Integrated Floodplain Management

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• Watershed Characterization Mapper
• The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
• PRISM Project Search
• Washington Coastal Atlas
• WDFW's Salmonscape Map

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IFM was initially championed by The Nature Conservancy leading to the development of the Floodplains By Design program in Washington State. It aimed to develop multi-purpose Funding mechanisms that support multiple needs of Floodplains, particularly around Salmon Recovery, Flood Hazard Management and Agriculture. The Northwest Regional Floodplain Management Association is an important nexus for exploration of IFM, along with the federal, state and local actors involved in flood hazard management. A set of prototype efforts have emerged, often led by Counties which have the capacity and liability infrastructure to implement floodplain management.

Notes

• File:Wright 2021 integrated floodplain management puget sound.pdf provides a set of lessons learned in Puget Sound River Deltas.

IFM Workgroups

• Floodplains by Design
• Floodplains Local and Regional Exchange (disbanded)
• Floodplains for the Future in the Puyallup-White Watershed
• Nooksack Floodplain Integrated Management Planning in Whatcom County
• Skagit Farm, Fish and Flood Initiative focused on the Skagit Delta
• Snohomish Sustainable Lands Strategy also Snohomish Community Floodplain Solutions with prototyping in the Skykomish Watershed
• Snoqualmie Farm, Fish and Flood Initiative in the Snoqualmie Watershed in King County
• Yakima Integrated Plan is an important state program in the Columbia Basin

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