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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The Courier (Ballarat)Creswick <strong>floods</strong>: 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 <strong>floods</strong>. 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 <strong>to</strong> 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 <strong>to</strong>," hesaid.