Wetlands, Wildlife Habitat, and Flood Hazards Webinar Series:
Opportunities for Local Governments to Engage in Wetland Conservation
August 21, 2014, 3:00-4:30 pm, free
In the first of four webinars, Kyle Magyera of the Wisconsin Wetlands Association and Becky Roberts of Center for Land Use Education will provide an overview of local government roles and responsibilities in wetland conservation. They will discuss the basic functions and services of wetlands, existing rules and policy options for conserving wetlands, and opportunities to use wetland conservation to address community and watershed problems. Plan commission members, planning and zoning staff, land conservationists, and others are encouraged to attend. To register or learn more please visit:
Reading the Wetland Landscape Workshop
September 11, 2014, 9:30 am – 5:00pm, $50
Stevens Point, WI
This field-based workshop, aimed at professionals involved in planning, zoning and land conservation, will help you view landscapes through a wetland lens. You will learn how to gather information, site-by-site, on wetland functions, services, condition, and vulnerability. This is the first of seven workshops that will be planned throughout the state. For more information please contact Kyle Magyera at 608-250-9971 or kyle.magyera@wisconsinwetlands.org. A registration brochure is attached.
Plan Commission and Zoning Board Workshops
The Center for Land Use Education (CLUE) has partnered with the Wisconsin Wetlands Association (WWA) to develop an interactive exercise and wetlands content that can be integrated into our ongoing plan commission and zoning board workshops. For more information or to schedule a workshop, please contact Becky Roberts at 715-346-4322 or rroberts@uwsp.edu. A list of upcoming workshops is available at: www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue
Unable to attend a workshop, but interested in learning more? Check out these resources:
www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/clue/Documents/Tracker/TrackerSummer2013.pdf
