Study that Trees can Strengthen Levees

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  • by BPC Staff
  • on August 29, 2011
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For years, California flood control officials have pleaded with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider a policy that bans trees on levees, urging the agency to heed years of independent research that found little risk to flood safety.

Now, a new study by the Army Corps itself has found…read more at The Sacramento Bee (8/27/11)