Documents
This page provides links to various documents and sites that may be of interest to floodplain managers in Nevada, Hawaii, and California. If you know of other sites likely to be of interest or useful to floodplain managers, please email your suggestion to the 
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Links to Recent Publications
Many of the publications and others below are available on the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) web site at www.floods.org.
New! National Flood Programs and Policies in Review 2007
Policy
ASFPM-NAFSMA Flood Risk Policy Summit Recommendations (.pdf) 7/07
Levee Policy Challenges White Paper (.pdf) 4/07
USACE Levee Certification Authority and Funding Guidance Memo (.pdf) 8/06
Beyond the Ark: A New Approach to U.S. Floodplain Management (.pdf) 6/93
Governance, Law and Environmental Management Information (.pdf)
No Adverse Impact
(NAI) NAI Toolkit
(.pdf - 2 MB) 1/04
Post-Disaster Reconstruction "Patchwork Quilt" (.pdf) 6/07
Coastal NAI Handbook 4/07
Common Legal Questions About Floodplain Regulations In The Courts
Legal Questions: Government Liability And No Adverse Impact Floodplain Management
No Adverse Impact: A Toolkit For Common Sense Floodplain Management, 2003
No Adverse Impact Status Report: Helping Communities Implement, 2002
Property Rights and Community Liability: The Legal Framework forManaging Watershed Development, 2007
Low Impact Development
San Diego County Low Impact Development Handbook (.pdf) 2007
Restoration
Stream Restoration References (.pdf)
Wetlands Restoration References (.pdf)
How Urban Landscape Changes Drive Channel Changes (.pdf, 2.5 MB Presentation)
Stormwater
California Stormwater Handbook (.pdf) 200k
Legal Issues
NAI and the Courts - Updated (.pdf) 11/07
Professional Liability for Construction in Flood Hazard Areas (.pdf) 9/07
NAI Community Liability - Watershed Development (.pdf) 5/07
What the Rapanos - Carabell Wetlands Decisions Mean to Floodplain and Stormwater Managers (.pdf) 10/06
NAI - Liability for Water Control Structure Failure Due to Flooding (.pdf) 9/06
Courts Issue Good News for Floodplain Management (.pdf) 8/05
NAI Case Studies 3/05
Mitigation
ASFPM BCA White Paper (.pdf) 7/07
ASFPM Pre-Disaster Mitigation White Paper (.pdf) 3/06
Multihazard Mitigation Council - Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: An Independant Study to Assess the Future Savings from Mitigation Activities (Summary Report, .pdf) 12/05 View the full Report
Programs
Floodplain Management 2003 - State and Local Programs (.pdf)
FPM 2003 Tables of Data (.pdf)
Using Multi-Objective Management to Reduce Flood Losses in Your Watershed (.pdf)
* Conversion of this document to an electronic .pdf format was donated by French & Associates.
Addressing Your Community's Flood Problems - A Guide for Elected Officials (.pdf)
* Conversion of this document to an electronic .pdf format was provided by Ohio DNR
The Nation's Response to Flood Disasters: A Historical Account, by James M. Wright, April 2000
NEW Mitigation Success Stories IV
See what works! Click here for Mitigation Success Stories III
Sharing the Challenge: Floodplain Management into the 21st Century - The Report of the Interagency Floodplain Management Review Committee to the Administration Floodplain Management Task Force (.pdf - 3 MB) 6/94
National Flood Programs in Review - 2007
The Nation’s Responses To Flood Disasters: A Historical Account
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