2022 Wetland Science Conference
A three-day conference for wetland and water professionals in the Upper Midwest
February 15, 2022 - March 23, 2022  ·  Online

Wisconsin Wetlands Association thanks everyone who attended the 27th Annual Wetland Science Conference, held virtually Feb. 15-17, 2022.

This 3-day conference was attended by more than 500 people from Wisconsin and 21 other states plus Canada, Mexico, and India. The conference featured keynote addresses, symposia, topical oral sessions, a poster session, workshops, a virtual banquet, roundtables, and plenty of networking opportunities even in a virtual environment. Scroll down to learn about our sponsors and exhibitors and to review the full agenda.

Sponsors
Exhibitors

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Baxter & Woodman Natural Resources

Baxter & Woodman Natural Resources, LLC specializes in providing maintenance work within naturalized detention basins, wetland mitigation areas, rain gardens, forest preserves, public park areas, and other native landscaping areas.

BioApp

BioApp is a wetland delineation tool designed by wetland professionals. Collect data on- or offline in any USACE region! Compatible with both Apple and Android devices.

Custom Bridges and Boardwalks

Midwest's Leader in Trail Bridges and Boardwalks. We build what you need to get over it!

UWSP Extension Lakes

Lakes Outreach Team at UWSP

Helena Agri Enterprises, LLC

Shawn Hilliard Specialty Sales

ILM Environments

We Give Nature A Helping Hand! Let's work together to make the most of your environment!

Inter-Fluve

Interfluve is an employee-owned, interdisciplinary firm specializing in the restoration of rivers, floodplains, estuaries and riparian wetlands.

Madison Audubon

Madison Audubon works to protect and improve habitat for birds and other wildlife through land acquisition and management, education, and advocacy. We service parts or all of ten counties in south-central Wisconsin!

Midwest Natural Resources

Midwest Natural Resources (MNR) is a natural resources consulting firm based in St. Paul, MN. Our specialty ecological services include wetland delineation/monitoring, botanical surveys, T&E wildlife surveys, and habitat management plans.

Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin

The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin connects generations to the wonders of Wisconsin’s lands, waters, and wildlife through conservation, education, engagement and giving.

Prescott College

Prescott College offers 14 online graduate degrees including our Sustainable Food Systems, Resilient and Sustainable Communities, MBA in Sustainability Leadership, Social Justice and Community Organizing and Environmental Studies degree.

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Seiler Instrument

Seiler is your complete Mapping/GIS Source. Let us show you the value of working with our knowledgeable staff.

Seno K/RLT Conservancy

Seno K/RLT Conservancy is dedicated to sustainable forestry, natural resources education, conservation, and land preservation.

Society of Wetland Scientists - North Central Chapter

The Society of Wetland Scientists started as a scientific society based in the U.S. and has grown into an international organization with the mission to promote best practices in wetland research, education, conservation, restoration, and management.

Stantec

Stantec is a leader in implementing innovative ideas to restore wetlands, waterways, and ecosystems.

Wisconsin's Green Fire

Wisconsin’s Green Fire supports the conservation legacy of Wisconsin by promoting science-based management of Wisconsin's natural resources.

Wisconsin Wetlands Association

We help people and communities care for wetlands. Become a member today!

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Key Speakers
Key Speakers

Tehassi Hill, Chairman, Oneida Nation General Tribal Council, Wednesday, February 16, 9:00 am

Peter David, Wildlife Biologist, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, Wednesday, February 16, 6:30 pm

Jennifer Smith, State Soil Scientist, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Thursday, February 17, 8:30 am

Agenda
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Facilitators: Jason Granberg, Maureen (Ferry) Kalscheur, Matthew Puz, and Jeanne Scherer
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
10:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Presenters: Andrew Badge, Brenda Kelly, Kelsey Mitchell, Daniel Grear, Rori Paloski, and Jeffrey Lorch
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Be among the first to experience our new social and networking space!
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
An invitation-only session for Tribal natural resources program staff working on wetlands facilitated by Randy Poelma.
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Instructors: Paul Skawinski, UWSP and Extension Lakes, and Susan Knight, UW-Trout Lake Station
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Hear highlights of WWA’s work from WWA’s work in 2021 and elect WWA board members during a brief annual membership meeting. And engage in a rousing (fiercely competitive?) game of Wetland Trivia.
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Coming together to meet our responsibilities as stewards of our shared natural resources Chairman Tehassi Hill, Oneida Nation Sponsored by the Fund for Lake Michigan
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Presenters: Erin O'Brien, Nick Hayden, Kyle Magyera, and Eric Booth
Presenters: Matt Puz, Isabella Scheibl*, Macayla Greider*, Sarah Woody*
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Instructors: Ken Tennessen and Mike Reese
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Interact with exhibitors and fellow attendees during the lunch hour. Sponsored by Oneida Nation
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Presenters: Jeremy Hartsock, Ryne Rutherford*
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Presenters: Siobhan Fennessy, Ellen Herbert, Ken Krauss, and Ankur Desai
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Presenters: Aaron Volkening, David Fowler, Michael Knudson, Marc White
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Learn from and talk with poster presenters. Network with other attendees and exhibiting organizations, agencies, and companies. BYOB.
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Lessons learned in the Great Spirit's garden Manoomin and Peter David, GLIFWC Sponsored by We Energies Foundation
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Why soils matter to wetlands: Lessons from a lover of hydric soils Jennifer Smith, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service Sponsored by Wisconsin Public Service Foundation
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Presenters: Cole Wilson, Tony Kuchma & Erin Giese, Gary Casper
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Presenters: Matthew Wallrath, Anett Trebitz, Michael Demchik
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Student presentation awards, conference closing remarks, and social and networking time Sponsored by Stantec
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
How lake organizations can help care for watersheds and wetlands. Facilitators: Sara Windjue and Eric Olson
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Facilitators: Alice Thompson, Mike Mossman, and Tod Highsmith
Presenters
Ecologist and wetland biologist
Wisconsin DOT
Senior Research Specialist
UW-Green Bay
Habitat restoration and bird monitoring on the Oneida Nation
Conservation Biologist
Wisconsin DNR
The Wisconsin frog and toad survey: Recent developments in citizen science
Associate Scientist
UW-Madison
Enhancing stream-floodplain connectivity in the Driftless Area: opportunities and assessment
Biologist
National Park Service
Great Lakes coastal wetlands adaptation planning at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Owner
Great Lakes Ecological Services, LLC
Wetland architects: Burrowing crayfish in Wisconsin as keystone species
Environmental Science & Policy Graduate Student
UW-Green Bay
Early discovery and management of the invasive European Frog-Bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) in Wisconsin
Restoration of the Honey Creek Headwaters
Ruekert & Mielke, Inc.
Restoration of the Honey Creek headwaters
Wildlife Ecologist
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
Climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation thinking for managed wetlands
Professor of Forestry
UW-Stevens Point
Managing the matrix: Managing for wildlife habitat across uplands and wetlands
Professor
UW-Madison Dept of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Carbon in WI: Where, how much, how resilient
Professor of Biology
Kenyon College
The carbon cycle and climate change mitigation potential of freshwater wetlands
Senior Project Manager
Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)
Thinking outside the box culvert: Nature based sustainable flood management
Disease Ecologist
USGS National Wildlife Health Center
Current and emerging chytrid disease threats to Wisconsin amphibians: Bd and Bsal
Restoration Ecologist
Integrated Restorations, LLC
Bog-associated vegetation enhances plant species diversity in southeastern Wisconsin calcareous fens
Graduate Assistant
UW-Stevens Point
Assessing the effects of contaminants on restored wetland invertebrate communities
Associate Researcher
UW-Superior
Coastal wetland plant community responses to record-high Lake Superior water levels: An Allouez Bay case study
Water Resources Engineer
Emmons & Olivier Resources
Central WI assessment: Using available GIS data to evaluate regional hydrologic alteration and opportunities
Ecosystem Services Scientist
Ducks Unlimited
Greenhouse gas dynamics and tradeoffs in wetlands
Chairman
Oneida Nation
Student Researchers
UW-Stevens Point
Little Plover River Headwaters Wetland Restoration Remnant Seedbank Study, Plover, Wisconsin
Biologist
USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
A wetland practitioner's guide to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
Cranberry Outreach Specialist
UW-Madison Division of Extension
Exploring cranberry soil health: Comparing physical, chemical, and biological traits of WI cranberry marshes
Biologist
Wisconsin DNR
Upper Mississippi River Restoration: Adaptive management for Big Muddy Anurans
GIS Analyst
GeoSpatial Services Saint Mary's University of MN
Hydrologically modified Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and applications in watershed planning
Wetland Researcher
Wisconsin DNR
Reference wetland hydrologic regime monitoring
Research Ecologist
USGS
Wetland carbon and environmental management: Inland wetlands
Wetland Project Manager
Oneida Nation
Habitat restoration and bird monitoring on the Oneida Nation
Undergraduate Biology Student
Northeastern Illinois University
The use of benthic wetland algae for tertiary wastewater treatment in Chicago, Illinois
Microbiologist
USGS, National Wildlife Health Center
The history of snake fungal disease and its implications for snake species in the eastern USA
Local Government Outreach Specialist
Wisconsin Wetlands Association
Assessing infrastructure vulnerabilities to prioritize natural flood management
Wetland Assessment Research Scientist and Healthy Watersheds Management Specialist
Wisconsin DNR
Assessment of floristic quality, composition, and soil P dynamics in restored and natural SE WI wetlands
Principal Botanist and CFO
Midwest Natural Resources, Inc.
The documentation and exploration of Sprague Creek Peatland Scientific and Natural Area
Graduate Assistant
Eastern Michigan University
Temporal changes in unisexual and sexual Ambystoma salamander populations in southeast Michigan
Wetland Ecologist & Grad Student
UW-Madison
Hydrologic restoration of historically drained wetland in the Evansville Wildlife Area
Policy Programs Director
Wisconsin Wetlands Association
Case studies in hydrologic assessment: Approaches for finding high impact wetland restoration opportunities
Conservation Biologist
Wisconsin DNR
Conservation and management of the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) in Wisconsin
Hydrogeologist and Wetland Bank Program Manger + Ecologist and Wetland Biologist
WisDOT
34 Years of WisDOT wetland mitigation: Past, present, future, and did you know?
Wetland Invasive Plant Specialist
Wisconsin DNR
After Phragmites: Testing the efficacy of multi-year herbicide treatment in Wisconsin's Lake Michigan Basin
PhD student
Michigan Technological University
European frogbit (Hydrocharis morus-ranae L.) discovered in a coastal wetland with declining floristic quality
Environmental Studies Student
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Fragment growth survival of Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian watermilfoil)
UWSP Student Chapter of the American Water Resources Association
UW-Stevens Point
Reconnecting a riverine wetland: Constructing a hydrologic budget for a restored wetland
State Soil Scientist
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
Environmental Scientist
Stantec
Wetland restoration for an uncertain future: Incorporating climate adaptation at Bohn Farms
Senior Scientist
Thompson & Associates Wetland Services
Wetland restoration within the chaos of our shifting world: 2010-2022
Research Ecologist
U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development
Visualizing wetland water: Watershed and buffer conditions organize cross-USA wetland water quality
Water Resources Engineer
Stantec
Some things you always wanted to know about water modeling...but were afraid to ask
Waterfowl Parasitology Research Intern
UW-Stevens Point
Wetland connections: The correlation of parasites between ducks and snails collected from Mead Wildlife Area
Invasive Species Program Coordinator
Upper Sugar River Watershed Association
Unraveling the knotweed complex with genetics
Herbarium Curator, Assistant Professor
UW-Green Bay
Using bryophytes as wetland indicator species for peatland integrity.
Senior Restoration Practice Leader
GEI Consultants, Inc.
Bioengineering for resiliency: Using stormwater wetlands to halt mass wasting of Lake Michigan coastal bluffs
Freshwater Fellow
Lake Superior NERR/UW-Madison
Assessing avian abundance and richness in structurally diverse black ash wetlands
Graduate Student
UW-Oshkosh
Risk assessment of heavy metals in sediment, root, and mammal tissue at Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Giese, Erin

Habitat restoration and bird monitoring on the Oneida Nation

Badje, Andrew

The Wisconsin frog and toad survey: Recent developments in citizen science

Booth, Eric

Enhancing stream-floodplain connectivity in the Driftless Area: opportunities and assessment

Burkman, Peggy

Great Lakes coastal wetlands adaptation planning at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Casper, Gary

Wetland architects: Burrowing crayfish in Wisconsin as keystone species

Cole, Stephanie

Early discovery and management of the invasive European Frog-Bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) in Wisconsin

Connor, Nick

Restoration of the Honey Creek headwaters

Delaney, John

Climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation thinking for managed wetlands

Demchik, Michael

Managing the matrix: Managing for wildlife habitat across uplands and wetlands

Desai, Ankur

Carbon in WI: Where, how much, how resilient

Fennessy, Siobhan

The carbon cycle and climate change mitigation potential of freshwater wetlands

Fowler, David

Thinking outside the box culvert: Nature based sustainable flood management

Grear, Daniel

Current and emerging chytrid disease threats to Wisconsin amphibians: Bd and Bsal

Green, Erin

Bog-associated vegetation enhances plant species diversity in southeastern Wisconsin calcareous fens

Greider, Macayla

Assessing the effects of contaminants on restored wetland invertebrate communities

Hartsock, Jeremy

Coastal wetland plant community responses to record-high Lake Superior water levels: An Allouez Bay case study

Hayden, Nick

Central WI assessment: Using available GIS data to evaluate regional hydrologic alteration and opportunities

Herbert, Ellen

Greenhouse gas dynamics and tradeoffs in wetlands

Janssen, Erik

Little Plover River Headwaters Wetland Restoration Remnant Seedbank Study, Plover, Wisconsin

Johnson, Olivia

A wetland practitioner's guide to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report

Jonjak, Allison

Exploring cranberry soil health: Comparing physical, chemical, and biological traits of WI cranberry marshes

Kelly, Brenda

Upper Mississippi River Restoration: Adaptive management for Big Muddy Anurans

Knudson, Michael

Hydrologically modified Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and applications in watershed planning

Kolb, Liam

Reference wetland hydrologic regime monitoring

Krauss, Ken

Wetland carbon and environmental management: Inland wetlands

Kuchma, Tony

Habitat restoration and bird monitoring on the Oneida Nation

Leach, Alexis

The use of benthic wetland algae for tertiary wastewater treatment in Chicago, Illinois

Lorch, Jeffrey

The history of snake fungal disease and its implications for snake species in the eastern USA

Magyera, Kyle

Assessing infrastructure vulnerabilities to prioritize natural flood management

Marti, Aaron

Assessment of floristic quality, composition, and soil P dynamics in restored and natural SE WI wetlands

Milburn, Scott

The documentation and exploration of Sprague Creek Peatland Scientific and Natural Area

Mitchell, Kelsey

Temporal changes in unisexual and sexual Ambystoma salamander populations in southeast Michigan

Noll, Christopher

Hydrologic restoration of historically drained wetland in the Evansville Wildlife Area

O'Brien, Erin

Case studies in hydrologic assessment: Approaches for finding high impact wetland restoration opportunities

Paloski, Rori

Conservation and management of the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) in Wisconsin

Pearson , Robert

34 Years of WisDOT wetland mitigation: Past, present, future, and did you know?

Puz, Matt

After Phragmites: Testing the efficacy of multi-year herbicide treatment in Wisconsin's Lake Michigan Basin

Rutherford, Ryne

European frogbit (Hydrocharis morus-ranae L.) discovered in a coastal wetland with declining floristic quality

Scheibl, Isabella

Fragment growth survival of Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian watermilfoil)

Schiedermayer, Lydia

Reconnecting a riverine wetland: Constructing a hydrologic budget for a restored wetland

Sulman, Joshua

Wetland restoration for an uncertain future: Incorporating climate adaptation at Bohn Farms

Thompson, Alice

Wetland restoration within the chaos of our shifting world: 2010-2022

Trebitz, Anett

Visualizing wetland water: Watershed and buffer conditions organize cross-USA wetland water quality

Volkening, Aaron

Some things you always wanted to know about water modeling...but were afraid to ask

Wagner-Lueck, Nicole

Wetland connections: The correlation of parasites between ducks and snails collected from Mead Wildlife Area

Wallrath, Matthew

Unraveling the knotweed complex with genetics

Wefferling, Keir

Using bryophytes as wetland indicator species for peatland integrity.

White, Marc

Bioengineering for resiliency: Using stormwater wetlands to halt mass wasting of Lake Michigan coastal bluffs

Wilson, Cole

Assessing avian abundance and richness in structurally diverse black ash wetlands

Woody, Sarah

Risk assessment of heavy metals in sediment, root, and mammal tissue at Horicon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

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The Wetland Science Conference is proudly hosted by the Wisconsin Wetlands Association, a statewide non-profit dedicated to the protection, restoration, and enjoyment of wetlands and associated ecosystems through science-based programs, education, and advocacy. We envision a state where wetlands are healthy and plentiful and support ecological and societal needs, and where citizens care for, appreciate, and interact with these natural resources.

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