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On Matters of Life and Death: Recommended Actions to Improve the Safety of Vermonters During Major Flooding Events

• Getting Ahead of the Flood Risk: How Communities can Proactively Mitigate for Floods

  Many communities in the Northern Forest have already experienced devastating floods. In this webinar, we gathered leaders from around the region to discuss what communities can do before they experience flooding, through proactive work to build resilience and mitigate future disasters.

Join us Thursday March 21 at 9 am to find out how you can determine flood elevations from a detailed flood study.

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Please join us on Thursday February 15 at 9 am for an update on the flood maps.  Where are they today?

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Flood maps are being updated across Vermont.   Portions of the draft maps in the Deerfield and Green River Watersheds have now been released for review by municipal officials.

Municipal officials are encouraged to review the maps, and flag any areas needing clarification, or correction.   

Please join us on Thursday December 21 at 9 am to talk about flood insurance. 
Is it available? Is it helpful? Is it affordable? Is it enough?
A quick overview from Ned not-an-insurance-person Swanberg.

And time to hear from you!

The 2024 schedule for Rivers & Roads Trainings has been released.

There are three levels of training. 

• Tier 1 is online.  
• Tier 2 is a classroom-based workshop
• Tier 3 are advanced topical workshops 

Here is the .pdf with the schedule.

Legal clinics scheduled to help those affected by Vermont’s summer flooding

The Vermont Law and Graduate School and Legal Services Vermont, a nonprofit legal aid organization, are hosting a series of monthly legal clinics to assist Vermont business owners affected by this summer’s floods.

The clinics will focus on long-term relief efforts such as FEMA appeals and landlord-tenant assistance.

The two organizations have already hosted six clinics, and are offering more as a result of high demand, according to a news release from VLGS.

As the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) get updated they will be posted first as Preliminary FIRMs.

Preliminary FIRMs can be viewed at two sites: 

FEMA Preliminary FEMA Map Products  (View map panels)