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To Mitigate Flooding, States and Communities Increasingly Turn to Nature
In Milwaukee, restoring the natural function of Lincoln Creek has enhanced the waterway s capacity to absorb and channel heavy rains, reducing flood risk for more than 2,000 nearby homes and businesses.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
As many around the U.S. mark the 51st Earth Day, communities and states are increasingly recognizing that smart conservation can help people as well as the natural world. One example of this is the growing adoption of nature-based solutions to mitigate flooding. Such strategies include replacing impervious surfaces such as asphalt with gravel to allow rainwater to seep into the ground, converting developed areas in flood plains to open green space to absorb floodwaters, and preserving and restoring “living shorelines” dunes, wetlands, mangrove forests, and other natural features which diffuse rising waters and help blunt
Honey Creek project to restore habitats, $14M plan under review
Honey Creek project to restore habitats, $14M plan under review
The Honey Creek restoration plan is set to be opened for public comment with construction or demolition and reconstruction starting in 2023.
WAUWATOSA, Wis. - Starting in the 1950s and 1960s, Milwaukee County watersheds were paved over with concrete, eventually totaling more than 20 miles.
Over the last decade or so, some are slowly being restored.
A layer of concrete that stretches for more than a mile underlies Honey Creek in Wauwatosa, brush poking through its cracks.
While some flora and fauna have found a foothold, the watershed that connects to the Menomonee River to the north could look much different.
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