Clean Water & Flood Resilience Recap: 2025 Bill Outcomes
Virginia Conservation Network advocated for 25 bills this General Assembly session that protect communities from flooding, reduce toxic pollution in water, reduce plastic litter, and more.
Bill of the Day: Investing in Flood Resilience and Preparedness
Virginia need a reliably resourced, coordinated, and comprehensive approach to flood preparedness and resilience.
Supporting Flood Victims of Tropical Storm Helene
Our Partners at Appalachian Voices are compiling a Hurricane Helene relief page that shares details about efforts to relief to impacted areas.
Flood Resilience in Appalachia Federal Policy Recommendations
ReImagine Appalachia, Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, and the National Wildlife Federation released their Flood Resilience in Appalachia Federal Policy Recommendations, detailing a four-pillar flood resilience policy roadmap for Appalachia.
Report: Integrating Nature-Based Solutions & Risk Management
Engineering With Nature recently released a report that explores recommendations for incorporating nature-based solutions (NBS) into risk models, insurance coverage policies, and resilience financing.
Wetland and Water Protection Resource Guide
The Biden Administration recently released a resource guide, which includes input from several federal agencies, to serve as a resource for Tribes, states, territories, local governments, private land owners, and nongovernmental organizations to advance wetland and water resource protection.
Bay Act Resiliency Guidance
DEQ has updated the Bay Act resiliency guidance along with updated examples. A model ordinance, locality implementation checklist, resiliency assessment template, adaptation measure checklist, and nature-based adaptation measure list are also available.
Map: Analysis of Federal Wetlands Protection
Our Partners at EDF have developed a map exploring the potential loss of federal wetlands protections after the 2023 Supreme Court case, Sackett v EPA.
Bill of the Day: Statewide Flood Planning
Virginia needs additional capacity to successfully leverage and distribute flood resilience funds to reduce flood risk throughout the state.