The idea is that if the trees that produced the acorns were successful enough at warding off flood damage to drop seeds, ...

A local official is calling for deeper analysis of the impact of a 4,000-unit development in a flood-prone area amid surging ...

(Photo courtesy of Andy Meier, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) Floodplain forests in ... an effort to protect trees from flood inundation by raising the forest floor a few inches.

Floodplain forests in the lower section of the river ... that produced the acorns were successful enough at warding off flood damage to drop seeds, those seeds might be similarly resilient if ...

Washoe County has updated its flood hazard information for the Swan ... additional residential properties within FEMA’s 1 percent floodplain boundary for Swan Lake, joining the 97 properties ...