ASFPM FREE PUBLICATIONS LIST

Below is a listing of publications that are available for download FREE from our website. If you are interested in ordering hard copies of our publications, please see The ASFPM publications list. You might want to print the order form before you go to the list. Then you can fill out the order form as you read the list, click here to print an order form. You may mail the form with your check to the address on the form, or you may include your credit card number on the form and fax it to 608-274-0696. Applicable fees are indicated.

Download Any of these Free Publications

Building Public Support for Floodplain Management - A Catalog of Good Practices (.pdf) 11/08

Come Rain, Come Shine - A Case Study of A Floodplain Relocation Project at Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin (.pdf)
* Conversion of this document to an electronic .pdf format was provided by WI DNR

Addressing Your Community's Flood Problems - A Guide for Elected Officials (.pdf)
* Conversion of this document to an electronic .pdf format was provided by Ohio DNR

Coastal No Adverse Impact Handbook

Common Legal Questions about Floodplain Regulations in the Courts (.pdf)

Effective State Floodplain Management Programs 2003 – A guide for those that make policy decisions about state floodplain programs.

Floodplain Management 2003 - State and Local Programs (.pdf)
FPM 2003 Tables of Data (.pdf)

Legal Questions: Government Liability and No Adverse Impact Floodplain Management (.pdf)

Mitigation Success Stories IV
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National Flood Programs in Review - 2007 This is an updated version of this report from 2000. Its purpose is to identify those ways in which national policies and programs for reducing flood damage and for protecting the natural resources and functions of our floodplains can be improved, and the nation thereby better served.

National Flood Programs in Review - 2000 This report describes some of the key changes in federal floodplain management policy and programs over the last several years and identifies improvements that would help the nation move toward a future that includes sustainable floodplain lands and disaster-resilient communities. (ASFPM Task Force) 2000.

No Adverse Impact: A Toolkit for Common Sense Floodplain Management, 2003 A full color publication designed to assist local and state floodplain managers implement the No Adverse Impact approach to floodplain management.

No Adverse Impact: Community Case Studies

No Adverse Impact: Community Liability and Property Rights, 2003 As Mayor or County Commissioner, should you worry about your liability in the event of a flood?

No Adverse Impact Status Report: Helping Communities Implement NAI, 2002 15-page, full color report highlights five communities that are implementing NAI floodplain management.

Property Rights and Community Liability: The Legal Framework for Managing Watershed Development, 2007 A six page document describing how the NAI approach can help communities avoid legal issues.

Resource Guide for Upper Mississippi States.

State Association's History

Sharing the Challenge: Floodplain Management into the 21st Century - The Report of the Interagency Floodplain Management Review Committee to the Administration Floodplain Management Task Force (.pdf - 3 MB) 6/94

The Nation's Response to Flood Disasters: A Historical Account, by James M. Wright, April 2000

Using Multi-Objective Management to Reduce Flood Losses in Your Watershed (.pdf)
* Conversion of this document to an electronic .pdf format was donated by French & Associates.

Many federal floodplain management documents are also available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). There is a cost for most of these documents.