Flooding and River Conservation

Flooding and River Conservation - - American Rivers

Floods are natural events destined to reoccur no matter how much we try to stop them. Our response must be to avoid damage in the future rather than just pay ...

Why We Need to Restore Floodplains - - American Rivers

Restoring floodplains to give rivers more room to accommodate large floods is the best way to keep communities safe.

How Meandering Rivers Can Decrease Destructive Flooding

Scientists with the Department of Environmental Conservation's Rivers Program are hard at work using stream geomorphic assessments to help mitigate flooding by ...

Benefits of Natural Floodplains | FEMA.gov

Fish and wildlife habitat protection; Natural flood and erosion control; Surface water quality maintenance; Groundwater recharge; Biological ...

Identifying High-Priority Conservation Lands to Enhance Flood ...

Researchers on the project developed a technique and methodology for analyzing the costs and benefits of land conservation targets for flood mitigation ...

Flooding | Missouri Department of Natural Resources

A flood can last for several hours, days, weeks or even months. Heavy or excessive rainfall or snowmelt can cause water levels to rise over the tops of river ...

Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO) Program

Flood Prevention; Watershed Protection; Public Recreation; Public Fish and Wildlife; Agricultural Water Management; Municipal and Industrial Water Supply; Water ...

River Habitat | NOAA Fisheries

Flood protection—when waters rise, floodplains can absorb large amounts of water. This provides natural flood control for coastal ...

conservation and restoration of rivers and floodplains

The Associated. Programme on Flood Management encourages disaster managers and related experts engaged in river and floodplain restoration around the globe to ...

A Flood of Benefits – Using Green Infrastructure to Reduce Flood Risk

River basins with extensive flood-management infrastructure have lost this ... restoration or conservation of forests, wetlands, rivers and floodplains.

Flood Risk and River Conservation: Mapping Citizen Perception to ...

Our study demonstrates how online participatory mapping can be used to improve the understanding of citizens' perceptions and expectations with regards to ...

Nature's Potential to Help Reduce Flood Risks

Photo of flooding on a city street. FLOOD SOLUTIONS - The Illinois River is prone to flooding. ... A Conservation and Flood Prevention Win-Win. In ...

Restoring Rivers and Floodplains for Habitat and Flood Risk ...

At The Nature Conservancy's Cosumnes River Preserve in California's Central Valley, levees were intentionally breached to promote restoration of floodplain ...

Habitat Restoration Projects Offer Protection from Flooding

The Mill River flows past the former site of the West Britannia Dam, after its removal. Credit: Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration ...

How to Prevent a River from Flooding - TrapBag

The design and material of TrapBags allow them to create a strong barrier against river flooding. They are often used as temporary artificial levees to protect ...

A Flood of Evidence: Local Climate Change Impacts Show the Need ...

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), nature-based solutions, like forest conservation and river restoration, ...

Unleashing the Power of Nature to Defend Against Floods

River Partners 2,100-acre Dos Rios Ranch Preserve is a testament that we can achieve the state's ambitious conservation and climate goals while ...

Flood Risk and River Conservation: Mapping Citizen Perception to ...

The flood risk perception map shows good agreement between perceived risk and existing flood risk assessment maps in the lower basin, where ...

Connected Rivers of Resilience | Initiatives | WWF

... flood protection to 680,000 residents while also enhancing the habitat for migratory birds. River restoration breathes new life into degraded waterways ...

Wetlands may be the key to saving the Mekong River

Mekong wetlands are often overlooked in conservation efforts, but new research shows they are essential to local ecosystems and economy.