Reconnect The Floodplain

Human development has drastically reduced the ground's ability to absorb runoff waters.  Climate change is making rain events more frequent and more severe.  Levees and related infrastructure restrain floodwaters rather than giving them a place to spread out.  History shows us that water will go where it wants to go, often with catastrophic effects.

 Money is not the problem. U.S. taxpayers spend billions repeatedly rebuilding flood-prone properties and on a vast flood infrastructure that strives to contain floodwaters rather than liberate them into the floodplain.   We need fiscal and legislative policies that support proactively and permanently reconnecting rivers and streams with the floodplain.  

We tackle this problem in three steps: 1) Collaborate with local, state, and federal stakeholders to assess and prioritize flood-prone areas. 2) Collaborate to protect those top-priority areas. 3) Remove levees or other control structures to permanently reconnect the floodplain, allowing areas to flood naturally and prevent future flood damage.