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Vermont ecologist urges protecting river corridors and riparian areas to improve flood resilience
Summary
At a Jan. 22 presentation to the Center of Natural Resources & Energy, a restoration ecologist described river corridors and four dimensions of river health, linking protection of those areas to state climate and flood-resilience plans and noting harms from dams and past dredging.
Corinna Daly, restoration ecologist with the Vermont Natural Resources Council, told attendees Jan. 22 at the Center of Natural Resources & Energy that protecting river corridors and riparian areas gives rivers the space they need to move, slows flood waters and supports water quality.
"For the record, again, I'm Corinna Daly, restoration ecologist with Vermont Natural Resources Council," Daly said, introducing a slide presentation on river corridors and saying she would "pass it over to Laura Oates to talk a little bit more about the Flood Safety Act."
Daly defined a river corridor as the area adjacent to a river that must be kept free or managed so the river can move over time; she described the corridor’s width as the river’s "meander belt." She said the meander belt and river sinuosity…
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