FLOOD01659

• County: Statewide
• Title: Floodplain Management Handbook
• Date: 9/1/1981
• Prepared By: Flood Loss Reduction Associates
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

The formation of dunes can be
Stripping vegetation from stream- hastened by man. When dunes are
banks increases erosion, raises formed, they will help protect inland
water temperature and destroys areas from high waves and storm
wildlife habitat. surges.

aimed at minimizing their harmful
effects. The principal tools for this
purpose are regula tory measures limi t-
ing the way that activities are carried
out. These may be land use regulations,
much like those for preventing or
discouraging development, or regula-
tions dealing with effects of ongoing
or proposed acti vi ties, such as
restrictions on air and water pollu-
tion. Requiring modifications of
existing operations may involve
substantial expense for the property
owner or operator. Tax adjustments or
financial assistance may be necessary
to encourage compliance with require-
ments.

The natural values of some flood-
plains have been diminished by
developments or activities, such as
mining or lumbering, that have been

discontinued. Action to restore natural
values may be necessary in these cases
as well as in areas where developments
and activities have been recently
eliminated or modified. The major needs
in restoring a floodplain to its
natural state are returning the land to
its natural contours, reestablishing
vegetation, and encouraging the return
of wildlife.

Returning the land to its natural
contours may require removing dams and
other water control structures left
over from earlier activities, or regrad-
ing of the terrain. Reestablishment of
vegetation can be allowed to occur
na turally or be speeded through
planting and reforestation programs.
Wildlife can similarly be left to
increase naturally or supplemented
through stocking programs.

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