WWNO

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 ...
Cincinnati

Making a Healthy River

When it comes to river health and the creatures who live in and along it, the Ohio’s muddy surface only tells part of the story. With eight member states, the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission ...
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 ...
Channel 3000

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

Solutions might make river communities look different in 100 years: greener, safer and more sustainable. But they’ll need resources to do it. The western border of Atchison County, Missouri, follows ...