Functioning Floodplain Initiative User Guide
October 20, 2023
Containes Appendices
floodplain
Flood Resilience
Flood Resilience is a term that has become more commonly used, and generally means that damages are minimized during times of flooding resulting in less risk to people and infrastructure and ensuring that there is ample room for flooding and river adjustment to occur where the opportunity may exist. It also means that flood recovery may be less expensive and may get people back on their feet more quickly than in past flood events, and that the water resource is not negatively affected and is able to recover on its own.
FEMA Flood Map Updates
Flood Hazard Map Updates
FEMA has begun a new round of updates to Flood Insurance Rate Maps.
The initial Discovery Process is underway or will be starting up in the near future for following watersheds:
Funding Opportunities
Becoming more flood resilient, through restoring, protecting and conserving river corridors and floodplains has several benefits. Avoiding human encroachment in areas susceptible to flooding and erosion mitigates the loss of life and property during floods. River corridors and floodplains also provide important terrestrial and aquatic habitat and help to maintain and improve water quality. Additional incentives for communities to take actions to become more flood resilient include receiving priority rating in several competitive grant programs administered by the Agency of Natural Resour
Vermont Standard River management Principles and Practices
June 12, 2015
This document defines practices and decision-making processes to assist state and federal agencies, municipalities, non profit organizations, and landowners with river management techniques that reduce future flood and erosion risks. This document is needed to break the cycle of flood recovery activities that leave post-flood river channels located near public infrastructure and private property more impacted and more vulnerable to damages from future flooding.
National Flood Insurance Program
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a voluntary program managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Insurance Agency (FIA). The NFIP provides access to federally-backed flood insurance. The NFIP was created by the US congress in 1968 to try to address the rising costs of flood losses and flood-related disaster assistance across the country. The focus of this program is aimed at reducing the impacts of flooding on private and public structures through local community adoption of a minimum set of local land use regulations in FEMA-mapped fl
State Permits
Flood Hazard Area & River Corridor Protection Procedure: Act 250/Section 248 proceedings
Flood Hazard Area & River Corridor Rule: Activities exempt from municipal regulation