COMPREHENSIVE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT : Promoting Wise Uses of Floodplains

1. CA Department of Water Resources/ CIFMCG Workshop COMPREHENSIVE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT: Promoting Wise Uses of Floodplains July 2006

2. Comprehensive Floodplain Management Workshop Introduction

3. Workshop Objectives • Promote wise uses of floodplains • Identify proactive FPM strategies • Understand floodplain functions and values • Understand FPM economic analysis and apply to multi-objective solutions • Learn about technical and financial FPM resources

4. Workshop Modules • Comprehensive FPM • NFIP Overview • No Adverse Impact Strategies • Natural Floodplain Functions and Societal Values • Flood Management Economic Analysis • Ecosystem Evaluation Methods • Case Study • Technical and Financial Assistance

5. Workshop Audience • Floodplain administrators • Local building/planning/public works staff • Emergency managers • Local public officials/decision makers • Other stakeholders

6. Workshop Materials • PP presentation handout • ASFPM publications • No Adverse Impacts: A Toolkit for Common Sense Floodplain Management • Using MOM to Reduce Flood Losses in Your Watershed

7. Workshop Materials • National Parks Service Publications • Floods, Floodplains and Folks • Economic Impacts of Protecting Rivers, Trails and Greenway Corridors • MOM Resource Directory

8. Workshop Materials • FEMA • Natural Beneficial Functions of Floodplains • Protecting Floodplain Resources: Community Guide • Questions & Answers About the NFIP

9. Workshop Materials • DWR/EPA Study Economics Reports • Ecosystem Evaluation Methods • Natural Floodplain Functions and Societal Values • Middle Creek Ecosystem Restoration project Case Study: Benefit/Cost Analysis • Floodplain Management Benefit/Cost Analysis Framework

10. Workshop Materials • CA Floodplain Management Task Force Report • CA Floodplain Management Quick Guide (to be developed)

11. What’s Next? • What is Comprehensive FPM??