Legislative Committee begins examining barriers to floodplain restoration
Last week, the Wisconsin State Legislature convened the first-ever Legislative Council Study Committee on Floodplain Restoration. Read a recap of that meeting here.
Neighbors meeting neighbors in the flood-prone Driftless Area
WWA joined watershed conservation professionals, farmers, engineers, community members, and other watershed conservation enthusiasts from Iowa and Wisconsin to discuss the complexities and challenges of flooding.
Un-filling a wetland: The East River Emilie Park wetland restoration in Green Bay
Learn more about one of the projects funded by the innovative Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Grant Program. In the first round of the program, the City of Green Bay received $250,000 for an implementation project.
New Hydrologic Restoration General Permit available!
Great new for wetlands! The new HRGP is officially launched, creating a general permit for stream, wetland, and floodplain restoration projects that improve hydrologic conditions, connections, and functions.
New federal legislation to enable floodplain restoration in FEMA mapped floodplains
Bipartisan federal legislation aims to address the barriers to restoring floodplains in floodways that are mapped and regulated under the National Flood Insurance Program.