Affiliated Resources
Mary-Carson Stiff is affiliated with the following resources in the Adaptation Clearinghouse.
Flood Protection Pay-Offs: A Local Government Guide to the Community Rating System
March 2017
This comprehensive guide to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS) is compiled by Wetlands Watch. The NFIP CRS program provides flood insurance discounts, of up to 45%, to constituents within a localities where local governments pursue activities that mitigate flood risks. The guide is meant to help local governments determine which practices may earn credit under the CRS program, what adjustments they may need to make to receive credit, and if funding opportunities are available to assist local governments in meeting credit requirements.
Related Organizations: Wetlands Watch
Author or Affiliated User: Mary-Carson Stiff
Resource Category: Solutions
Sea Level Rise Adaptation Guide - Virginia
This comprehensive, web-based guide from Wetlands Watch compiles sea level rise adaptation resources for local governments in coastal Virginia. The guide includes numerous case studies, both from Virginia and other coastal communities of the United States. It also highlights funding opportunities, costs and benefits of different approaches to adaptation, flags adaptation approaches eligible for receiving credit through the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System, and explores means of public engagement.
Related Organizations: Wetlands Watch
Authors or Affiliated Users: Mary-Carson Stiff, Ross Weaver
Resource Category: Planning
The Challenge of Mitigating Virginia’s Flooding and Sea Level Rise Impacts
November 2014
This report outlines potential flood risk within Hampton Roads, Virginia, finding nearly $431,000,000 in pending costs to fix flood-damaged structures. The study also found that, at current rates of hazard mitigation payments from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), it would take between 78-188 years to clear a backlog of flood-damaged property needs. Given this situation, Wetlands Watch suggests using revolving loan funds to meet the sea level rise adaptation needs in coastal Virginia.
Related Organizations: Wetlands Watch
Authors or Affiliated Users: Skip Stiles, Shareen Hughes, Mary-Carson Stiff, Shannon Hulst
Resource Category: Solutions
