The Missouri River basin extends across portions of ten states in the Midwest and Great Plains—and covers roughly one-sixth of the continental United States (Figure 1-1). Up until the mid-twentieth ...
When we think about flood management, higher stop banks, stronger levees and concrete barriers usually come to mind. But what if the best solution—for people and nature—isn't to confine rivers, but to ...
Research paper in Communications Earth and Environment shows progress in Australia towards United Nations goals, making rivers more able to recover from flood, drought and other impacts. In July 2022, ...
Improved river flow management will be vital to protecting communities from the worst impacts of climate change and to achieving international goals on poverty reduction, according to a new report ...
K. G. Wheeler, J. W. Hall, G. M. Abdo, S. J. Dadson, J. R. Kasprzyk, R. Smith, and E. A. Zagona, (2018). Exploring Cooperative Transboundary River Management ...
A recently released rewrite of the Flathead River Comprehensive Management Plan promises to introduce new regulations, including a float permit system, to the waterway in the coming seasons. The plan, ...
Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The Missouri River long has been an integral tributary in North America’s largest ...