Restoring some Dehydrated Fens

Dr. David Bart of UW-Madison and his students are doing a capstone project on the ABC to determine if our two "dehydrated" calcareous fens can be restored. A fen is a relatively rare microsystem that is an accumulation of peat due to groundwater upwelling which has raised the surface to a height of several meters above the adjoining land, The tiling and plowing of the surrounding grounds make it difficult, but we are hopeful Dr. Bart and his students will have some creative ideas.