Wetland Link International

Wetland Link International (WLI) is a support network for wetland centres which provide education and visitor activities on site. The project is run from the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust in the UK, and has around 350 members across six continents.  Any wetland centre can join and it's free to get involved - all we ask is that you take an active part in contributing to the network and communicating with other centres.

Why join WLI?

We rely on an active membership to make the network interesting and useful, so please get in touch just contact us via the box to the right of this text. So why join the WLI network? Here are 3 good reasons:

1. Share the knowledge. If you are just planning a centre, or you’ve been running one for years, WLI lets you promote what you do, or get advice and support from others across the globe.  We also have active regional networks to support you closer to home.

2. Access resources.  Running wetland CEPA activities is a specialised area of work. We have resources to help you find useful documents, plan CEPA activities, get free pictures for your publications and much more.

3. Get involved in international delivery. Global agreements on wetlands need people to deliver them on the ground. WLI provides support and co-ordination to make us more effective in getting messages out about climate change, biodiversity and water.

Latest case study - Caddo Lake Ramsar, Austin, Texas

The center comprises 20,000 acres of wetlands and watershed that drains to the wetlands. It is one of the best examples of a mature flooded bald cypress in the Southern U.S with trees in excess of 400 years old. It is also a refuges for wildlife, some of which is considered rare, threatened or endangered, including the alligator snapping turtle and the eastern big-eared bat.

Top 3 successes include:

The new education facility opened in September 2009 in conjunction with the Caddo Lake National Wild Refuge.  Caddo Lake Institute was instrumental in convincing the U.S. government to refurbish - and to relocate - a disused army guardhouse for use as the Refuge Visitor area.                  

For more information, please contact Richard Lowerre at ri@caddolake.us, or see the full profile.