Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation

FEMA is soliciting written comments from those agencies, organizations, and individuals regarding the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the Improvement of Utility Systems in the State of North Dakota.

Following a winter storm in 2016, FEMA Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) worked with tribal representatives to repair damage to a 14-foot fiberglass sculpture located on the Lake Traverse Reservation.

FEMA Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) staff worked with state and tribal historic preservation officers and Richmond County officials to repair canal damage sustained from severe weather in 2015. Along with canal repairs, FEMA will fund an additional project through a Building Resilient Infrastructures and Communities (BRIC) grant to build a new water supply intake.

FEMA Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) staff worked with state and local officials and tribal historic officers for repairs to the Manitou Springs Incline Trail in Colorado following severe flooding events in September 2013. The floods impacted 17 counties across the state.

FEMA Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) staff worked with city officials and support staff to combat localized flooding from damaging impacts from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and severe weather events. By implementing nature-based solutions, properties will be protected from flooding, residents will maintain their homes, and investments and the city’s infrastructure remain intact and stronger than the condition prior to the hurricanes.