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National 



Wetlands- 



Newsletter 



VOLUME 15, NUMBER 6 

 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1993 



Lowering the Levee 



WW the flood of 1993 change the way the Corps 

 approaches floodcontrol structures? A nonprofit 

 staffer discusses the causes and possible 

 implication of Mississippi flooding. 



Restoring Urban Waterways 



Must Americans live near them — and ignore 

 them. A new coalition for urban waterway 

 restoration has been formed to put forth a new 

 agenda for river protection. 



Reclamation and Watershed Managment 



Is there a role for the mining industry in 

 watershed management? A consultant to the sand 

 and gravel industry proposes a new model of 

 public-private cooperation. 



Checking Cumulative Impacts 



Cumulative impacts are difficult to document and 

 rarely regulated. A former Corps employee 

 details one attempt to bring these problems under 

 control on the Fox River in Illinois. 



