Welcome to the Floodplain Management Association!
The Floodplain Management Association is a regional organization of professionals in California, Nevada and Hawaii involved in the multiple aspects of floodplain management, from loss reduction to resource protection, and the promotion of multi-objective floodplain management strategies. Click here for more info.
FMA promotes the development of principles and tools for carrying out effective state and local floodplain management programs and participates in an advisory role in a number of statewide planning efforts including: California Water Plan, California Alluvial Fan Task Force, Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project and the California Watershed Program.
News and Announcements
Announcing the 2008 Annual Conference of the Floodplain Management Association!
September 2-5, 2008, Paradise Point Resort, San Diego, California. Please join us at the premier floodplain management conference in the U.S.! Visit our Annual Conference page for more information.
FloodSAFE Program Stakeholder Briefings! California DWR will be holding a series of stakeholder briefings beginning June 2008. Please visit www.water.ca.gov/floodsafe.
Proposition 84 Update. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has released the Project Solicitation Package (PSP) and Guidelines for the Local Levee Assistance Program (LLAP) (formerly entitled, "Local Levee Grant Program") for the fiscal year 2007-08 competitive funding cycle. Applications are available on the FloodSAFE website at http://www.water.ca.gov/floodsafe.
Urban Streams Restoration Program. The State of California Resources Agency and the Department of Water Resources are planning a grant cycle that combines both the Urban Streams Restoration Program and the Rivers Parkway Program. Guidelines are currently being developed and the cycle could open later this year. For more information about the grant cycle, you can visit this website: http://www.watershedrestoration.water.ca.gov/urbanstreams/
NEW REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON-LINE
- Mitigating Misery: Land Use and Protection of Property Rights Before The Next Big Flood, 6/08
- Floodplain Planning Guidance - American Planning Association California Chapter (.pdf, 157K) 1/08
- Plan California - The Legislative Platform of the California Chapter of the American Planning Association (.pdf, 107K) 1/08
- A California Challenge - Flooding in the Central Valley
- Federal Response to California Wildfires and Rebuilding Afterwards
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers web-based National Economic Development Manual Series.
- Associated Programme on Flood Management - Integrated Flood Management, including a "Flood Management Tool" Series.
- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Assessment and Management Of Flood Risks (.pdf, 85K) 10/07
- The National Levee Challenge: Levees and the FEMA Flood Map Modernization Initiative
- National Flood Policy Challenges Levees: The Double-edged Sword
- Emergency Planning for Dam or Levee Failures in San Mateo County
- FloodSAFE California: Rebuilding the System, Reducing the Risk
- Flood Warnings: Responding to California's Flood Crisis
- California Bond Expenditure Plan: 2007-2008
- FEMA Insurance Outreach Toolkit for Flood Map Updates
- Low Impact Development (LID) - Overview by Dr. Timothy Lawrence, U.C. Davis (.pdf, 11 MB)
- Low Impact Development (LID) - Background Information
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