Welcome to PAFPM’s new website!
The Pennsylvania Association of Floodplain Managers is a statewide organization of floodplain managers, engineers, planners, local, state, and federal officials, and water resource professionals.
The mission of PAFPM is to:
promote public awareness of integrated floodplain management,
serve as a liaison between individuals and groups concerned with floodplain management, and to keep those individuals and groups well informed through educational and professional seminars,
and inform concerned individuals and groups of pending floodplain management legislation, regulation, and related matters in order to advance the effective implementation of floodplain management.
Consider joining as a member or sponsor today!
Save the Date
Weather the Changing Regulatory Landscape While Managing Our Resources.
2025 Annual PAFPM Conference
Hyatt Place – State College, PA
September 15-16, 2025
Conference Registration will open in early June.
Want to get ahead on booking your hotel room? Reserve your discounted room ($124/night) with our reservation block here.
Call for Abstracts
The Call for Abstracts seeks a broad range of submissions that address issues, problems, and solutions associated with collaboration amongst partners as a key to successful floodplain management. We’re looking for:
30 min - 2 hr presentations or interactive workshops
Research summaries to show in a poster
Ideas for field trip/experience
Submit an abstract today to share lessons learned and best practices related to managing and communicating flood risk, making communities more resilient, protecting floodplain and fragile natural resources, and the technical methods used to predict risk, etc.
SUBMISSIONS DUE JULY 11TH, 2025
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