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Wisconsin Waterfowl Association

Conservation News

Check back frequently for updates on our conservation initiatives!

 

Uncertainty Surrounds Habitat Grants

Current News
By Bruce Ross, Executive Director [email]bross@wisducks.org[/email] This article appeared in Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s March, 2025 Newsletter edition. You’d have to be a hermit to have missed how DOGE activities are creating…

It’s Wood Duck Box Maintenance Season!

Nesting Structures
By B.J. Grassmann, a citizen conservationist and Habitat Committee Chair This article appeared in Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s March, 2025 Newsletter edition. Whether you are maintaining a few wood duck boxes you…

Wood Duck Box Placement and Maintenance

Nesting Structures
By Bruce Urben, President This article originally appeared in Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s February, 2021 Volunteer Newsletter edition and was re-released in our February 2025 Newsletter. Wood ducks are Wisconsin’s most…

Fire As a Tool for Wetland Management

Private Lands
By Anna Rzchowski, Public Lands Ecologist – arzchowski@wisducks.org This article originally appeared in Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s February, 2025 Newsletter edition. 1 A prescribed fire burns through hybrid cattail, removing thatch to both…

New North American Waterfowl Management Plan Released

Current News
By Bruce Ross, Executive Director [email]bross@wisducks.org[/email] This article originally appeared in Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s February, 2025 Newsletter edition. The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) committee released a new and expanded…

Navarino Project: Three-and-One-Half Months On

Public Lands
By Mark Pfost, Public Lands Ecologist – mpfost@wisducks.org This article originally appeared in Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s December, 2024 Newsletter edition. You may recall that WWA finished its first public lands wetland restoration…