Project: Multiple
County: Statewide
By Peter Ziegler, WWA Project Director
It was a busy month helping to restore habitat in Wisconsin for WWA. We assisted with the restoration of a total of 60 acres of habitat on the ground in July. Thanks to some breaks in the weather in the southern part of the state, we were also able to complete two of our projects.
WWA was a partner on one project in Waukesha County which was entailed a 3-year long process with other conservation partners working to make it happen. Approximately 2,500 feet of ditches were plugged and a few shallow scrapes were constructed. This will result in great wetland habitat for a variety of wildlife species and should offer some good migratory stop-over habitat for waterfowl specifically. The picture, below, demonstrates the size of the ditches being filled with a D-6 dozer.
In Fond du Lac County we are just finishing up a 10-acre site which will provide some added open water and emergent habitat on what was formally an agricultural field. This one is already ponding water after some weekend storms dropped a couple inches of rain on the area. WWA is looking forward to completing more projects this fall.