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Originally Posted by kw5150
Its a nice thought, but rivers built out of concrete kinda represent a failed ideology (ecologically speaking). The river is sacred and it is better to have native plants stablizing the banks.
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Although I agree about your point on concrete, using native plants to stablise the banks of the river is inadequate in the long-term, because our regional climates are increasingly unsuitable for these regions' native species of plants and trees.
In Calgary, the plants on which you should be focused are species that are drought resistant, flood resistant, and
especially pine beetle resistant.
Of course in an urban context, aesthetics are a concern as well; however, the list of applicable southern species of plants is already narrowing.
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