Floods Happen
Pictured left is the Ipswich River over Asbury Street in Topsfield during the May, 2006 flood. Floodplains held flood waters in reserve to be metered out over time and thus minimizing destruction to houses.
WHAT’S PROTECTED:
If you need to wear muck boots, its probably protected.
Officially the list is:
Any Bank, any freshwater wetland, any coastal wetland, any beach, any dune, any flat, any marsh, or any swamp bordering on the ocean, any estuary, any creek, any river, any stream, any pond, or any lake; Land under any of the water bodies listed above; Land subject to tidal action; Land subject to coastal storm flowage; Land subject to flooding; the Riverfront Area (generally 200 feet from the mean high water of a river.)
WHY ARE THESE RESOURCES PROTECTED:
