Wisconsin legislature backs wetlands restoration. Leader. (2021, August 12). https://www.leadertelegram.com/country-today/outdoors/wisconsin-legislature-backs-wetlands-restoration/article_38636d5b-8cf5-5f3c-9ac4-3d4126199476.html.
The state of Wisconsin has recently passed new legislation that will aid in the restoration of wetlands. About 5 million acres of wetlands in Wisconsin have been lost, so the legislation is much needed and will hopefully allow major state-wide restoration. The legislation gives permits and financial help to restore the wetlands of Wisconsin. Two years ago, legislation passed giving funding to Ashland County. This funding allowed for demonstration of the restoration and helped in the process of passing the newer legislation.
The article described new legislation that was passed in Wisconsin that will directly benefit the restoration of wetlands. This legislation will allow more restoration that is much needed in a state that has lost almost 50% of it’s natural wetlands. My reaction to the article was surprising, because I did not expect large government to focus on the needs of the environment. Overall I was definitely pleased with the new legislation.
I fully agree with you and your reaction to this article, it is surprising but great that this legislation was passed. Given that Wisconsin has already lost so much of it’s wetlands, it is necessary that they are now helping with the restoration. My one question is, if Wisconsin has already lost 5 million acres of wetland, what took so long for this legislation to be passed? Much less would have been lost if it had been passed years earlier.
It’s really great that this legislation passed. If Wisconsin is really in that bad of conditions regarding it’s wetlands, this legislation is going to be very crucial to its restoration. There are other biomes across the US that are suffering from industrialization or humans in general, so I think we need more bills to be passed like this one.
I totally agree that the Wetland legislation is a step in the right direction. Why did Wisconsin lose so many wetlands compared to other states?
I find this interesting because I was previously unaware of this situation. I think it is important that our government is beginning to take steps towards attempting to fix the damage that has been done to our environment. What caused the destruction of so many wetlands?
This is very good news that people are moving forward in restoring wetlands. I agree with you and am also surprised that Wisconsin gave so much attention to wetlands. How do you think this new legislation will affect how other states treat disappearing wetlands?