It wasn’t that long ago that wetlands were considered a wasteland—and the people who urged that they be protected were mocked by politicians who joked about canoes unable to navigate dry culverts. Now, with a changing climate bringing monsoon rains with greater frequency, folks are understanding how flash flooding becomes much worse if nature’s sponges aren’t on the job. We’ll discuss how Wisconsin is now a bipartisan example to the rest of the nation in this week’s Climate Check.

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