Time is running out to protect Franz Josef from its rising river. Stopbanks won’t work forever
The Conversation ·
Stopbanks confine the Waiho River to about a third of its natural bed. Mark Healey , CC BY Each year, more than a million visitors pass through the small South Island township of Franz Josef/Waiau on their way to see the West Coast’s glaciers and world heritage sites. But the town faces a rising…