What we’ve been up to with the NOAA Flood Resilience Project
An update on our work with partners in the Lake Superior Basin and the flood resilience project, “Accelerating Natural Flood Management in the Lake Superior Basin.”
Wisconsin’s Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Grant continued
The Joint Committee on Finance voted on Tuesday to continue the Pre-Disaster Flood Resilience Grant by allocating $2 million in the 2025-27 budget. Initiated in the last budget, the creation and continuation of this program has been a top priority of the Wisconsin Wetlands Association.
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.
Identifying and advancing our wetland policy agenda
January 2025 marked the start of a new two-year legislative session. To help our supporters understand where we’ve been and where we’re going next, here’s some context that underpins our policy program efforts.
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.