Project: Wetland Conservation League
County: Portage
Revisiting & Signing
by WWA Project Director Peter Ziegler
I got to review some of my projects this past week which I had completed last August in Portage county, a little west of Stevens Point. With robust vegetation due to excellent precipitation 
this year in the area it was a bit hard to see much and I had more wetlands to look at than time to go wandering ½ mile into the bush. I did snap a picture of one small basin, pictured at right, where Don and I put up a sign thanks to the landowners (Wetland Conservation League) who own the property and who were delighted to have us help them out with restoration.
As we start rustling around to begin sign construction Don says to me, “looks like three of your co-workers are leaving”, as we watched some new resident waterfowl take flight. It’s always nice to see responses from wildlife that let us know that what we are doing as an organization is beneficial. Those three Mallards were finding some attractive food sources I’m sure, and there is no doubt the surrounding grassland mixed with this and other basins restored on the site are producing successful broods on this just 10 month old wetland.
