Thanks to habitat loss and land use changes, monarch populations are in trouble. Your efforts to protect and care for your wetlands (and uplands) can help monarchs by promoting much-needed habitat.
Examining the link between wetland loss and flood damage.
Climate change modelers predict that severe storms will be on the rise, making the need for affordable and effective water management (such as wetlands) all the more urgent.
Trying to predict how climate change will affect wetlands dependent on groundwater is a complex problem.
Wisconsin wetlands can sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and keep the rate of ongoing climate change slower than it would be without these wetlands.