Collaboration is at the heart of floodplains By Heather Cole The moment was clear, March 5th, 2020, during our regular Culture and Capacity (C&C) Action Group meeting. Part of that meeting was to plan the Floodplains by Design in-person spring gathering. At that...
Leadership Update By Bob Carey Dear Floodplains by Design Partners, We want to celebrate with you the achievement of a significant milestone in the Floodplains by Design (FbD) program. As of February 2021, Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), under the direction...
A Tale of Three Meetings Learning the ins and outs of online collaboration " Photo: Keith Lazelle This spring, the Floodplains by Design Culture & Capacity group hosted five Virtual Coffee sessions on Zoom that focused how to shift in person meetings to an...
By Heather Cole, TNC Community Relations Manager Taking on the challenge of how we re-imagine and re-design our rivers and floodplain systems is no easy task. But in just six years, Floodplains by Design (FbD) has taken on this challenge and changed a siloed approach...
By Jordan Jobe, WSU Puyallup In the Spring of 2018, myself – Jordan Jobe (WSU Puyallup), Kristin Williamson (South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group) and Harold Smelt (Pierce County Surface Water Management) participated in a Floodplains by Design...
By Heather Cole, Community Relations Manager Integrated floodplain management takes patience, persistence and challenges our current paradigm to floodplain management. Floodplain Leaders- local practitioners that are engaged in doing integrated floodplain management,...
