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Resident urges 'engineering with nature' to reduce Cedar Falls flooding risk
2172286 · January 22, 2025
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At public forum, resident Dennis Preckler urged the council to pursue nature-based solutions and reopen blocked channels such as at East Main Street to reduce flood heights downtown.
At the start of the Cedar Falls City Council meeting Tuesday, resident Dennis Preckler addressed the council during the public forum and urged the city to pursue nature‑based flood mitigation strategies described by the Army Corps of Engineers as “engineering with nature.”
Preckler said restoring multiple natural channels would allow the Cedar River…
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