Project: Waushara County
County: Waushara
By Peter Ziegler, WWA Project Director
As winter holds on, it has given us a chance to get started on another project. As you read this, we are currently working a wetland project in southeast Waushara County, just north of Berlin. For as cold as it has been, this site still has some soft spots, but with the work roads plowed off (as seen in the picture, below) and single digit temps, mother nature is giving us a hand every night and allowing work to move along pretty consistently.
Construction roads are plowed for project restoration work to begin on the WWA project site in Waushara County
Ironically, the scrapes are already filling with water; an indication of the high water table, which is creating the soft spots where there is very little frost. These are all indications of good hydrology, which make for a successful wetland project.
This site is in a great area for attracting waterfowl, with lots of other wetlands surrounding it, and it has a grassland component already in place which will aid in nesting and brood rearing success.