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The Nebraska Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association (NeFSMA) is an active organization of over 100 members representing over 50 organizations. NeFSMA pursues multiple purposes including: 1.)promote public awareness of floodplain and stormwater management; 2.) promote the professional status of floodplain and stormwater management and secure all benefits resulting there from; 3.) promote cooperation and information exchange between individuals and entities concerned with floodplain and stormwater management; 4.) keep individuals concerned with floodplain and stormwater management well informed through educational and professional seminars and to provide a method for dissemination of information, both general and technical; 5.) inform and educate concerned individuals of pending floodplain or stormwater legislation, funding and other related management matters. Please browse our website to learn more about NeFSMA at www.nefsma.net. If you are interested in joining, either contact one of the board members or complete the membership form.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

NeFSMA/NDNR 3rd Annual Conference - Topics

What Conference Themes are you most interested in learning at the 3rd Annual NeFSMA Conference on June 23, 2011.  Polls close March 11th to submit your vote on our Blog!  If there is something specific you are thinking would be a great idea, leave a comment in on this post!

You can vote in our informal poll for the Conference Themes that you have the most interest in.  Just navigate to nefsma.blogspot.com and look on the left side of the screen under the Feedburner.  You can make multiple selections depending on your interest.  When you submit your vote you can see what others have already selected. 

We are currently soliciting abstracts from possible speakers.  The information in this poll will help us make the decision about filling our agenda.

Also, don't forget that you can submit a name for our quarterly newsletter here or by emailing Lori Laster.  We will be done taking ideas soon.

NeFSMA/NDNR 3rd Annual Conference - Call for Abstracts

The embeded images below provide the information you will need to submit an abstract for the June 23rd Conference.  The event has consistently drawn attendance around 100 each year and we expect a similar turn out again.  The abstract submittal process is simple and straight forward.  Please get your information to us by the end of March.

Friday, February 25, 2011

FPF (Floodplain Fridays) 2/25/2011

And as usual, people will read this map and assume we will not get floods in Nebraska this Spring.

Preparing for spring flooding
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

LB683 Committee Hearing Date - 3/10/2011

The Natural Resources Committee of the Nebraska Legislature will hold a hearing on LB683 which would establish a Stormwater Management Commission.  The hearing is scheduled for March 10 in Room 1525.  It is last item on the agenda that starts at 1:30.  The link below will take you to the February 22 Legislative Journal which printed the notice on page 619.

http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Journal/r1day32.pdf

And here is a link to the site we are following to get updates.

http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=12829

Friday, February 18, 2011

OWH Article

An article from the OWH detailing some of the challenges associated with funding the City of Omaha's CSO Program.

Will sewer fees push some out? - Omaha.com

NeFSMA does not support or oppose any current legislative issues.