Wetland Mitigation Program News Today

Zionsville Parks and Recreation has added 215 acres to their parks system with the Town of Zionsville’s acquisition of Carpenter Nature Preserve at the southwest corner of S. Michigan Road

Two new properties will open to public access Sept. 1, providing more opportunities for hunting - including archery deer season.One property, the Belvedere tract, adds 790 acres onto Yellowbank Wi

More than 40 acres of former farmland northwest of Portage will be restored to wetland next year, the first Columbia County property to join the state’s Wetland Mitigation Program. Owner Mark Heinze bought the land in Lewiston township a few years ago to grow corn, alfalfa and soybeans, but the wet ground wasn’t ideal for farming even though that had been its use since at least the 1870s, Heinze said. When his family heard that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources was interes...