[WMarshal]

"And the enviros want to make it like it was before all the dikes and canals were put in place. Not quite as simple as they would have you believe. With all the years it took to make it, how many to unmake it? 🤔 "

One '500 year' flood and all that man built will washed away and then you leave it alone. I also think that in rural areas the should remove the levees so that flood pressure is reduced for the big cities. To support this the cities that need levee protection should be taxed to pay for isolated houses to be jacked up and put on pilings or, if the owner wishes to contribute extra, a masonry walled first floor for use as a garage with the understanding that anything placed in it is uninsurable. Anyone in a rural area of the Mississippi River that has their home severely flooded out washed Away should be bought out and can only use the money to rebuild on high ground.

Here is what it looks like when done right:

If the Mississippi can be allowed to spread out naturally in rural areas the big cities would be far less prone to flooding and everyone would be better off.

[huckleberry55]

yes YES , agree , I once was mentored by a
US Army Green Beret Captain from “Nam”
He explained that the MEKONG DELTA was the perfect
ancient model of how to maintain a river like Mississippi.
He explained natural seasonal rural flooding would increase farming with ground nutrients