WHEP

Wetland Health Evaluation Program (WHEP)

The Wetland Health Evaluation Program engages citizen volunteers to help monitor wetlands in their community. Are you interested in wetlands, ecology, and natural history?
Then WHEP is for you!

Welcome to WHEP !

Learn more about this exciting volunteer program,
how it works, and how you can get involved!

To register as a WHEP volunteer, click "Get Involved" on the left.

A WHEP volunteer monitoring team

Since 1997, WHEP volunteers have been monitoring wetland health throughout Dakota and Hennepin Counties. They provide important information to city and county planners, engineers, resource managers, and others. The data is also used by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to track wetland health throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

This is a valuable service and we rely on volunteers to collect data during each field season. Volunteers are typically recruited and asked to register between the months of March and May each year.

WHEP thanks the following agencies

for their funding and support:

City of Apple Valley
City of Bloomington
City of Burnsville
City of Eagan

City of Eden Prairie
City of Farmington

City of Hastings

City of Lakeville

City of Maple Grove
City of Mendota Heights

City of Minnetonka
City of Plymouth
City of Rosemount

City of South St. Paul
Dakota County
Hennepin County
Elm Creek Water Management Organization

Dakota Electric

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization

Volunteers collecting a sample

WHEP thanks our partners for offering space for WHEP activities:

School of Environmental Studies, Apple Valley
Thompson County Park, West St. Paul
Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Eagan
City of Minnetonka
Bloomington Public Works
Camp Sacajawea, Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Eagan

Wetland Health Evaluation Program