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Eileen Shader, director of river restoration at American Rivers, and Marla J. Stelk, executive director of the Association of State Wetland Managers, Windham, Maine, have issued a joint public comment on the Federal Emergency Management Agency notice entitled "Request for Information: National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System".
In spring 2019, floodwaters spilled over the top of the Ditch 6 levee and submerged most of Hamburg, Iowa. There wasn't enough time to build the levee higher before the 2019 flood, like the Corps of Engineers did in 2011. Katie Peikes / Harvest Public Media Originally published on April 13, 2021 12:28 pm Levees protect people, towns, and agriculture from flooding. But two years ago, parts of the Missouri River and its tributaries reached record crests, and many levees failed. Now there’s a rare effort to build a levee higher to better defend one southwest Iowa town. Listen ...
/ Paddlers gather on the Missouri River. The organization American Rivers has named the Lower Missouri the second most endangered river in the nation this year due to flood management issues. The Lower Missouri and Raccoon Rivers are among the top 10 most endangered rivers in the country this year, according to the national advocacy group American Rivers. The organization is calling for concerted action at all levels of government to address flood management and the regulation of agricultural pollution, issues which pose threats to human health and safety. Lower Missouri named #2 most endange...
Listen • 4:31 In spring 2019, floodwaters spilled over the top of the Ditch 6 levee and submerged most of Hamburg, Iowa. There wasn't enough time to build the levee higher before the 2019 flood, like the Corps of Engineers did in 2011. Two years ago, parts of the Missouri River and its tributaries reached record crests, and many levees failed. Now there’s a rare effort to build a levee higher to better defend one southwest Iowa town. Hamburg, Iowa, sits five miles from the Missouri River, sandwiched between it and the Nishnabotna River. Just outside of town, the Ditch ...
Biden Administration Takes First Step Toward Flood Resilience President Joe Biden’s first week in office brought a dramatic return for clean water and common-sense flood protection. February 5, 2021 President Biden took steps to make Americans more resilient to climate change and the increasing floods that many communities are facing by signing an executive order that directs federal agencies to considering reversing harmful environmental actions taken under the previous administration. In addition to restoring National Monuments like Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante and revo...