This article totally missed the boat on this one as not a single mention was made about how agricultural land use in the watershed continues to be altered which forces rainfall to move off the land almost immediately, rather than soak in or be held on the landscape with a mosaic of wetlands. If No-Till was used instead of tillage and eligible land was enrolled in CRP and wetland programs, that would make enough difference to avoid these kind of reoccurring catastrophes throughout the state. The TV crews always show up in the flooding towns, rather than up in the watershed where the real catastrophe happens. We can't control the rain, but what we can do is reduce the effects once it hits the ground.
Arnie, wow, this column is going to have ‘em all talking around the Lakes! Related to this topic, don’t I remember 25-30 years ago, Butch Parks was taking your proposal a bit farther? As I recall, Butch wanted to create a new lake, there south of Milford, to mitigate the occasional flooding and greatly expand tourism. That had ‘em talking, too!
This article totally missed the boat on this one as not a single mention was made about how agricultural land use in the watershed continues to be altered which forces rainfall to move off the land almost immediately, rather than soak in or be held on the landscape with a mosaic of wetlands. If No-Till was used instead of tillage and eligible land was enrolled in CRP and wetland programs, that would make enough difference to avoid these kind of reoccurring catastrophes throughout the state. The TV crews always show up in the flooding towns, rather than up in the watershed where the real catastrophe happens. We can't control the rain, but what we can do is reduce the effects once it hits the ground.
Arnie, wow, this column is going to have ‘em all talking around the Lakes! Related to this topic, don’t I remember 25-30 years ago, Butch Parks was taking your proposal a bit farther? As I recall, Butch wanted to create a new lake, there south of Milford, to mitigate the occasional flooding and greatly expand tourism. That had ‘em talking, too!