The latest wetland news
Announcing the Wisconsin Wetlands Association Swampstakes!
This year, Wisconsin Wetlands Association is making a special effort to help others experience the wonder and beauty of wetlands. And we need your help! To make this effort fun and engaging, we're excited to announce the 2022-23 Wisconsin Wetlands Association...
Wetland Coffee Break: Chiwaukee Prairie: A conservation story through photos
Join Dr. Dana Garrigan to hear the story of the preservation of Chiwaukee Prairie via a spectacular photographic tour.
Special presentation: Lessons learned from the Great Spirit’s garden
Join fellow wetland enthusiasts for a special evening presentation featuring wildlife biologist Peter David from the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, who will share wisdom he’s gleaned over his career from Manoomin (wild rice).
WWA’s 2022 Annual Membership Meeting and Wetland Trivia Night
Join us for a night of wetland trivia and to hear about WWA’s work in 2021!
Wetland Coffee Break: Habitat restoration and bird monitoring on the Oneida Nation reservation
To evaluate restoration success at three critical sites with respect to bird life, the Oneida Nation partnered with several organizations to launch a bird monitoring program.
WWA part of coalition supporting Recovering America’s Wildlife
Wisconsin Wetlands Association is part of a coalition that supports passage of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act.
Wetland Coffee Break: Chemical control of cattail in species-rich wetlands
Integrated Restorations, LLC, has been evaluating the use of the selectively-targeted herbicide imazapyr (Polaris) for reversing cattail invasions in species-rich fen and sedge meadow wetlands of the Mukwonago River watershed in southeastern Wisconsin.
Wetland Coffee Break: Anticipating the hydrologic consequences of Emerald Ash Borer invasion in tribal forested wetlands through a sapflux network
Angela Waupochick discusses Black ash-dominated forested wetlands and how her research aims to help tribal managers strategize in their fight against emerald ash borers.
Wetland Coffee Break: State Natural Areas at 70: Still protecting Wisconsin’s Wetland Gems®
Join conservation biologist Thomas Meyer to learn about the Wisconsin DNR’s State Natural Areas Program, the oldest and largest state-wide nature preserve protection program in the nation, celebrating its 70th year in 2021.
Focus group findings will help guide WWA actions
In a recent EPA-funded evaluation on the status of hydrologic restoration in Wisconsin, WWA staff collaborated with partners to look at the benefits, barriers, and opportunities associated with increasing state and local investments in watershed-scale wetland and floodplain restoration.