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.
Governor Evers recently joined Wisconsin Emergency Management in announcing grant awards to flood prone local governments under the new Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Grant Program.
Wisconsin’s Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Grant Program is in the process of accepting its first round of applications—and WWA is encouraged by the high level of interest.
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.