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Red River Flood of the Century – 10 Years Later
Tuesday 6 May 2008 11:00
(Session Leaders: Michael Ryan, US Bureau of Reclamation and Co-Chair of the International Red River Board and Wayne Dybvig, Saskatchewan Water Authority and Co-Chair of the IRRB)      

The Red River of the North Flood of 1997 affected a large number of residents from both Canada and the United States who live within that particular basin.    Life disruption, economic damage, lengthy recovery process, physical and emotional trauma motivated a number of major initiatives to improve the level of preparedness in case of future floods. The Governments of Canada and the United States asked the International Joint Commission (IJC) to investigate the causes and effects of flooding in the Red River basin and to provide them with recommendations to improve the preparedness for future flooding in the basin. In 2001 the IJC submitted a report to the Governments of Canada and the Unites States and the governors of Minnesota and North Dakota and the Premier of Manitoba.  The session will discuss the recommendations that were made and the actions that have been taken. 

This session will focus on a review of the lessons learned from the flood, the recommendations made and what has been done in the succeeding period.  This session will provide insights into the challenges that remain.

Panelists:

• Murray Clamen – International Joint Commission (IJC)
  
• Daniel Luna – U.S. National Weather Service
• Doug McNeil – Manitoba Floodway Authority
  
• Judith DesHarnais – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Dale Frink – North Dakota State Water Commission
• Kent Lokkesmoe – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Presentations:

• Introduction - Overview Presentation (pps, 4.52MB)
• Introduction - Living with the Red Presentation pps (10.23MB) | pdf (1.60MB)
• Accomplishments - Flood Forecasting Presentation (pps,1.04MB)
• Mitigation - Manitoba Presentation pps (14.73MB) | pdf (2.49MB)
• Mitigation - US Federal Presentation pps (29.88MB) | pdf (2.79MB)
• Mitigation - US State - NorthDakota Presentation pps (14.66MB) | pdf (1.30MB)
• Mitigation - US State - Minnesota Presentation pps (14.38MB) | pdf (1.09MB)
• Summary - Whats Next Presentation (pps, 1.48MB)

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