#floodmitigation — Public Fediverse posts

Hung Dao Heritage Garden planned in Lower Algiers https://www.allforgardening.com/1675181/hung-dao-heritage-garden-planned-in-lower-algiers/ #BRICGrant #CommunityParkProject #CulturalHeritageGarden #FloodMitigation #garden #gardener #gardening #GreenInfrastructure #HungDaoHeritageGarden #LowerAlgiers #NewOrleansVietnameseCommunity #SouthwoodHomesSite

Following a revelation that Harris County has about a $1 billion funding shortfall for earmarked flood bond projects initiated after Hurricane Harvey, county commissioners on Thursday voted to finance certain high-priority projects.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2025/07/11/526195/following-1-billion-flood-bond-program-shortfall-harris-county-commissioners-ok-some-projects/

#Flooding #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #Politics #2018FloodBond #FloodMitigation #FloodingProjects #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyFloodControlDistrict #HurricaneHarvey

Colorado Bill Aims To Protect Wetlands, Streams After [The Supreme Court] Sackett Decision
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https://www.denverpost.com/2024/03/21/colorado-legislature-wetlands-streams-protection-supreme-court/ <-- shared media article
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https://cnhp.colostate.edu/cwic/ <-- Colorado Wetland Information Center
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #change #wetlands #hydrology #water #Colorado #regulations #protection #statelaw #waterresources #watersupply #ecosystems #watersecurity #waterways #pollution #drainage #reclaimation #climatechange #drought #risk #hazard #permitting #cleanwateract #housing #development #environment #naturalsystems #seasonalstreams #climate #floodmitigation #flooding #habitat #wildfire

Colorado Bill Aims To Protect Wetlands, Streams After [The Supreme Court] Sackett Decision
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https://www.denverpost.com/2024/03/21/colorado-legislature-wetlands-streams-protection-supreme-court/ <-- shared media article
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https://cnhp.colostate.edu/cwic/ <-- Colorado Wetland Information Center
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #change #wetlands #hydrology #water #Colorado #regulations #protection #statelaw #waterresources #watersupply #ecosystems #watersecurity #waterways #pollution #drainage #reclaimation #climatechange #drought #risk #hazard #permitting #cleanwateract #housing #development #environment #naturalsystems #seasonalstreams #climate #floodmitigation #flooding #habitat #wildfire

Since Hurricane Harvey in 2017, more than 200 flood-prone Houston homes have been earmarked for federal grant funding so they can be elevated off the ground level. None of them have been raised to this point.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/flooding/2024/02/02/476380/houston-city-council-extends-2016-flood-mitigation-grant-program-as-hundreds-many-more-homes-wait-to-be-elevated/

#CityOfHouston #Flooding #Housing #Houston #Local #News #Fema #FloodMitigation #FloodMitigationAssistanceProgram #FloodingInHouston #HoustonCityCouncil #HurricaneHarvey