Flood Control through Conservation:

On the Thursday, February 5 edition
of The Iowa Journal

Thursday's edition of The Iowa Journal will explore what can be done to
control future floods. This episode will air Thursday, February 5 at 8 p.m.
on statewide Iowa Public Television.

It will be rebroadcast on Friday, February 6 at 6:30 p.m. on IPTV. The
program will also be available online at Iptv.org.

        Are dams and levees the answer to help control future floods? Or
could excessive flooding be at least partially controlled by increasing
conservation efforts on the land? Could strategically placed wetlands, and
other conservation efforts, help absorb flood waters and delay some of the
water from flowing into rivers and communities downstream?

        To see an example of how wetlands work, The Iowa Journal visited the
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Iowa, where farmers
enrolled 2,700 acres of flooded farm fields into the Emergency Wetlands
Reserve Program following the 1993 floods. During the 2008 floods, the
refuge manager said the land held six to 15 feet of water. The Iowa Journal
also visited the towns of Wapello and Cedar Rapids to learn of the
communities' long-range flood control plans.

        In the studio to discuss long-term flood management are Marty Adkins
with the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, which administers a
number of conservation programs for landowners, and Jack Riessen of the Iowa
Department of Natural Resources, who works on flood plain management for the
state.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Glover Konfrst, 515-242-3146

        For more information about The Iowa Journal, visit
www.iptv.org/iowajournal

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