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La Crosse prepares to welcome state wetlands experts at February conference

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FILE PHOTO - The Onalaska spillway on the Mississippi River in January of 2022.

For the first time in over a decade, one Wisconsin nature organization is getting ready to have a statewide convention in La Crosse.

The Wisconsin Wetlands Association (WWA) brought its yearly gathering to the La Crosse Center back in 2014. Now, the group has scheduled a three-day event at the center for Feb. 25-27.

The WWA said its science conference will be based on the theme: “Exploring the Confluence,” as it meets where the Mississippi, Black, and La Crosse rivers come together.

The Explore La Crosse bureau announced the wetlands conference this week.

The WWA also plans to bring members of Wisconsin Trout Unlimited to the conference to discuss ways to improve and restore wetlands and streams.

More than 350 people from Wisconsin and other states are expected to attend group meetings and workshops during the event.

According to a news release, more than 75 percent of wildlife in Wisconsin depend on wetlands, during some time in their lives.

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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