Beavers were reintroduced to the River Clun in Shropshire after 400 years. The Severn Rivers Trust hopes the pair will establish a colony, creating wetland habitats and mitigating flooding.

@goodnews

#Beavers #RiverClun #Shropshire #WetlandHabitats #FloodMitigation #SevernRiversTrust #GoodNews
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78jd6dqjzyo

Alberta First Nation sues province over flood mitigation plans
The Siksika First Nation has launched a lawsuit against the provincial government over its plans to build a new dam and expand the Ghost Reservoir, a move the band says would impact its treaty rights on the Bow River.
#lawsuit #floodmitigation #treatyrights #Alberta
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-first-nation-sues-province-over-flood-mitigation-plans-1.7149923

You lot are amazing. There was such a positive reaction to the tree sponsorship that I’ve rolled out hedgerow sponsorship too.

The farmers we work with are extremely excited to replace old nasty barbed wire fencing with wildlife corridors, and grants are hard to come by, but you can sponsor them by the meter.

Sponsor: https://protect.earth/donate

Harris County and the Houston-Galveston Area Council were awarded a total of more than $10 million in federal grant funding for transportation infrastructure initiatives that aim to combat flooding and other effects of climate change.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2024/04/11/483366/harris-county-houston-galveston-area-council-awarded-10-plus-million-in-federal-grant-funding-for-climate-resilient-transportation-infrastructure/

As The Woodlands copes with sinking ground, flooding risks and continued growth, stakeholders in the suburb north of Houston are reconvening a task force to delve into water-related issues and help ensure future sustainability.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2024/04/02/482377/the-woodlands-is-putting-a-water-task-force-back-together-to-address-supply-subsidence-and-flooding-risks/

Colorado Bill Aims To Protect Wetlands, Streams After [The Supreme Court] Sackett Decision
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https://www.denverpost.com/2024/03/21/colorado-legislature-wetlands-streams-protection-supreme-court/ <-- shared media article
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https://cnhp.colostate.edu/cwic/ <-- Colorado Wetland Information Center
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #change #wetlands #hydrology #water #Colorado #regulations #protection #statelaw #waterresources #watersupply #ecosystems #watersecurity #waterways #pollution #drainage #reclaimation #climatechange #drought #risk #hazard #permitting #cleanwateract #housing #development #environment #naturalsystems #seasonalstreams #climate #floodmitigation #flooding #habitat #wildfire

The Department of Transportation grant will target two neighborhoods recently found among the most dangerous in Houston in terms of traffic injuries and fatalities for children.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2024/03/13/480453/gulfton-alief-to-benefit-from-43-million-grant-aimed-at-rebuilding-sidewalks-increasing-tree-canopy-to-mitigate-heat/

Since Hurricane Harvey in 2017, more than 200 flood-prone Houston homes have been earmarked for federal grant funding so they can be elevated off the ground level. None of them have been raised to this point.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2024/02/02/476380/houston-city-council-extends-2016-flood-mitigation-grant-program-as-hundreds-many-more-homes-wait-to-be-elevated/

Draft Update To The Climate Change Considerations Chapter In Australian Rainfall And Runoff - A Guide To Flood Estimation [Australia]
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https://consult.dcceew.gov.au/draft-updates-to-the-climate-change-considerations-chapter-in-arrg <-- shared technical article
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[especially pertinent with Northern Queensland’s recent and indeed ongoing flooding after some ‘extreme weather’]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #Australia #climatechange #extremeweather #flood #flooding #loss #damage #risk #hazard #mitigation #prediction #ARR #rainfall #precipitation #engineering #floodrisk #floodprotection #floodmitigation #floodprevention #runoff #floodestimation #planning #engineers #policy #engineersaustralia #DCCEEW #economics #economy #cleanup #cost

Global News BC: Village of Lumby, B.C. to receive funds for flood, disaster mitigation https://globalnews.ca/news/9792200/lumby-disaster-flood-mitigation-funding/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #ProvincialGovernment #ClimatePreparedness #MLAHarwinderSandhu #okanaganflooding #FloodMitigation #Governmentfunds #villageoflumby #BessetteCreek #NorthOkanagan #Environment #BCFlooding #Lumby #BC

Global News BC: Food security: B.C. launches $20M-flood mitigation fund for the Fraser Valley https://globalnews.ca/news/9781150/bc-flood-mitigation-funds-food-security/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #floodpreparednessBC #FloodMitigation #floodresilience #NaturalDisaster #BCagriculture #FoodSecurity #FraserValley #Environment #Abbotsford #BCFlooding #BCfarmers

Global News BC: B.C. upping flood protections in Sumas Prairie with learnings from 2021 flood https://globalnews.ca/news/9659752/bc-flood-protections-sumas-prairie/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCgovernmentfloodinginvestment #CityOfAbbotsford #CityofChilliwack #AbbotsfordFlood #FloodMitigation #BCgovernment #FirstNations #SumasPrairie #Environment #Abbotsford #BCFlooding #Politics #BCFlood #Canada #Sumas

Petition calling on #President #Biden to give #federal protection #beavers on all public lands
#BiodiversityCrisis #biodiversity #beaver #ecosystem #engineers #ClimateEmergency
#FloodMitigation #FloodProtection #DroughtMitigation #drought #wildfire #wildfireSuppression

https://chng.it/9ByNdbc25q

Council Plans to Add “Rainscapes” in Five Places in the City to Sop up Heavy Rainfall | Dublin Inquirer
https://www.dublininquirer.com/2023/02/15/council-plans-to-add-rainscapes-in-five-places-in-the-city-to-sop-up-heavy-rainfall

#Beavers to return to #London 400 years after being hunted to #extinction

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/beavers-introduced-london-extinction-b2276561.html

#rewilding #EcologicalRestoration #UrbanWildlife
#floods #floodMitigation

For #WorldWetlandsDay, help assess the state of wetland birds & frogs.
Several of @BirdsCanada's programs involve monitoring wetland birds, and Marsh Monitoring Programs are the ones focused most specifically on wetlands. https://birdscanada.org/wetland #MMPSurvey #Birds #Frogs #Conservation #wetlands #HabitatMatters #FloodMitigation

Fairdinkum.one is now up and running. If you yearn for some hammer-and- tongs discussion of Australian #politics, #auspol this is the server for you.

My post on the Albanese govt's disaster mitigation plans- will they just postpone the inevitable?...https://fairdinkum.one/@anne_twain/109407125837012592