Nature Provides Its Own Flood Control. Time to Use It?

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A brown line of mud shows the height of floodwater on the Feather River. Photo by Lauren Sommer/KQED

By Lauren Sommer, KQED News Fix/KQED Science

After millions of dollars of flood damage and mass evacuations this year, California is grappling with how to update its aging flood infrastructure.

That has some calling for a new approach to flood control – one that mimics nature instead of trying to contain it.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix/KQED Science.

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