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The Compleat Wetlander: Will Post-Sandy Recovery Efforts Consider Wave Action...

When hurricanes arrive, the winds blow and the water rises higher and higher. Waves crash against the shore and then rush inland flooding coastal areas.  Afterwards the recovery begins: first with...

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New Web Tool Helps Avoid Flooding by Finding Best Spots to Build Wetlands Smithsonian Blog – April 5, 2013 In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy last fall, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo joked to...

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The Compleat Wetlander: Identifying Wetlands That Store Floodwater

The past couple years have been a roller coaster ride for the people who live along the Mississippi. Flood was followed by drought was followed by flood.  While drought still persists in the western...

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New FEMA Study: Climate Change Will Greatly Increase Flood Risk, Debt By Peter Lehner – Huffington Post Blog – June 19, 2013 The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in a study finally released last...

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Wetland Conservation: Good for Nature, Good for the Soul By Michelle Banks USDA Blog July 8, 2013 Maybe it’s Murry Moore’s profession as a funeral director that inspires him to put tired land to rest,...

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You Can’t Stop Urban Flooding By Will Doig – 100 Resilient Cities – January 27, 2014 – Video On September 12, 2013, the rain woke Eve and Walt Feese. Over the din of water thrashing their double-wide,...

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Frequency of Flooding Across Europe May Double by 2050 By Tim Radford – Climate Central – March 9, 2014 The catastrophic floods that soaked Europe last summer and the United Kingdom this winter are...

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The Wetland Wanderer: Can Climate Change Impacts be Reduced by Nature’s...

by Brenda Zollitsch For those working in development, planning, transportation and flood prevention most likely the image that comes to mind when you use the word “beaver” is of a large, furry, flat-...

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The Compleat Wetlander: Government Liability and Climate Change: Draft Report...

In May 2014 Illinois Farmers Insurance Company made headlines around the country when it sued almost 200 towns in the Chicago area for failing to do more to prevent damages linked to climate change....

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The Compleat Wetlander: Natural and Manmade Ecosystems; Where are we headed?

This past week millions of people experienced heavy rains that flooded downtown areas from Detroit to DC to Portland, Maine.  The record was set on Long Island, NY where a whopping 13 inches fell,...

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The Wetland Wanderer: Flooding, Heavy Precipitation and Wetlands – It’s All...

by Brenda Zollitsch News over the last couple of weeks has contained many stories from Texas, Oklahoma and other parts of the country where extreme precipitation events have led to flooding, in some...

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Rising to El Niño’s challenges – and opportunities By Nicholas Pinter – California Water Blog – November 29, 2015 The much-anticipated El Niño has now arrived, with increased potential for heavy rain...

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For Peat’s Sake: Innovation and Integration – the Key to Better Programs and...

By Marla J. Stelk, Policy Analyst, ASWM Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan with about 1,000...

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Counting Cattails: What’s Wetland-Loss Got to do with it?

By Melissa Mullineaux, Summer Intern, ASWM As many of you may know, Louisiana is currently in a state of emergency according to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, due to recent torrential rainfall...

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The Compleat Wetlander: Publications Available to Support Community Decision...

By Jeanne Christie, Executive Director, ASWM The recent flood in Louisiana has moved off the front page of the news in many areas of the country.  But recovery is just beginning for the people and...

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The Great Flood of 2016 Bayou Woman – August 20, 2016 With the sun shining for the second day in a row down in south Louisiana Friday, I loaded up my Cajun Reeboks, camera, spare clothes, and water and...

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For Peat’s Sake: Government Liability and Climate Change

By Marla J. Stelk, Policy Analyst, ASWM In April of this year, Dr. Jon Kusler, Esq. (founder and former Executive Director of the Association of State Wetland Managers) – published a report titled...

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Guest Blog: Make America’s Swamps Great Again

An opinion-editorial by Kevin G. Coulton, PE[1], CFM[2] March 10, 2017 An extended article will appear in ASWM’s March/April issue of Wetland News. [1,225 words] The Trump Administration has announced...

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For Peat’s Sake: The Risk of Action vs Inaction for Mitigating Future Flood...

By Marla J. Stelk, Policy Analyst, ASWM Losses due to flooding and severe storm events have been and continue to be on the rise due to both naturally occurring extreme weather events and human...

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Policy changes needed at every level to survive the next storm By Chad Berginnis – The Hill – September 3, 2017 Rainfall amounts from Harvey were huge, but not unprecedented. Texas previously held the...

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