mississippi soft engineering

Question 1

afforestation

Answer 1

• Mississippi valley restoration scheme aims to reforest 1 million acres of lower mississippi alluvial valley.
• due to deforestation and agricultural land use less than 20% of a once 22 million acre forest remains

Question 2

wetland creation and managed retreat

Answer 2

• Memphis, creating wetlands in a park to absorb floodwater.
• Missouri, restoration underway to create an extra floodplain the size of 1100 acres.