ASFPM was among the more than 30 organizations that signed onto a letter from the National Audubon Society to the Department of the Interior urging the reinstatement the Coastal Barrier Resources Act’s (CBRA) protections against federally-funded sand mining in the areas protected by the Coastal Ba...
ASFPM, in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is working to develop an open access, filterable online library of flood mitigation options that can reduce flooding on the structure/property level to: 1) better inform property owner and policyholder decision making on the...
On The Capitol Beach podcast, Derek Brockbank looks at the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) with ASFPM's Chad Berginnis and Joel Scata with NRDC. The FFRMS was an Obama-era Executive Order (EO 13690) that required any infrastructure project that received federal flooding to demonstrate...
In a Senate Committee hearing on the Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, ASFPM Executive Director Chad Berginnis provided testimony on the program’s importance to helping families and communities become more resilient to flooding and offered recommendations on how it can be st...
Next week, the 2021 ASFPM Virtual Conference will bring together nearly 2,000 floodplain management and mitigation professionals for three full days of learning. After a year of planning, we’re excited to get started. Here’s what you can expect when you attend: Three plenary session...
