Trees grow on the levee on the Sacramento River near Clarksburg August 25, 2011.
A new research report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers appears to disprove its own policy banning trees on levees. The study not yet publicly released, concludes that trees located on the lower third of a levee can actually strengthen a levee and improve flood protection. The Corps has maintained since Hurricane Katrina that trees are dangerous because roots could provide a path for seepage that could undermine a levee. The new study disproves that, and could force the Corps to reconsider a controversial policy that would eliminate millions of trees in the Central Valley.
Trees grow on the levee on the Sacramento River near Clarksburg August 25, 2011.
A new research report by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers appears to disprove its own policy banning trees on levees. The study not yet publicly released, concludes that trees located on the lower third of a levee can actually strengthen a levee and improve flood protection. The Corps has maintained since Hurricane Katrina that trees are dangerous because roots could provide a path for seepage that could undermine a levee. The new study disproves that, and could force the Corps to reconsider a controversial policy that would eliminate millions of trees in the Central Valley.
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Jerry McFetridge of Clarksburg stands along what once was Freeport's avenue of Victory Trees. McFetridge and others want the city of Sacramento to make good on its 2001 pledge to preserve the trees; the city has removed many of them because of Dutch elm disease.
Jerry McFetridge of Clarksburg stands along what once was Freeport's avenue of Victory Trees. McFetridge and others want the city of Sacramento to make good on its 2001 pledge to preserve the trees; the city has removed many of them because of Dutch elm disease.
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Winemaker Todd Taylor, right, with son T.R. and wife Gloria, had his nose more into brewing beer at first, but gradually and successfully came round to making wine and becoming a mainstay at the Old Sugar Mill in Clarksburg.
Winemaker Todd Taylor, right, with son T.R. and wife Gloria, had his nose more into brewing beer at first, but gradually and successfully came round to making wine and becoming a mainstay at the Old Sugar Mill in Clarksburg.
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Happy Hour at Miner’s Leap
April 10, 2012
Miner's Leap Winery 54250 S River Rd Clarksburg, CA 95612 (916) 813-6909 Web site: http://www.minersleap.com/ Yelp:...
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