one of their most important recommendations was the "cessation of the sale of crown lands in known flood risk areas." the report noted that "undeveloped flood plains are the natural and most effective form of flood mitigation, and this recommendation will protect those areas." the 2006 provincial flood mitigation report "recommended the completion of flood risk maps for urban areas in the province; a program to ensure those maps are updated; the identification of priority rural flood risk areas that require flood risk mapping; and making historic flood information available to the public on a website." the highwood river at high river is "located at a change in slope of the channel on a basin in an area of high runoff potential, resulting in frequent flooding."