Floodplain Zoning
A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) guide to help people understand and navigate flood risk and provide the needed resources and information to homeowners, renters, and business owners. View the website.
A FEMA publicaton of resources for local community officials who play a critical role in making their communities safer and more resistant to disaster. View the resources.
The Online Training in Watershed Management by the U.S. Evironmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a broad introduction to watershed management providing useful information to local, state, and tribal watershed managements efforts. View the training program.
This video explains why following floodplain zoning is important, the floodplain buyout process, and how flooding and buyouts affect people’s lives.
The Flood Resilience Scorecard is a comprehensive, whole community-approach focused tool that can be used to evaluate flood vulnerability through three different lenses: environmental, institutional and social. View the Flood Resilience Scorecard.