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Increase resistance of infrastructure and cultural and historical resources

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Approach

Increase resistance of infrastructure and cultural and historical resources.

Tactics

  • Stabilize banks near resources with rip-rap or vegetation.
  • Consider increased use of engineered logjams to redirect flows.

Sensitivity

Strategy

Raymond, C.L.; Peterson, D.L.; Rochefort, R.M., eds. (2014). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the North Cascades region. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-892. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station., Raymond, C.L.; Peterson, D.L.; Rochefort, R.M. (2013). The North Cascadia Adaptation Partnership: a science-management collaboration for responding to climate change. Sustainability. 5: 136–159.

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Climate Change Effect

Relevant Region

Northern Plains
Northwest
Southeast
Southern Plains
Southwest