FEMA’s Risk MAP Discovery Meeting Invitation for Black-Ottauquechee Watershed Communities

Good Afternoon,

Vermont

Compass

Tools to Communicate Riverine Erosion Hazards and Improve Flood Resiliency in Headwater Communities of the Lake Champlain Basin

FEMA has established a Youtube channel with multiple videos on aspects of flood hazard identification and mitigation.

Find the Flood Risk Communication Video Series at:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL720Kw_OojlIUiWw2bDc-On5MjQw13E6e

FEMA Civil Rights Stakeholder Summits

 

The International Lake Champlain-Richelieu River Study Board would like to invite you to join us for our upcoming series of technical webinars. Each week starting on Thursday November 5th, the Board will host a webinar on one of eight key topics being investigated under the Study. An in-depth presentation will be provided by one of the study members involved in the research on a particular topic. The presentation will be followed by a Q and A period, during which participants will be able to ask subject experts questions about their work.

New flood studies are underway in many watersheds of Vermont.  If consistently funded, the timeline from the initial Discovery meetings to the effective date of new Flood Insurance Rate Maps, is typically about five years.  The table below summarizes updates from Kerry Bogdan, FEMA Region 1 Senior Engineer and FEMA Regional Risk MAP Geospatial Lead as of 9/3/2020

This Lake Champlain Basin Program video features the role of a floodplain restoration in the work to capture sediments with phosphorus:

Clean Water Commitment – Floodplain Restoration  (4:08)  https://youtu.be/_wHUfjLlUQg

Online Discovery Meetings Scheduled:

• Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at 11:00 AM
• Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at 1:00 PM
• Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at 9:00 AM

For: community leaders, emergency managers, GIS specialists, planners, and floodplain managers.

 

For information contact: 

James R. Nadeau

Hydrologic Technician

U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center

jnadeau@usgs.gov

With more of our colleagues quarantined in their homes and unable to travel due to COVID-19, we know this puts our nation’s CFMs in a predicament, especially those with July and January renewal dates. Many of our Chapters are also having to make that difficult decision to cancel chapter conferences.