US-Russian exchange discusses spring breakup flooding solutions

A delegation from Russia recently visited Galena, as part of a state department-funded cultural exchange.
The program allowed civic leaders from two riverside villages to share ideas about how to prepare for, respond to, and maybe even prevent, spring breakup flooding.
Photo of the Galena Flood (Photo courtesy of the National Weather Service)The seeds for the project were planted when Katia Kontar, as a new graduate student at UAF, watched a presentation by National Weather Service Hydrologist E