Mark Gutshall on Legacy Sediments, Floodplain Restoration

Mark Gutshall, LandStudies, Inc., talks about the water quality problems related to legacy sediments and the multiple benefits of floodplain restoration-- sediment and nutrient reduction, reducing flood and stormwater damage, wildlife habitat, groundwater recharge and carbon sequestration. For more information, pick up a copy of LandStudies' Floodplain Restoration Booklet. And follow these other links-- Documenting Stream Channel Erosion, A Bigger Problems Than Originally Thought Reducing Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay Through Floodplain Restoration Critical Aquifer Recharge Benefits of Floodplain Restoration Floodplain Restoration Improves Water Quality