Research on Wetland Restoration
UW-Madison Professor Joy Zedler and botany students develop methods of restoring wetlands, especially marshes and sedge meadows. Based on the resulting science, the team develops recommendations for improving restoration practices statewide. The information is disseminated statewide and beyond in peer-reviewed journals, and in a series of leaflets provided on their Web site. This work benefits landowners who want to restore wetlands, and nongovernmental organizations concerned with wetland restoration.
Outcomes
This research team produces publications in peer-reviewed journals, posts leaflets online, speaks at various meetings and gives additional advice to Wisconsin resource managers. The team has explained why and where invasive species (reed canary grass and hybrid cattails) invade the Arboretum, along Lake Michigan and in northeastern Illinois. Recommendations to use (and test) native plants were implemented in three innovative Stormwater Management wetlands at the Arboretum; the results of these tests revolutionized knowledge of best management practices (see Leaflets 27-28 at uwarboretum.org/research/leaflets). A recent land-use decision (Capital Area Regional Planning Commission) was influence by the published study and Arboretum Leaflets.
Focus Areas
Project Leader
Joy Zedler
Aldo Leopold Professor Emerita
- Department/Unit
- Botany
- School or College
- College of Letters & Science
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