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Natural & Beneficial Functions

Eileen Shader, CFM
American Rivers
Rebecca Pfeiffer, CFM
VT Agency of Natural Resources802-490-6157

The primary mission of the Natural and Beneficial Functions Committee is to promote within the public at large, policy makers and association the natural and ecological benefits and functions of our floodplains to reduce flood losses, enhance public safety and enhance the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of our communities. The committee will pursue this mission through the promotion and support of education, policies and activities that protect the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains.

Committee Information
ASFPM Natural and Beneficial Functions Committee Status Report 2020

Policy Committee Work Plan: Natural and Beneficial Functions Committee 2018-2019

ASFPM Natural and Beneficial Functions Committee Status Report 2017-2018

Policy Committee Work Plan: Natural and Beneficial Functions Committee 2017-2018

2016-2017 Work Plan (2017)

ASFPM Natural and Beneficial Functions Committee Status Report 2017

ASFPM Natural and Beneficial Functions Committee Status Report 2016

Policy Committee Work Plan: Natural and Beneficial Functions Committee 2015-2016

ASFPM Natural and Beneficial Functions Committee Status Report 2015

Conference Call Notes
Notes from Natural & Beneficial Function Committee Call Aug. 14, 2019
Feature/Documents
ASFPM submits comments on EPA proposed rule CWA “scope of waters”

Reconnecting Rivers to Floodplains: Returning natural functions to restore rivers and benefit communities (American Rivers, Spring 2016)

Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Floodplain Protection Activities in Waterbury, Vermont and Willsboro, New York, Lake Champlain Basin, U.S.A.

The true costs of floods and how Vermont can limit its vulnerability by Barry Cahoon, recently retired program manager of the Vermont Rivers Program. (9/14)

Shifting the Paradigm for the 21st Century: Protecting and Restoring the Natural Resources and Functions of Floodplains

International Green Construction Code (IgCC) Revision Process

Committee Call Notes, 1/30/14

Resource Guide to Federal Climate Adaptation Programs for State Fish & Wildlife Agencies

Natural Floodplain Function Alliance (NFFA)

Health Watersheds Integrated Assessments Workshop Synthesis

ASFPM Comments on Proposed Nationwide Permits (4/11) – RE: Docket # COE‐2010‐0035; ZRIN 0710‐ZA05

TNC – The Active River Area

ESA Model Ordinance “Draft” (1/10) – Model Ordinance for Floodplain Management under the National Flood Insurance Program and the Endangered Species Act

Strategic Plan Evaluation CRS Credit for Protecting Natural Floodplain Functions

Economics
A New View of the Puget Sound Economy

An Ecological Economic Assessment of King County’s Flood Hazard Management Plan

Putting A Price On Riparian Corridors As Water Treatment Facilities

ASFPM White Papers
ASFPM Riverine Erosion Hazards White Paper

Natural and Beneficial Floodplain Functions: Floodplain Management-More than Flood Loss Reduction

Links
Integrating Green and Gray: Creating Next Generation Infrastructure

Natural Floodplain Function Alliance

American Rivers Article – Weathering Change: Policy Reforms that Cost Less and Make Communities Safer

Innovative Program Connects Wastewater Utilities and Nature-Article

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