Eight years ago in the wake of hurricane Katrina the American Society of Civil Engineers issued a call to action to the challenge of increasing flood losses. Over the past two years the ASCE Task Committee, which includes Dave Fowler, ASFPM’s Watershed POD facilitator, examined our national response to this call for action. This report is the product of that examination.
Read the full report here.
Sea Level Rise Task Force Report Final Report The New York State Sea Level Rise Task Force has prepared the final reportof its findings and recommendations for adapting to sea level rise for submittal to the State Legislature. The Task Force prepared a draft report of its findings and recommendations and made this draft reportavailable…
ASFPM Welcomes New Associate Director CHAD BERGINNIS. He will commence this new role in January 2011, assisting Executive Director Larry Larson, Deputy Director George Riedel and all ASFPM Staff in oversight for national policy, administration, financial and records management, project management, and member services activities. Chad comes to ASFPM about as well prepared as possible!…
Conclusions of the brief from the Wharton Risk Center: “Our findings suggest that buyers of floodplain properties have a limited awareness about flood hazards, despite the federal requirement for flood insurance for floodplain properties with a federally-backed mortgage. Our results suggest that it is the result of being flooded, rather than knowing there is a…
The U.S. Geological Survey has unveiled for the coming year the new “US Topo,” a significant new step in regenerating, improving, and updating the familiar USGS topographic maps. US Topo is a digital 1:24,000-scale topographic map series. The new maps are built from the digital layers of The National Map, which is a synthesis of…
As we prepare for the 38th Annual ASFPM Conference, we have arrived at a watershed moment for floodplain management. With the soon to be created Master’s degree with Concentration in Floodplain Management at the University of Washington, an existing Associate’s degree aimed at training USGS hydrologic technicians at Gateway Community College in Phoenix, the excellent…
