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Communities Across the State Are Making a Difference
By transforming how floodplains are managed on a landscape scale, Floodplains by Design supports thriving communities and a healthy environment. The heart of this approach is the idea that the most complex problems are solved by helping people work together. Trust is built through structured conversations that give voice to the values of each interest group, and coordinating investments toward local solutions.

From work in the Nooksack Watershed in the north, to the Steigerwald Reconnection Project in the south, east to the Yakima River or out on the coast with the Quileute Tribe, integrated floodplain management is spreading throughout the state, bringing diverse partners together, and leading to multi-benefit outcomes for over 60 communities. These are some of their stories.

Our Stories

Quillayute River Historic Oxbow Project

Nelson Dam Removal & Replacement Project

The North Touchet River Project

FBD Spotlight
Merle Jefferson
Nooksack River

“Funding will offer improved flood protection to the Lummi Indian Reservation and surrounding communities, will offer opportunities to address and meaningfully integrate flood risk reduction with salmon habitat needs and the needs of working floodplains, and will directly support some of the salmon habitat restoration projects necessary to advance the recovery of salmon in the Nooksack River.”

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