Native Plants Part of Flooding Solution

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Natural Shorelines Help Filter Pollutants
The City of Cape Canaveral, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Stetson University, along with city and county partners are working on a solution to help stop flooding and improve water quality in Cape Canaveral. Researchers say plans include designing and building special channels called bioswales that to redirect stormwater that would cause flooding. Native, water-friendly plants

Persistent High Lake Levels Set Stage for Big Flood

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Aquatic Weed Harvester
A lot of rain — but maybe not as much as you think — fell Aug. 20 on the shallow, 281-square-mile basin of land that drains into Madison’s lakes Mendota and Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. Most of the 12- to 15-inch deluge that drenched parts of western Dane County flowed away from Madison toward the

Weed Cutters Fight Flooding

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Aquatic Weed Harvester
Dane County’s 13 aquatic plant harvesters will aid county efforts to mitigate flooding in the Yahara Chain of Lakes in Wisconsin. Dane County’s total operating budget for lake weed management in 2019 is $773,400 – a more than 53 percent increase in funds compared to last year. Harvesting of aquatic plants occurs over an area