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14 March 2010
More Sandbags: Fargo-Moorhead Braces for Major Flood
For the second year in a row, soils, geomorphology, and snowpack set up a major flood risk. The Red River of the North has “issues” that tend to make life “interesting” for those who live near it and depend on it. The Red is a fairly small river in a large watershed. The Red River Valley is not really a river valley at all, but a broad, flat lake bottom …
John Freeland earned a PhD in Soil Science (Pedology) at North Dakota State University and is a consultant working in the private sector. He has published soils research and taught at the high school and college levels. John is interested in wetlands, soil genesis, science communication, the intersection of art and science, and soil-water-landscape processes. John lives near the Ohio-Michigan border and plays bass in multiple music projects.