Bipartisan federal legislation aims to address the barriers to restoring floodplains in floodways that are mapped and regulated under the National Flood Insurance Program.
On the last day of the 2025 Wetland Science Conference, Wisconsin Wetlands Association and Trout Unlimited teamed up to facilitate a workshop titled “Resilient Streams, Resilient Infrastructure.”
Addressing the regulatory and capacity barriers that hinder floodplain restoration efforts are a key priority of the WWA’s policy agenda because healthy well-connected floodplains are integral to wetland and river systems.
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.
The 2025 Wetland Science Conference included multiple elements of joint programming designed to encourage participation by fisheries managers and to promote networking and collaboration between wetland and stream restoration practitioners.