The Gazette

Making room for the river: Communities look to nature-based solutions

This story is part of When it Rains, a special series from the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network that includes The Gazette. Click here to learn more about how ...
Star Tribune

Making room for the river: Communities look at nature-based solutions

The western border of Atchison County, Mo., follows the twisting path of the Missouri River. Acres of corn and soy fields once lined its shores, but after a nearby levee suffered seven breaches in the ...
La Crosse Tribune

Making room for the river: Mississippi River communities examine nature-based solutions

The western border of Atchison County, Missouri, follows the twisting path of the Missouri River. Acres of corn and soy fields once lined its shores, but after a nearby levee suffered seven breaches ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Making room for the river: Communities look at nature-based solutions

A pond marks where a levee was breached during the 2019 flood of the Missouri River in Atchison County, Missouri, flooding levee district board member Regan Griffin’s farmland. The board hopes to set ...