Current Newsletters - Floodplain Management Today

• July 2025:   Gov. Pillen Creates a New State Agency: Department of Water, Energy, and Environment;  Success Stories: Outreach Strategies in City of Pierce and Cass County; Dry Floodproofing: How Kenesaw is Protecting Their Newest Landmark; Floodplain Management Division Experiences "The Big Easy" at the ASFPM Conference; New Story Map on Substantial Damage Published; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities.
• April 2025:  Use the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) to Help Your Community Rebuild; A Powerful New Map for Floodplain Administrators; Planning for the Substantial Damage Assessment Process; You Can Protect Endangered Species with the NFIP; Press Release Template; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities.
• January 2025:  NeDNR Hosts Third Annual Nebraska Floodplain Conference; New Model Ordinance; Class Offer: L0273 "Managing Floodplain Development Through the National Flood Insurance Program"; Floodplain Administrator Spotlight: Leann Sato of Scottsbluff
• October 2024:   Celebrating New CRS Communities: Waterloo and Waverly; Floodplain Model Roadshow: Scotts Bluff; Meet Your Floodplain Management Team; NeDNR Presents at NeFSMA 2024; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities.
• July 2024: Floodplain Changes Threaten Nebraska's State Tree; Fun Had by All at the Nebraska Children's Groundwater Festival; Three Things to Know about New HUD FFRMS Rule; Two Exciting Announcements; New Community Boundaries? Be Sure to Let FEMA Know; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities
• April 2024:  5 Years Later: A Reflection on the 2019 Flood; You Can Protect Endangered Species with the NFIP; Floodplainers Network in Broken Bow; 2024 CRS Symposium Comes to Omaha; Regulating Your Floodplain Using 2D Data; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities
• January 2024:  Floodplain Administrator Spotlight: Joel Hansen, City of Wayne; Features of the New Elevation Certificate; Flood Insurance Discount Tool; Scholarship Opportunity; Wayne Open House; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities
• October 2023:  Floodplain Storage: Safe or Risky?; There's a New Model in Town; NeRFF is Launched; BRIC and FMA NOFO Released; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities
• July 2023:  View Flooding in Real Time Across Nebraska; Biodiversity Spotlight: Eastern Black Rail; Nebraska's Business Plan; Flood Risks Increase After Fires; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities
• April 2023:  NEMA, USACE, NDEE, and NGPC Come Together for Lexington Event; Permitting Non-Structural Development; Bring Floodplain Education to Your Event or Classroom; Tips for Stronger BRIC Grant Applications; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities
• January 2023:  Your Questions Answered; Administrator Spotlight: Mike Jensen, Cass County; Floodplain Development Permitting; Biodiversity Spotlight: Western Prairie Fringed Orchid; Meet Your Floodplain Management Team; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities
• October 2022:  NeDNR Prepares Real-time Flooding Interactive Map in Response to 2019 Flood Event; Silver Jackets Team Releases Mitigation Project Interactive Map; Appropriate Uses of State Determined BFEs; 2022 State Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan and You; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities
• July 2022:  2022 NeFSMA Annual Conference is Here; Floodplain Management Section to De-Obligate Work; IMMERSED Comes to NeFSMA!; FEMA Discount Explanation Guide; Flood Risk Mapping Project Priority Areas; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities
• April 2022:  Substantial Damage: The Bane of Our Existence, OR the Key to Our Resilience; Accessory Structure FAQ for FPAs; Biodiversity Spotlight: Piping Plover; Attend an Open House Near You; NeDNR Floodplain Management's Business Plan Update
• February 2022:  Getting Started in CRS; NeDNR's Updated BFE Request Webpage; Tips for New and Experienced Floodplain Administrators
• October 2021:  Nebraska Silver Jackets Recognized as Team of the Year; New Interactive Maps for Risk Rating 2.0; NeDNR's Updated Flood Insurance Webpage; CFM Exam Online
• July 2021:  NeFSMA's Floodplain Management Workshop; Risk Rating 2.0 Is Coming: What We Know So Far; NeDNR Launches Statewide Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities
• April 2021:  Nebraska's Business Plan; Before and After Disaster Strikes: A New Handbook for Floodplain Administrators; Updates to Technical Bulletin 3: Non-Residential Floodproofing - Requirements and Certification; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities
• January 2021:  New Rules for Agricultural and Accessory Structures in Your SFHA; Clerks Institute and Academy Goes Virtual; Meet Your Floodplain Management Team; Upcoming Events and Educational Opportunities