WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today a new Scientific Resolution Panel (SRP) process to strengthen FEMA’s commitment to using the most reliable science and data to determine flood hazards for communities across the nation. FEMA regularly updates Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) in coordination with local communities to ensure they reflect…
Larry Larson, Executive Director of ASFPM was quoted in a front page article of the USA Today, “Changes urged in flood control: Designed to protect, system is destroying” on May 19, 2011. Calls are being made for a change in the federal policy to address flooding on the Mississippi River. Current flood control policy utilizes…