February 28, 2022
ASFPM Provides Written Testimony on FEMA Priorities for 2022
By News Editor
The testimony provided focused on several subjects we see as essential priorities for FEMA to address this year,
February 14, 2022
New Infrastructure Funding Guidebook Available at BUILD.gov
By News Editor
The guidebook will help state, local, tribal, and territorial governments unlock the funding available from the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure package.
February 8, 2022
ASFPM Weighs in on WOTUS Definition
By News Editor
ASFPM filed comments yesterday on a proposed rule defining the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act
February 1, 2022
Input on Levee Safety Needed
By Larry Larson, P.E., CFM
USACE and FEMA are working together to develop a National Levee Safety Program. Each agency has a role in levee safety and this program should improve coordination.
January 28, 2022
ASFPM Makes Recommendations for NFIP Reform, Stronger Floodplain Management Standards
By News Editor
ASFPM urges FEMA to strengthen the NFIP with better mapping, regulation, mitigation, and insurance provisions to protect communities from increasing flood risk associated with climate change.
December 1, 2021
WOO for the Nation’s Floodplain Managers
By Larry Larson, P.E., CFM
My plea in this column is to help all of you reading this to understand how rare this opportunity is and to urge you to do your part and give your ideas on how the NFIP can better serve the nation.
October 1, 2021
Flood Risk Mapping Priorities
By Larry Larson, P.E., CFM
Flood risk mapping, just as all aspects of flood risk management, must be a local, state, and federal partnership. Focusing on future conditions will help make sure the maps remain accurate longer.
August 1, 2021
What is the Future for Traditional Flood Mitigation after BRIC Awards?
By Larry Larson, P.E., CFM
Many of us working to reduce flood risk were excited when Congress finally approved a disaster generated formula to create a sustained funding program for FEMA mitigation grants. After seeing the Fiscal Year 2020 grants, we’re less optimistic.
June 1, 2021
Where to Build, and Not Build
By Larry Larson, P.E., CFM
Perhaps the biggest rap on the NFIP is its failure to help communities and states avoid development in high-risk areas.
April 1, 2021
Reducing Development in High-Risk Coastal Areas
By Larry Larson, P.E., CFM
Development in high-risk coastal areas is increasing faster than in lower risk areas. Is there something we’re doing as a nation to encourage this behavior despite the known dangers?