{"id":2161,"date":"2022-02-28T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reesmans.wpengine.com\/landscaping\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2026-04-26T17:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:01:53","slug":"wetland-mitigation-improves-ecology-in-burlington-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reesmans.com\/landscaping\/blog\/2022\/02\/28\/wetland-mitigation-improves-ecology-in-burlington-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Wetland Mitigation Improves Ecology in Burlington Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 80px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 80 !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 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><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeInUp\" data-animationDuration=\"1.0\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 30px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"680\" title=\"TRC_website_Blog_14_photo_1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reesmans.com\/landscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/TRC_website_Blog_14_photo_1.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.reesmans.com\/landscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/TRC_website_Blog_14_photo_1.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-2162\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27680%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20680%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27680%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reesmans.com\/landscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/TRC_website_Blog_14_photo_1-200x151.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.reesmans.com\/landscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/TRC_website_Blog_14_photo_1-400x302.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.reesmans.com\/landscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/TRC_website_Blog_14_photo_1-600x453.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.reesmans.com\/landscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/TRC_website_Blog_14_photo_1-800x604.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.reesmans.com\/landscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/04\/TRC_website_Blog_14_photo_1.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:40px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:480px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:40px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"font-size:36px;margin-top:40px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Work Sans&quot;;font-weight:500;margin:0;font-size:1em;letter-spacing:-1px;color:#424242;--fontSize:36;line-height:1.25;\">Wetland Mitigation Improves Ecology in Burlington Wisconsin<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"font-size:16px;color:#424242;font-family:&quot;Work Sans&quot;;font-weight:300;\"><p>Mitigation banking is a practice that helps offset environmental impacts from\u00a0development projects by preserving, enhancing, restoring or creating a\u00a0wetland, stream or aquatic area in a nearby area. The goal is to replace the function and value of ecological habitats that might be adversely affected by a large-scale projects like housing developments and industrial expansion.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wetland Mitigation in Wisconsin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Southeastern Wisconsin, there\u2019s high demand for wetland mitigation, as until recently there were no active wetland mitigation bank sites in the Upper Fox River-Illinois Watershed. That\u2019s one reason a wetland mitigation bank site was created in 2020 the city of Burlington.<\/p>\n<p>Drain tile and a drainage channel had been installed on the 43-acre site in the 1970s to facilitate agriculture. Since then, the majority of the parcel was used primarily to grow soybeans and was devoid of vegetation. But a significant portion of the area is former wetland, making it an ideal site to reestablish wetlands for ecological benefits to the entire area.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-20360 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27378%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20378%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27378%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/reesmans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TRC_website_Blog_14_photo_2-500x378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Based on the mucky peat soil type, the historic wetland in this area most likely resembled a sedge meadow or shrub-carr community, a type of environment that has few trees and is covered with mostly native shrubs. As such, the goal of the mitigation bank on this site was to restore, create and enhance the functions of sedge meadow, wet prairie and shrub-carr wetland habitats.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, an existing access road on the site would be converted to a multi-use trail for recreational and educational purposes. This would allow the public to bike and walk through the area to freely view wildlife and enjoy the outdoors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits of the wetland mitigation site<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public access to nature<\/li>\n<li>Improved water quality<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced wildlife habitat<\/li>\n<li>Less stormwater runoff and drainage issues<\/li>\n<li>Less runoff from adjacent properties<\/li>\n<li>Reduced sediment, fertilizers and pesticides in local waterways<\/li>\n<li>Improved floral diversity<\/li>\n<li>Erosion control<\/li>\n<li>Positive impact to 400 acres of local natural resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reesman Expertise in Wetland Mitigation Banks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For this project, The Reesman Company managed and navigated the six-year regulatory approval process working with consultants, engineers, surveyors, geologists, hydrologists, ecologists and wetland scientists. This is an involved regulatory process that involves working with the Inter-Agency Review Team, which includes Wisconsin DNR, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main features of the wetland mitigation site<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Because the existing drain tile system effectively drained the property, removing the tiles restored wetland conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Seeding and planting native wetland, prairie, and savanna vegetation and controlling non-native species created an ecologically self-sustaining environment.<\/li>\n<li>Additional features were incorporated into the plan to enhance wildlife and pollinator habitat, including trees and herbaceous plants that could sustain native fauna that are highly attractive to native pollinators, such as honeybees.<\/li>\n<li>It also created an oak savanna and mesic prairie upland buffer, which will seamlessly grow next to the site\u2019s existing forested wetlands and an oak-hickory forest just east of the property.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-20361 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27378%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20378%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27378%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/reesmans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TRC_website_Blog_14_photo_3-500x378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Reesman Company managed all aspects of the wetland mitigation process with minimum disturbance to soil and established vegetation. These activities included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Removing drain tiles<\/li>\n<li>Planting, watering and maintaining oak trees<\/li>\n<li>Seeding native grasses, sedges and rushes in wetland areas<\/li>\n<li>Seeding cover crops to protect growing areas<\/li>\n<li>Removing invasive vegetation, shrubs and trees<\/li>\n<li>Mowing buffer areas to limit advancement of invasive vegetation<\/li>\n<li>Installing erosion control measures<\/li>\n<li>Ongoing maintenance and monitoring, including mowing, herbicide applications and prescription burning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-medium wp-image-20362 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27378%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20378%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27378%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/reesmans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/TRC_website_Blog_14_photo_4-500x378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When establishing a mitigation bank, landowners should work with a qualified consultant knowledgeable in wetland ecology and restoration to plan and implement restoration activities. The Reesman Company has the services and expertise to guide landowners through this entire process, from planning to maintenance. Call 262-539-2124 or <a href=\"https:\/\/reesmans.com\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0for more information on how we can help you make the most of mitigation banks or to develop environmental enhancements to improve your property.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:75% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0 !important;padding-right : 30 !important;margin-right : 2.56%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.56%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:480px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 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