Managing vegetation to protect small towns from floods

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Creswick , 3000 people (trib of Loddon River) 2011flooded 4 times
The Courier (Ballarat)Creswick floods: Residents question creek tree plantingBY BENJAMIN PREISS07 Sep, 2010 12:26 AMAS THE clean-up effort gathered pace in Creswick, residents began asking whetherman-made conditions could have exacerbated the floods. Some residents believetree planting in the Creswick Creek may have impeded the water's flow andintensified the flood on the weekend.The council will begin to investigate whether tree planting in the waterways isworsening the flood."It's a reasonably general consensus with a lot of people that I've spoken to," hesaid.
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