Flood heights along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers have been increasing for the past 150 years, even for flood events with similar amounts of water flowing through the system. There is a current scientific debate about what role river flood control and navigation structures such as levees, and large-scale urban development on the floodplains have played in this unmistakable rise in river flood levels.

The public is invited to join scientific experts, engineers, policy makers and public interest environmental representatives for a candid discussion about floods and floodplain development. Issues including the safety of developments and communities on the flood plains will be discussed, as will the wisdom of further building on the floodplains.

The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, or to RSVP, contact:

Jean Jackson
Tel:	314-977-2205
E-mail:	jjacks49@slu.edu
Barb Valentine
Tel:	314-977-2207
E-mail:	bvalenti@slu.edu

 

Organizers:
Tim Kusky, Director, Center for Environmental Sciences, St. Louis University
Rip Sparks, Director of Research, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
Bob Criss, Washington University in St. Louis

Moderator: tbd

Sponsors:

St. Louis University

• Center for Environmental Sciences
• C.B. Belt Laboratory for River Systems and Flood Hazards
• Floodplain Ecosystems Research Institute
• Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Potential Panel Members: (to be announced)

Format: Each panelist will be given a limited time for a presentation, then a response from other panel members. When the formal presentations and responses are done (less than 1 hour), we have questions from the audience, directed to panel members by the moderator.

Seating: 1,200 maximum