Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the valley that the Mississippi River carves through the heart of America, one vital habitat is facing a multitude of threats.

Despite the numerous hydrological, geological, and ecological benefits produced by floodplain landscapes, floodplains continue to be degraded by human activities at a much higher rate than other ...

The scale and rate of land use change in floodplains identified by this dataset is alarming. However, these trends could be halted or reversed, and this dataset could help inform stakeholder-based and ...

A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development found that over two-million acres of floodplain were developed over the past two decades across the United States, with roughly half of ...

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 ...

That aphorism, which has been quoted by floodplain managers for nearly a century, comes from White’s 1942 doctoral thesis, making this perhaps one of most enduring phrases to ever emerge from a ...

In the valley that the Mississippi River carves through the heart of America, one vital habitat is facing a multitude of threats. The river's floodplain forests grow in rich, complex soils; provide ...

A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development found that over two-million acres of floodplain were developed over the past two decades across the United States, with roughly half of ...