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  2. Yolo Bypass - Wikipedia

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    The California Department of Water Resources's schematic map of the Yolo Bypass, 2009. Congress approved the Sacramento River Flood Control Project in 1911, with a plan to divert the water through multiple weirs and bypasses. The Yolo Bypass is one of two major bypasses in the Sacramento Valley that helps deter urban flooding. [5]

  3. A ranch, rewilded: The successful transformation of ... - AOL

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    Reasons to be Cheerful reports on floodplain restoration in California's Central Valley as climate change intensifies both flooding and drought.

  4. Delta Conveyance Project - Wikipedia

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    Delta Conveyance Project, formerly known as California Water Fix and Eco Restore or the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, is a $20 billion [1] plan proposed by Governor Jerry Brown and the California Department of Water Resources to build a 36 foot (11 m) diameter tunnel to carry fresh water from the Sacramento River southward under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Bethany Reservoir for use by ...

  5. Time to go big. River Partners gets $40 million to replicate ...

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    River Partners field technician Estevan Frias plants milkweed at Dos Rios Ranch near Modesto, Calif., on Friday, May 7, 2021. Dos Rios Ranch is nine years into its restoration, a $45 million-plus ...

  6. Restored floodplain has thrived at Dos Rios, southwest of ...

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    The Hidden Valley floodplain restoration project is adjacent to a restored section of Dos Rios, in the foreground, west of Modesto, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024.

  7. Floodplain restoration - Wikipedia

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    Land use of the Manawatu River Floodplain in New Zealand. Floodplain restoration is the process of fully or partially restoring a river's floodplain to its original conditions before having been affected by the construction of levees (dikes) and the draining of wetlands and marshes.

  8. List of California floods - Wikipedia

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    One small town along the flood path was inundated with 57.41 inches (1,458 mm) over the course of 20 days. The flood episodes of 1907 and 1909 in California resulted in an overhaul of planned statewide flood control designs. [1] March 1928 – The recently-constructed St. Francis Dam dam collapsed 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The ...

  9. How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California ...

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    The flood-prone Tulare Lake Basin is the one part of the Central Valley that has a special exemption from state-required flood control plans, leaving the area without a clear public strategy for ...