The Dane County Land and Water Resources Department is working with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and USDA–Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) on developing Wisconsin’s first Agricultural Wetland Mitigation Bank, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced in a recent press release.
Approximately 31 acres of land located in the Cherokee Marsh Wildlife Area, south of Hwy. 19 and east of River Road in the town of Westport, will be restored to wetlands and surrounding prairie. These wetlands will be part of USDA-NRCS’s Wetland Mitigation Banking Program to help agricultural producers maintain compliance with USDA programs.
The DNR, which received a grant from the NRCS to create and implement the Wisconsin Agricultural Mitigation Bank, is currently seeking qualified consultants to help in the design, construction, and maintenance of this project. Construction of the project is planned for the fall of 2023.
Further information is available on the project website.
