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Green Landscaping: Greenacres
Natural Landscaping Tool Kit
THE NATURAL LANDSCAPING ALTERNATIVE:
An Annotated Slide Collection - Slide
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Conventional solutions to flooding and erosion problems have often involved highly engineered approaches which have damaged the water and riparian resources and created expensive-to-maintain channels. Channelized streams can accelerate water flows, increase downstream flood and erosion and eliminate all natural attributes of the stream, along with its recreational and aesthetic potential. Natural landscaping can address the problems while preserving and enhancing the resource.
