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COMPREHENSIVE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT : Promoting Wise Uses of Floodplains

CA Department of Water Resources/ CIFMCG Workshop. COMPREHENSIVE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT : Promoting Wise Uses of Floodplains. July 2006. Comprehensive Floodplain Management Workshop. What’s “Wise Use” of Floodplains? Concluding Thoughts and Acknowledgements. Wise Use of Floodplains.

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COMPREHENSIVE FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT : Promoting Wise Uses of Floodplains

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

  2. Comprehensive Floodplain Management Workshop What’s “Wise Use” of Floodplains?Concluding Thoughts and Acknowledgements

  3. Wise Use of Floodplains • Local communities must decide what’s the “wise use” of their own floodplains • DWR can’t dictate local land use decisions • However, DWR can ask that you consider:

  4. Wise Use of Floodplains • Will your decisions place residents in “harm’s way?”

  5. Wise Use of Floodplains • Are short-term economic gains jeopardized by catastrophic future failures and/or increasingly expensive structures to maintain?

  6. Wise Use of Floodplains • Will short-term economic gains forgo other land uses that potentially could become more valuable over time (such as preserving limited open space)?

  7. Wise Use of Floodplains • Will decisions adversely affect others?

  8. Wise Use of Floodplains • Will decisions expose community to increased liability?

  9. Acknowledgements

  10. California Interagency FPM Coordination Group • CA Dept of Water Resources • Governor’s Office of Emergency Services • State Water Resources Control Board • US Environmental Protection Agency • US Army Corps of Engineers • National Park Service * • Natural Resources Conservation Service • FEMA * With special thanks to Linda Stonier of NPS Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program for providing facilities, time and ideas

  11. In Memory ofAndy LeeWhose Vision For A Wise And Proactive Floodplain Management Was Only Exceeded By His Love Of Family, Friends And Colleagues

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