Managing vegetation to protect small towns from floods
Managing vegetation to protect small towns from floods
Managing vegetation to protect small towns from floods
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What should we do?• Don’t expect veg management <strong>to</strong> <strong>protect</strong>rural <strong>to</strong>wns <strong>from</strong> <strong>floods</strong>• Do manage veg through <strong>to</strong>wns• Don’t let <strong>to</strong>wn arguments justify clearingveg <strong>from</strong> rural streams• Do encourage re<strong>vegetation</strong> upstream of<strong>to</strong>wns for flood benefits in <strong>to</strong>wns• Do encourage large wood in the bedupstream of <strong>to</strong>wns <strong>to</strong> reduce floodblockages
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