Tribes in Wisconsin are doing vital work to protect and restore wetlands and watersheds. A series of short videos highlights their stories to raise awareness of their important work.
WWA and its partners led the seven-member, Governor appointed board on a tour of the project as part of their September meeting in Plover, Wisconsin.
This week, WWA staff traveled to the mid-Atlantic region to share lessons learned from our work in Wisconsin, and to learn about successful wetland conservation outside our borders.
The US Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett vs. EPA substantially narrows the scope of federally protected wetlands to those “with a continuous surface connection to bodies that are waters of the United States in their own right.”
Vince Mosca and Paul Bruett will discuss the establishment of this Urban National Wildlife Refuge and its goals and will share progress made in land acquisition over the last 10 years.