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That flooding is actually highly beneficial to the ecosystems While I don’t see a way it’s going to reduce future flood intensity like regular low intensity fi
by mint2 4y ago
That flooding is actually highly beneficial to the ecosystems
While I don’t see a way it’s going to reduce future flood intensity like regular low intensity fires do, but like regular fire it’s needed for a lot of the ecosystem balance to function as it used to
- steve_adams_86 4y agoI highly recommend people read about floods and wetlands, and how we’ve tended to destroy wetlands in order to build things like highways and buildings. It’s incredible how much damage wetlands mitigate, and just as critically, how much water they stop and put back into the water table. We do want floods, and we want wetlands to absorb them. Where that isn’t possible, engineering ways to absorb the water in small scale and environmentally friendly ways do exist, too.
- perrygeo 4y agoYes! The flood dynamics are what create viable salmon habitat. The dams are a double-whammy for salmon - salmon can't access habitat above them, plus dams alter the natural flood regime and destroy habitat below them.