Increased Flooding Risk From Climate Change Demands Better Choices; Benefits of Constructed and Restored Wetlands
Connecting the Dots Flooding, Global Warming, Floodplain (Mis)Management, & National Legislation
The United States is getting more heavy storms and major floods these days… To explain the bigger picture and provide recommendations for how to cope with projected changes and how to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, National Wildlife Federation’s mini-report Increased Flooding Risk: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call for Riverfront Communities details:
- How global warming has caused more heavy rainfall events
- America’s over-reliance on levees and other strategies for taming rivers
- Communities that are on the frontlines
- What must be done to confront the realities of global warming
Wetlands for Stormwater Management: Constructed and restored wetlands provide water quality benefits, By Margaret Buranen. Wetlands, newly constructed or restored, are playing an important role in sustainable design strategies to manage stormwater. They are integral parts of projects in both urban and open or undeveloped areas around the country. Sometimes wetlands are created to manage stormwater only onsite, but increasingly they are an option where a watershed or portion of one is involved.
Upcoming Events
The Center for Watershed Protection will be holding a Watershed Institute in Columbia South Caroline September 22-25. http://www.cwp.org/Calendar/WI09/WI09.html
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay presents the 2009 Chesapeake Watershed Forum, October 9-11. The Chesapeake Watershed Forum is an annual conference for watershed organizations and local government officials from around the multi-state Chesapeake Bay region. It is an opportunity to learn the latest scientific techniques in Bay restoration and protection, address specific organizational capacity building needs, focus on regional and watershed-wide needs, network with other watershed organizations, and enjoy the beauty of the watershed. Registration will open the week of July 20th. Find out more.
Attention:
The American Society of Civil Engineers’ Environmental & Water Resources Institute has issued a CALL FOR PAPERS:
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change.
Where: Providence, Rhode Island
When: May 16-20, 2010
What: Join and add your resources to the discussion on technical topics covering research and practice on issues that include:
- Water Distribution Systems
- Watersheds and Watershed Management
- Groundwater
- Education
- Hydraulics and Waterways
- Innovative and Emerging Technology
- Irrigation and Drainage
- Planning and Management
- Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater
Call for Papers: 500 word abstract due Thursday, September 17, 2009.
Click here to submit.
Reminders!
July 20-22: 62nd Joint Annual Conference at the Ramada Conference Center in State College, PA
July 20-24: 13th Annual Delaware Estuary Watershed Teacher Workshop on the Delaware River
July 22: Living Streamside: Penny Pack Environmental Center in Philadelphia
