Fact Sheet: Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Risk Reduction
(see PDF here).
Event Materials and Recordings
Bridging Conservation and Risk Reduction: Opportunities for Special Districts to Engage in Local Hazard Mitigation Planning (Webinar)
September 9, 2025
In this webinar, an expert panel detailed how special districts can be more engaged in hazard mitigation planning. Panelists provided an overview of the hazard mitigation planning process, discussed the cascading benefits of special district participation, highlighted case studies and practical examples of nature-based hazard mitigation projects that align conservation and risk reduction priorities, and shared creative funding strategies that have emerged from integrated planning partnerships.
The recording and slides are available here.
Disaster and Mitigation Law (ELI Summer School Webinar)
August 12, 2025
In the final installment of it's 2025 Summer School series, ELI hosted a primer on hazard mitigation law and updates on new developments. The expert panel featured Steve Ferryman (Ohio Management Agency), Alessandra Jerolleman (Center on Environment, Land, and Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law), and Gerald Murphy (Center for Land Use Efficiency, University of Florida).
For the full event description and a recording of the webinar, please visit Disaster and Mitigation Law (ELI Summer School, 2025) | Environmental Law Institute.
Bridging Conservation & Hazard Mitigation Planning: A Workshop for Natural Resource Professionals (In-Person Workshop)
August 3, 2025
On August 3, 2025, the Environmental Law Institute convened natural resource professionals, special districts, hazard mitigation planners, and scientists for a full-day workshop at the Hilton Orange County in Costa Mesa, California, preceding the Soil and Water Conservation Society’s Annual Conference.