---
title: "5 Flood Control Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Flood Control quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Flood Control sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/hal-borland-9706_conditions_when-we-talk-of-flood-control-we-usually_657167.png"
---

> [When we talk of flood control, we usually think of dams and deeper river channels, to impound the waters or hurry their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-borland/when-we-talk-of-flood-control-we-usually-think-of-dams-and-deeper/)

[Hal Borland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-borland/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/hal-borland-9706_conditions_when-we-talk-of-flood-control-we-usually_657167.png)

> [We need to develop multiple lakes within West Virginia, multiple lakes that can give us hydroelectric power - which maybe we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-justice/we-need-to-develop-multiple-lakes-within-west-virginia-multiple-lakes/)

[Jim Justice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-justice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/jim-justice-6830_control_we-need-to-develop-multiple-lakes-within_791461.jpg)

> [The government tells us we need flood control and comes to straighten the creek in our pasture. The engineer on the job…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldo-leopold/the-government-tells-us-we-need-flood-control-and-comes-to-straighten/)

[Aldo Leopold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldo-leopold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/aldo-leopold-1278_able_the-government-tells-us-we-need-flood-co_1862980.jpg)

> [Texas has a pressing need for a single governmental body to provide overall flood control management for the watersheds affecting major population…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-bush/texas-has-a-pressing-need-for-a-single-governmental-body-to-provide/)

[George P. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-bush/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/george-p-bush-10573_body_texas-has-a-pressing-need-for-a-single-g_2276473.jpg)

> [State ownership of flood control efforts will not completely eliminate the problem but can substantially reduce it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-bush/state-ownership-of-flood-control-efforts-will-not-completely/)

[George P. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-p-bush/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/george-p-bush-10573_control_state-ownership-of-flood-control-efforts_2430504.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flood-control/#itemlist",
            "name": "Flood Control Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 5,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "When we talk of flood control, we usually think of dams and deeper river channels, to impound the waters or hurry their run-off. Yet neither is the ultimate solution, simply because floods are caused by the flow of water downhill. If the hills are wooded, that flow is checked. If there is a swamp at the foot of the hills, the swamp sponges up most of the excess water, restores some of it to the underground water supply and feeds the remainder slowly into the streams. Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Hal Borland"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-borland/when-we-talk-of-flood-control-we-usually-think-of-dams-and-deeper/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/hal-borland-9706_conditions_when-we-talk-of-flood-control-we-usually_657167.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/hal-borland-9706_conditions_when-we-talk-of-flood-control-we-usually_657167.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/hal-borland-9706_conditions_when-we-talk-of-flood-control-we-usually_657167.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“When we talk of flood control, we usually think of dams and deeper river channels, to impound the waters or…” — Hal Borland",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "We need to develop multiple lakes within West Virginia, multiple lakes that can give us hydroelectric power - which maybe we don't need, but at the same time, they can give us flood control.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jim Justice"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-justice/we-need-to-develop-multiple-lakes-within-west-virginia-multiple-lakes/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/jim-justice-6830_control_we-need-to-develop-multiple-lakes-within_791461.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/jim-justice-6830_control_we-need-to-develop-multiple-lakes-within_791461.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/jim-justice-6830_control_we-need-to-develop-multiple-lakes-within_791461.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“We need to develop multiple lakes within West Virginia, multiple lakes that can give us hydroelectric power…” — Jim Justice",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The government tells us we need flood control and comes to straighten the creek in our pasture. The engineer on the job tells us the creek is now able to carry off more flood water, but in the process we have lost our old willows where the owl hooted on a winter night and under which the cows switched flies in the noon shade. We lost the little marshy spot where our fringed gentians bloomed.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Aldo Leopold"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldo-leopold/the-government-tells-us-we-need-flood-control-and-comes-to-straighten/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/aldo-leopold-1278_able_the-government-tells-us-we-need-flood-co_1862980.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/aldo-leopold-1278_able_the-government-tells-us-we-need-flood-co_1862980.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a1/aldo-leopold-1278_able_the-government-tells-us-we-need-flood-co_1862980.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The government tells us we need flood control and comes to straighten the creek in our pasture. The engineer…” — Aldo Leopold",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Texas has a pressing need for a single governmental body to provide overall flood control management for the watersheds affecting major population areas and guide state and local flood control policy.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "George P. Bush"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-bush/texas-has-a-pressing-need-for-a-single-governmental-body-to-provide/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/george-p-bush-10573_body_texas-has-a-pressing-need-for-a-single-g_2276473.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/george-p-bush-10573_body_texas-has-a-pressing-need-for-a-single-g_2276473.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/george-p-bush-10573_body_texas-has-a-pressing-need-for-a-single-g_2276473.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Texas has a pressing need for a single governmental body to provide overall flood control management for the…” — George P. Bush",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "State ownership of flood control efforts will not completely eliminate the problem but can substantially reduce it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "George P. Bush"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-p-bush/state-ownership-of-flood-control-efforts-will-not-completely/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/george-p-bush-10573_control_state-ownership-of-flood-control-efforts_2430504.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/george-p-bush-10573_control_state-ownership-of-flood-control-efforts_2430504.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/george-p-bush-10573_control_state-ownership-of-flood-control-efforts_2430504.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“State ownership of flood control efforts will not completely eliminate the problem but can substantially…” — George P. Bush",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flood-control/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flood-control/",
            "name": "Flood Control Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flood-control/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/hal-borland-9706_conditions_when-we-talk-of-flood-control-we-usually_657167.png"
            },
            "description": "Browse 5 Flood Control quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Flood Control sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flood-control/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flood-control/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Flood Control Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flood-control/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```