From the Director: The gentle nature of floodplains
In his December director’s column, Tracy Hames reflects on how the journey of a 100-year-old bottle is also a story about floods and the gentle nature of floodplains.
Help Increase Investments in Wetlands for Flood Resilience!
Encourage your legislator to cosponsor bills LRB 0829/1 and LRB 2504/1 establishing this State Pre-disaster Flood Resilience Grant program.
Ashland County adopts Natural Flood Management strategies to protect local roads
This week, the Ashland County Board of Supervisors approved a Hazard Mitigation Plan addendum called, “A Strategy for Natural Flood Management and Climate Resilient Infrastructure in Ashland County.”
Wetland Coffee Break: Piloting natural flood management in the Lake Superior basin
Kyle will provide an overview of a natural flood management initiative in the Lake Superior Basin aiming to reduce flood risks and create climate-resilient infrastructure.
Reducing flood risk through floodplain and wetland restoration
WWA and ASFPM hosted a recent workshop with Ashland area road crews, town and county officials, and other stakeholders from the region and state to encourage wetland and floodplain restoration.