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December 16, 2014

$44M state funding helps reduce flood risk by working with nature

  • The goal is to give rivers more room to meander by setting back levees and buying up nearby land that can absorb floodwaters.
  • By PHUONG LE
    Associated Press

    ORTING — As heavy rain threatens to flood rivers this winter, many flood-plain managers are trying to work with nature, rather than against it, to keep waterways from overflowing.

    Instead of relying on dikes, levees and other engineered structures to protect communities, some cities and counties are taking a different tack. They're giving rivers more room to meander by setting back levees and buying up nearby land that can absorb floodwaters. They're also adding trees and other vegetation and reconnecting rivers to flood plains.


     
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