Learn How To Build Wetlands!
Training Opportunities
Join us at these events to learn how to build wetlands of all different types
2026 Events
We look forward to building wetlands with you!
White Mountain Grasslands Wildlife Area Wetland Project
April 27-May 17, 2026
White Mountain Grasslands Wildlife Area, Springerville, Arizona
We invite you to volunteer to help us build one or more wetlands to provide breeding habitat for the Chiricahua leopard frog. You’re welcome to join us one or more days as we build a total of six large wetlands in partnership with ARC (Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy), and Arizona Department of Game and Fish. Please email Becca Cozad (bcozad@arcprotects.org) for more information.
Wetland Design Course
May 11 – July 25, 2026
University of Louisville Speed School of Engineering
Wetland Design (CEE-694-50-4265) is a graduate-level online course that teaches how to design and build naturally appearing, fully functioning wetlands. The detailed units explain the ecological value of wetlands, how wetlands were historically drained, factors affecting site selection for restoration, techniques for wetland construction, and methods for repairing nonfunctioning wetlands. The course emphasizes practical, low-cost, and highly effective techniques for building wetlands that require little, if any, long-term maintenance. Examples from across North America demonstrate how wetlands can be constructed to improve habitat for rare animals and plants, provide water for livestock, manage stormwater, recharge groundwater, and control flooding..
2026 Events
We look forward to building wetlands with you!
Marengo, Indiana
July 30th and 31st, 2026
Wetlands Workshop in Indiana
The Land & Ethic Nature Reserve will host a Wetlands Workshop on Thursday and Friday, July 30–31, 2026, featuring internationally recognized wetland designer Tom Biebighauser. This hands-on event will demonstrate practical, low-cost techniques to create or restore natural and native wetland habitats, including how to identify ideal sites, test soil textures, choose construction methods, select native plants, and guide heavy equipment operators. Ideal for biologists, engineers, wetland professionals, landscape architects, ecologists, and landowners, the workshop also includes guided walks throughout the reserve and a special evening of bat mist-netting with Copperhead Environmental Consulting, a leader in bat ecology and natural resource management. Register today to join this unique opportunity to gain skills, network with conservation professionals, and support healthy wetland ecosystems.
