FEMA Mitigation Best Practices: Levee Protection for the Town of Greybull   [open pdf - 26KB]

Alternate Title: Levee Protection Greybull Jetties Reduce High Water

This document is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Best Practices Portfolio. The Best Practices Portfolio is a collection of true stories about people and communities who have experienced disasters, and what mitigation they used to survive, rebuild, and prepare for disasters. From the document: "In August 1998, the Wyoming National Guard, 133rd Engineering Company, completed a streambank stablization project adjacent to the Town of Greybull, Wyoming, on the Big Horn River." This and other individual FEMA Best Practices documents are also combined in "Mitigation Best Practices: Public and Private Sector Best Practice Stories for All Activity/Project Types in All States and Territories Relating to All Hazards [August 10, 2011]," which can be accessed at the following link: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=683132]