Course Welcome

Welcome to the Executive Orders (EOs) 11988 and 11990: Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands course. 

This course is designed to introduce you to floodplain management and protection of wetlands terms and concepts used in implementation of Executive Orders 11988 and 11990.  This course will:

  • Define key terms and concepts used in floodplain management and protection of wetlands
  • Discuss the value of protecting floodplains and wetlands
  • List key events and legislation in floodplain management and protection of wetlands
  • Differentiate between Federal, State, and local roles in floodplain management and protection of wetlands
  • Generate a FIRMette to gather floodplain data using the FEMA Map Service Center
  • Generate a wetlands map using the USFWS Wetland's Mapper

 

A flooded floodplain
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This course should take approximately 4 hours to complete. You must complete each lesson entirely to receive credit.