GREEN MARVEL- A 100-YEAR INTEGRATED VEGETATION STRATEGY FOR THE RED RIVER FLOODWAY
The Red River Floodway is a 48-kilometre diversion channel constructed in the 1960s to protect Winnipeg during Red River floods.
It has saved $10 billion in property damage, and has been recognized internationally as one of the worlds greatest engineering marvels.
The Floodway currently is being widened to provide even greater flood security, and an ambitious revegetation plan has been proposed. In addition to being one of the largest native prairie restoration projects in North America, the 100-year strategy will facilitate food production, agro-forestry, forage, grazing, carbon sequestration, habitat restoration, recreation, interpretation, and economic develop¬ment. In scale, foresight, and technical challenges, the strategy if implemented will be a living complement to the engineering marvel.
The Floodway currently is being widened to provide even greater flood security, and an ambitious revegetation plan has been proposed. In addition to being one of the largest native prairie restoration projects in North America, the 100-year strategy will facilitate food production, agro-forestry, forage, grazing, carbon sequestration, habitat restoration, recreation, interpretation, and economic develop¬ment. In scale, foresight, and technical challenges, the strategy if implemented will be a living complement to the engineering marvel.
Manning, G. and Morgan, J. (2010). GREEN MARVEL- A 100-YEAR INTEGRATED VEGETATION STRATEGY FOR THE RED RIVER FLOODWAY. Acta Hortic. 881, 385-389
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.881.59
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.881.59
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.881.59
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.881.59
tall grass prairie restoration, ecological planning, greenway, flood protection
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