In dry seasons, restored floodplains can be wildlife preserves. But they also can be soccer fields, golf courses, even farm fields for annual crops like tomatoes or melons.

Floodplains—low-lying areas adjacent to rivers and streams—can play a crucial role in reducing flood impacts, helping to protect lives, agriculture, and infrastructure by influencing how water ...

During droughts, floodplains offer critical water and shelter for wildlife when nearby areas dry out. A natural floodplain provides multiple benefits, even when there’s not extreme weather. Features ...

Worsening issues for millions of Americans living in floodplains 02:56. An estimated 40 million Americans live in floodplains, facing a risk of catastrophic flooding that puts them and their homes ...

A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development found that over two-million acres of floodplain were developed over the past two decades across the United States, with roughly half ...

Many schools are built in floodplains, leaving the buildings vulnerable to inundation particularly as climate change enhances flood risks across New England.

Half of all residential development on flood-prone land in the U.S. over the past two decades has been built in Florida. From 2001 to 2019, more than 2 million acres of floodplains in the U.S ...