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State Chief Resilience Officers: Establishment, Authority & Governance
February 3, 2025
As the human and financial toll of the climate crisis continues to climb, a growing number of jurisdictions are establishing a new role – the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) – to lead pre-disaster planning and risk reduction efforts to build resilience to climate-fueled hazards. Released by the Georgetown Climate Center, State Chief Resilience Officers: Establishment, Authority & Governance explores the position and functioning of Chief Resilience Officers across 12 states and provides recommendations for states considering creating a CRO position.
Related Organizations: Georgetown Climate Center
Author or Affiliated User: joshua saks
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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West Virginia Senate Bill 677 (2023) (Amending the State Resiliency and Flood Plan Protection Act)
May 1, 2023
West Virginia’s Senate Bill 677, enacted May 1, 2023, amended the State Resiliency and Flood Protection Planning Act, which was initially enacted in 2017 to expand the framework for flood resilience and disaster recovery. SB 677 created the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund, affirmed that the State Resiliency Office is responsible for statewide coordination of disaster recovery and resiliency, and legislatively mandated new duties for the State Resiliency Officer.
Related Organizations: State of West Virginia
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund
May 1, 2023
The West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund, established in 2023 by Senate Bill 677, is a special revenue fund established to support financing state Flood Resiliency Plans throughout West Virginia.
Related Organizations: State of West Virginia
Resource Category: Funding
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West Virginia Senate Bill 389 (2021): Relating to State Resiliency Office responsibility to plan for emergency and disaster response, recovery, and resiliency
February 24, 2021
West Virginia Senate Bill 389, enacted in 2021, amended the duties of the State Resiliency Office, which was initially established in 2017 through HB 2935, and formally established a State Resiliency Officer position to lead the Office.
Related Organizations: State of West Virginia
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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EPA: Storm Smart Cities - Integrating Green Infrastructure into Local Hazard Mitigation Plans
March 26, 2018
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers guidance on how green infrastructure could be incorporated into local hazard mitigation plans in this report. The guide is built around a case study of green infrastructure integration efforts in the City of Huntington, West Virginia and the West Virginia Region 2 Planning and Development Area. The green infrastructure described addresses stormwater and will improve water quality and address flooding challenges - bringing greater resilience to climate impacts in Huntington.
Related Organizations: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resource Category: Solutions
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West Virginia House Bill 2935 (2017): Resilience and Flood Protection Plan Act
2017
Enacted in 2017 by the West Virginia legislature, House Bill 2935 established the State Resiliency Office within the West Virginia Department of Commerce, and formed a Joint Legislative Committee on Flooding. The legislation recognized that all 55 counties and 32 major watersheds have been impacted by flooding, resulting in hundreds of deaths and repeated federal disaster declarations.
Related Organizations: State of West Virginia
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Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Certification Program
2017
The Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) Certification Program is a voluntary credential for professionals who design, install and maintain sustainable landscapes in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The goal of the certification program is to certify professionals throughout the watershed who can maintain conservation landscapes that help reduce stormwater runoff, in turn benefiting local residents and ecosystems.
Related Organizations: Wetlands Watch, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, University of Maryland, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Maryland Sea Grant
Resource Category: Education and Outreach
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Central Appalachians Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis: A Report from the Central Appalachians Climate Change Response Framework Project
February 2015
Led by the U. S. Forest Service (USFS)’s Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, this assessment evaluates the climate change vulnerability of forested ecosystems covering 18. 9 million acres in the Central Appalachian Broadleaf Forest-Coniferous Forest-Meadow and Eastern Broadleaf Forest Provinces of Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland. Designed to be a resource for forest managers, the report summarizes the current state of forests in the region including threats and management trends, projected climate impacts, and the results of a climate vulnerability assessment of local tree species and forest ecosystems.
Related Organizations: U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS)
Resource Category: Assessments
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U.S. DOI Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program
2013
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resiliency Competitive Grant Program is supporting projects that reduce communities’ vulnerability to the growing risks from coastal storms, sea level rise, flooding, erosion and associated threats through strengthening natural ecosystems that also benefit fish and wildlife. The program is funded by the 2013 Hurricane Disaster Relief Appropriations Act.
Related Organizations: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)
Resource Category: Funding
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Southeast Regional Assessment Project (SERAP)
December 13, 2010
The Southeast Regional Assessment Project (SERAP) was developed by the Department of Interior's (DOI) National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC). This report defines proposed efforts by SERAP to better integrate and support efforts of the eight DOI NCCWSC Regional Climate Science Centers (RCSCs) and DOI's Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs), optimize ecosystem management decisions, and satisfy overall DOI conservation objectives.
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