Flood Water Storage using Active and Passive Approaches- - Assessing Flood Control Attributes of Wetlands

The governments of the United States and Canada issued a reference to the International Joint Commission (IJC) pursuant to Article IX of the Boundary Waters Treaty in September of 2016 to complete the 2013 Plan of Study to explore the causes, impacts, risks and solutions to flooding in the LCRR basin. [...] The geographical scope of the area addressed in agricultural landscapes and (ii) using current, restored, this study is the entire LCRR basin with the downstream and constructed wetlands of tributaries in the Vermont limit controlled by the influences of the Saint Lawrence and New York subwatersheds to reduce runoff volumes, River regime. [...] 7 As a complement, Table 4.2 summarizes the cumulative drainage area of each type of wetlands within the LCRR and Lake Champlain (LC) basins In terms of total watershed area, the cumulative surface area and drainage area of wetlands of the LCRR basin are 7% and 34%, respectively; also, 92% of wetlands are located within the LC subwatershed. [...] These results clearly illustrate the high flow regulation services provided by the Finally, the differences in the values of the selected current distribution of wetlands in the LCRR watershed. [...] Simplified representations of the 2011 flood with a upstream of the Fryers Rapids station or 79% of the synthetic flood and ensuing shape of the flood given 5%, 10% and existing farmland area of the LC watershed.