Letters to the editor Aug. 14

When the trees fall

In the 1960s I worked for the Army Corps of Engineers, so I am aware of the pressure on federal agencies like the Forest Service to “not just stand there, do something.”

We passed around a hand-written letter from a citizen to FDR suggesting that the way to solve the flood problem on the Mississippi would be to drill holes in the bottom of the river and put in plugs that could be removed when there was danger from floods...