December 7, 2018
Midwest Flood Conference Spurs Formation of a Quad Cities Flood Alliance
By News Editor
Sometimes a conference convenes, but not much comes of it. That was not the case after River Action’s 11th annual Upper Mississippi River Conference held in October. Read the full story here.
November 28, 2018
FEMA Releases Draft Policy on Ag Structures in the Floodplain
By News Editor
FEMA’s draft policy on agricultural and accessory structures is available here. The public comment period opened Nov. 21 and will close Dec. 21, 2018. Provide comments on the draft policy by emailing FEMA at FEMA-Floodplain-Management-Division@fema.dhs.gov.
November 26, 2018
Everything ASFPM does impacts the flood-risk profession
By News Editor
How does ASFPM benefit communities, states and members? ASFPM hears this question a lot (especially in regards to our work on The Hill). We work for our members’ interests to secure federal funding for programs that are critical for floodplain managers to do their jobs (flood mapping, pre-disaster mitigation, floodplain management, stream gauges, LIDAR, Silver
November 13, 2018
Recent changes to senior FEMA leadership positions
By News Editor
Nick Shufro, who served as the assistant administrator for risk management with Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, will now serve as chief learning officer and director of strategic alliances, Office of Chief Component Human Capital Officer. Shufro has leveraged partnerships across the public and private sector to empower communities to take ownership of their developing
October 29, 2018
Noteable Reports and Blogs
By News Editor
The publication, Building Coastal Resilience for Greater US Security, is the product of a series of discussions held between June and October of 2017. These discussions centered around pathways to solutions for our climate-related coastal challenges and were hosted jointly by the Hoover Institution, the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and the Woodrow Wilson
October 29, 2018
Strengthening Coastal Counties Resilience Workshop
By News Editor
Haley Briel and Dave Fowler from ASFPM attended the “Strengthening Coastal Counties Resilience Workshop” Oct. 15-17, at the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, just outside of Mobile, Alabama. The workshop was hosted by the National Association of Counties with assistance from ASFPM, Coastal States Organizations and NOAA. The goal was to kick off the
October 24, 2018
ASFPM Shares LID & GI Knowledge, While Soaking in Chinese Sponge City Sites
By News Editor
Written by Bill Brown, P.E., ASFPM’s Flood Science Center Director ASFPM received an invitation from the China Urban Infrastructure Chamber of Commerce to participate in the 2018 Third China Sponge City International Exchange Conference Sept. 27-29, 2018 in Nanjing, China. The conference was an opportunity to convey experiences, information on new technologies and products related
October 23, 2018
Policy Matters! The October 2018 Edition
By News Editor
Flood Map Coalition Revived ASFPM and the National Association of Realtors organized a meeting in Washington D.C. to discuss bringing back the former Flood Map Coalition. The group agreed that due to challenges to future mapping priorities, and to securing adequate funding, the Flood Map Coalition should be revived. The original map coalition, in existence
October 23, 2018
FEMA Releases New Bulletin Aligning Mitigation Planning and the Community Rating System
By News Editor
Written by Amanda Sharma, MBA, MRLS, CFM – FEMA Headquarters Mitigation Planner/Analytics FEMA’s local mitigation planning and the CRS program’s Activity 510 Floodplain Management Planning are aimed at guiding communities through a planning process that can help them move from being aware of their natural hazard risk to acting to reduce it. Nationwide, more than
October 22, 2018
What’s the ASFPM Foundation been up to?
By News Editor
Do you know a university student enrolled in floodplain management-related courses? Please encourage them to enter the ASFPM Foundation’s 9th Annual Collegiate Student Paper Competition. Finalists receive a stipend to help with travel expenses to present their papers at the 2019 ASFPM annual national conference May 19-23 in Cleveland, Ohio. Prizes of up to a