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Whither the flood plain? (Mississippi River flood in 1993)(The Great Flood of 1993, part 3)
In 1539 members of Hernando DeSoto's expedition witnessed extensive flooding along the lower Mississippi River. This was the first of many floods to be recorded by Europeans, who also took note of how the indigenous inhabitants coped with such flooding. The Indians, they wrote, "built their houses on the high land, and where there is none, they raise mounds by hand and here they take refuge from the great flood." As Europeans settled - and cleared - the Mississippi River basin, it is unfortunate that they did not follow the example set by the Indians. Indeed, each time the Mississippi River flowed out of its banks onto its flood plain, the lesson had to be relearned: the ...
- Flood plain developers dare nature.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) October 11, 2005 700+ words
...new levee on the Mississippi River flood plain in St. Peters...Missouri Rivers flood plain. Dennis Stephens...wake of the 1993 Mississippi River flood, which turned...enacted limits on flood plain development. Missouri...
- Mississippi River Endangered Due to Controls on Flooding.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 9, 2001 700+ words
...group, this April ranked the Mississippi River number six on its annual...structures within the 100 year Mississippi River flood plain, and 231,000 acres of...floodwaters rolled down the Mississippi River once again in April, and...
- Opponents raise flood-plain issues, assail St. Peters, Mo., levee project.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 25, 2004 700+ words
...could harm towns along the Mississippi River. Corps of Engineers spokesman...that the levee could raise Mississippi River flood levels and threaten...Highway 370 corridor and the Mississippi River flood plain. St. Peters City Administrator...
- Flood plain development may be sold.
- Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) June 9, 2005 700+ words
...9--Lakeside 370 Business Park, a massive Mississippi River flood plain development proposed by St. Peters and opposed...as Adolphus Busch IV, oppose building in the flood plain, including construction of a levee, contending...
- FEMA WANTS LA CROSSE ACTION ON FLOOD PLAIN LAW CITY COULD LOSE ITS FLOOD RATING...
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) September 21, 2001 700+ words
...campground along the Mississippi River because they may violate the local flood plain law. La Crosse could...public land along the Mississippi River. FEMA asked the city...city's compliance with flood plain rules. "From the images...
- CITY TOLD TO ENFORCE FLOOD PLAIN LAW.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)
- Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) July 11, 2001 700+ words
...emergency aid if it doesn't enforce a flood plain law at a campground. The Pettibone...Campground leases public land along the Mississippi River, which flooded this spring and made...other structures to comply with the flood plain laws.
- Unprecedented growth in the flood plain brings riches and risks.
- Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) July 25, 2003 700+ words
...have stricter rules on flood plain development. A growing...scientists blame levees and flood plain development in part...states in the Upper Mississippi River basin, according to...Taxpayers subsidize flood plain development through...
- Mississippi River on most endangered list; An annual report says it is...
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Meersman, Tom April 11, 2000 700+ words
The Mississippi River is one of the country...loss of wetlands and flood-plain forests and by the...decisions about the Mississippi River during the next year...the quality of the Mississippi River by funding clean...
