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Ecosystem Restoration Project

A project primarily intended to bring back or improve the natural features and functions of a water area or floodplain, like a river or wetland.

Aquatic Resource

Any body of water, such as a river, stream, lake, pond, or wetland, and the surrounding land that directly affects it.

Floodplain

Flat land next to a river or stream that is likely to flood when the water level rises.

Base Flood Elevation (BFE)

The expected height floodwaters will reach during a 100-year flood (a flood with a 1% chance of happening in any given year).

Regulatory Floodway

A designated area within a floodplain that must be kept clear of obstructions to allow floodwaters to pass, often with strict rules about building or altering land.

Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014

A federal law that made changes to the National Flood Insurance Program, affecting flood insurance rates and how flood maps are used.