To dredge or not to dredge: Vermonters debate on how to stop river flooding [Video]

FORECAST WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TYLER JANKOSKI. THIS IS NBC5 NEWS> OUR REGION HAS SEEN áMULTIPLE FLOODING EVENTS WITHIN JUST THE PAST YEAR. THE SITUATION HAS LEFT A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING WHY THE STATE WON’T DREDGE THE RIVERS. NBC 5’S STEPHEN BIDDIX JOINS US LIVE FROM THE WINOOSKI RIVER IN MONTPELIER. AND STEPHEN YOU’RE HEARING THAT THIS PROCESS MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST SOLUTION. THAT’S RIGHT. SCIENTISTS SAY WHILE MAKING RIVERS DEEPER TO HOLD MORE LIKE A SMART IDEA. IT ACTUALLY ISN’T BECAUSE RIVERS ARE ONLY MEANT AND ONCE IT ACTUALLY ISN’T BECAUSE RIVERS ARE ONLY MEANT TO HOLD A CERTAIN CAPACITY. AND ONCE YOU OVERDUE THAT IT CAN MAKE FLOODING EVENTS EVEN MORE EXTREME AND CAUSE DANGER FARTHER DOWN THE RIVER. 00:01:01:08- 00:01:08:06 Shayne Jaquith, River Scientist Nature Conservancy Vermont <IT IS VERY INTUITIVE AND SEEMS VERY LOGICAL AT FIRST BUT THERE’S ACTUALLY A LOT MORE TO IT.> IN …