, and why are they important to amphibians and other critters?
Wetland Coffee Break: Bryophyte floristic quality assessments of Wisconsin peatlands
Join Keir Wefferling to learn what these non-vascular plants, like mosses, liverworts, and hornworts, can tell us about the health of Wisconsin peatlands.
Wisconsin Wetlands: The Ice Age Connection
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.
Wetland Coffee Break: Getting the most out of chemical control of wetland invasive plants with herbicide-additive systems
This presentation will demonstrate ways to get the most out of chemical control by taking advantage of herbicide-additive systems and detail the essentials of target plant anatomy and physiology as they relate to invasive species suppression.
Illustrating hydrology and water management in a new StoryMap
Are you curious about where to start when it comes to understanding the root causes of your community’s water issues, like water quality or water availability?
Wetland Coffee Break: Celebrating wetlands through poetry: The art and craft of Mary Linton
Join us for this special Wetland Coffee Break to honor Mary’s memory and celebrate her craft as a poet.
New post-Sackett decision EPA rule released
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.
From the Director: Our waters and wetlands are connected
Fifty-plus years after the enactment of the Clean Water Act, we must not forget what forced these policy changes—the horrible state of so many of our waters. Good wetland policy has improved things, but we still have work to do.
Wetland Coffee Break: All-female salamanders “rule” an ephemeral pond
Gregory T. Burns discusses his multi-year citizen science amphibian-focused research of vernal pools (ephemeral ponds) in east central Wisconsin, including the first definitive discovery of the all-female salamander biotype in southern Wisconsin.
Mary Linton Dedication and Book Launch event RSVP
Join friends, family, and colleagues to dedicate a park bench on a lovely trail overlooking Rose Lake to honor Mary Linton. There will be a gathering with poetry, song, and light refreshment. A new book of Mary’s poetry, “Way Will Open,” will also be available for purchase.