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Greetings from the Biesbosch: The Dutch Try Something New (For Them)

By Scott L. Shapiro on September 24, 2026
Posted in Flood Control, Levees, Water Infrastructure & Projects
Greetings from the Biesbosch

I’m writing this from the Netherlands. Today I spent the day at the Noordwaard, a former farming polder (or protected basin) on the edge of De Biesbosch National Park.  I traveled here with NAFSMA (the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies) as part of a mission to learn…

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