The Soil Conservation Service Responds to the 1993 Midwest Floods
The Soil Conservation Service Responds to the 1993 Midwest Floods

Author: Steven Phillips

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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The goal of this study is to assist in program management by pointing out problems, both recurring and unique to 1993, which hamper an effective response to natural disasters. Starting from a historical summary of flooding on the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri rivers, it then describes 1993's disaster. Next, the general approach of the White House and Congress to flood recovery is examined. The activities of individual U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies also receive attention. Most of the document focuses on the Soil Conservation Service's flood recovery program, new wetlands and levee policies, and the vexing problems encountered in this work. Finally, the Service's work in each of the nine flood states will be discussed in detail.

Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin
Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-10-21

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 030905334X

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This book reviews the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) investigations of flood control options for the American River basin and evaluates flood control feasibility studies for the watershed, with attention to the contingency assumptions, hydrologic methods, and other analyses supporting the flood control options. This book provides detailed comments on many technical issues, including a careful review of the 1991 National Research Council report American River Watershed Investigation, and looks beyond the Sacramento case to broader questions about the nation's approach to flood risk management. It discusses how to utilize information available about flood hazard reduction alternatives for the American River basin, the potential benefits provided by various alternatives, the impacts of alternatives on environmental resources and ecosystems, and the trade-offs inherent in any choice among alternatives which does not lie in the realm of scientists and engineers, but in the arena of public decisionmaking.

Governing Soil Conservation
Governing Soil Conservation

Author: Robert J. Morgan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1135983577

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This study reviews and evaluates the political and administrative aspects of the nationwide soil conservation effort in the United States. Originally published in 1966