Advancing Best Practices for Flood Resilience

Agricultural lands are disproportionately impacted by flooding in the lower Fraser watershed. With new (and old) tools at their disposal, the agricultural sector can play a crucial role in mitigating flood risk while benefiting farms, ecosystems, and communities when they are supported to do so. Hear from local expert panelists on projects putting these practices into action in the Lower Fraser and around the world. 0:00:00 - Welcome and Overview of the webinar 0:17:36 - Dave Zehnder (Farmland Advantage) overview of farm practices for flood resilience 0:42:12 - Conversation with local farmers Tom Hoogendoorn and Holger Schwichtenberg 0:54:09 - Lara Volgyesi (Rivershed Society of BC) and Kelly Yates (Kwantlen First Nation) on the Foodlands project in the Salmon River 1:20:40 - Q&A with panel and audience This webinar has been organized by Resilient Waters and Watershed Watch Salmon Society as part of our ongoing Designing for Flood Resilience Webinar Series.

Restoration and Research on Fish Passage at Flood Control Structure in the Lower Fraser watershed. Topics include: 0:00:00 - Welcome, Introduction, and Poll 0:05:43 - Connected Waters Update (Lina Azeez, Watershed Watch Salmon Society) 0:21:58 - Identifying Opportunities and Restoration Update (Patrick Lilley, Kerr Wood Leidal) 0:38:04 - Fish and Water Quality Assessments of 20 Sites (Mike Pearson, Pearson Ecological) 1:01:01 - Fish Passage at Pumpstations Research (Scott Hinch, UBC Pacific Salmon Lab) 1:19:24 - Fish Passage at Floodgates Research (Zack Sherker, UBC Pacific Salmon Lab) 1:47:14 - Lower Fraser Floodplains Coalition Updates (Deb Carlson, West Coast Environmental Law)

This workshop hosted on May 30th 2024 focused on innovative bank stabilization techniques that lead to flood resilience. 0:00:00 - Opening and Welcome 0:12:34 - Natashia Cox - Director of Fraser Valley Watersheds Coalition 0:28:25 - Steve Clegg - SAY Lands Stewardship Manager 0:43:37 - Mike Gallant - Kerr Wood Leidel Water Resources Engineer 0:58:15 - Q&A and Closing About the workshop series We believe that communities of the Lower Fraser watershed deserve a flood resilient future and that we can do it better by working together. We are bringing experts from diverse perspectives to share and create solutions to intersecting issues of flood risk, land use, food security, climate change, salmon loss, and ecosystem health.

The insurance sector has the potential to play a critical role in flood resilience and adaptation planning for the Lower Fraser River & Delta. Learn about some of the key issues the insurance sector is considering such as nature-based solutions, insuring flood-prone areas, and other flood resilience options in a changing climate. Hear from panelists: • Jason Thistlethwaite - University of Waterloo • Lucas Neufeld - BC Financial Services Authority • Craig Stewart - Insurance Bureau of Canada • John Russell - Westland Insurance • Ray Montieth - HUB International They'll also discuss how a new National Flood Insurance Program may shift the role of the insurance industry for flood protection and climate adaptation in the Lower Fraser River. This webinar has been organized by Resilient Waters, Ducks Unlimited Canada / The Nature Force, Partners For Action (University of Waterloo), Watershed Watch Salmon Society, and WWF-Canada, with funding support from REFBC, BC SRIF, Co-operators, and Farm Mutual Re 0:00:00 Intro 0:12:18 - Jason Thistlethwaite - University of Waterloo 0:24:22 - Lucas Neufeld - BC Financial Services Authority 0:35:26 - Craig Stewart - Insurance Bureau of Canada 0:59:50 - John Russell - Westland Insurance 1:10:36 - Ray Montieth - HUB International 1:22:26 - Panelist discussion and Q&A

Our first in a series of workshops dedicated to creating better flood infrastructure for the future of the Lower Mainland. Our first workshop is all about floodgates throughout their lifecycle from planning, design, manufacturing, construction, operations, maintenance, and monitoring. This workshop was hosted on April 13th, 2023 0:00 - Welcome and Overview of the day 12:47 - City of Surrey's Matt Osler - Surrey's floodgates and framing the issue 34:45 - Solutions presentation 45:55 - Report out from Solutions Breakout Groups 1:02:05 - Closing and Next Steps

A panel conversation about integrated floodplain management done "the Washington Way" with Floodplains for the Future initiative in Pierce County. A cross-sector interdisciplinary panel who are working together to unite the interests of communities, agriculture, and salmon in order to transform floodplain management in the Puyallup Watershed in Washington State. Panelists include: Bob Carey - Floodplains by Design with The Nature Conservancy Kathleen Berger - Floodplains for the Future Coordinator Mike Poteet - Pierce County Agriculture Planner Anne-Marie Marshall-Dody – Pierce County Floodplain and Watershed Services Manager Isabel Ragland - Pierce Conservation District, FFtF Adaptive Management Program Lead Helmut Schmidt- Pierce County Floodplain Services Supervisor Kristin Williamson – Salmon Restoration Biologist, South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group Chapters 0:00 Welcome from Chief Harley Chappel of Semiahmoo First Nation 12:44 Emergency Planning Secretariat and Agenda 22:04 Presentation from Bob Carey, Flooplains by Design 37:02 Kathleen Berger on Floodplains for the Future 51:52 Panel Conversation with Floodplains for the Future group

Presentations from speakers from around the world, focusing on making fish passage possible past Flood Gates and Pump Stations. Presenters included: • Ernie Victor - Fisheries Manager at Sto:lo Research and Resource Management Centre • Dave Scott - PhD candidate - University of British Columbia / Raincoast Conservation Foundation • Dr. Jon Bolland - Researcher - University of Hull International Fisheries Institute (England) • Dr. Paul Franklin - Freshwater Ecologist, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (New Zealand) • Ben Griffioen - Researcher, Waginengen University (Netherlands) • Carrie Baron, Drainage Manager - City of Surrey, Canada Unfortunately does not include our welcome from Ernie Victor of Cheam First Nation. This solutions workshop series is coordinated and hosted by the Resilient Waters project of Tides Canada Shared Platform. Thanks to our funders BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund and Pacific Salmon Foundation. Find out more from our website at www.resilientwaters.ca.

Our second in a series of workshops dedicated to designing for flood resilience in the Lower Mainland. This workshop focused on in-stream barriers including the use of planning tools to prioritize which barriers and streams to focus work, and how best to address those barriers to maximize multiple benefits including but not limited to flood resilience, salmon habitat, and asset management. 0:00:00 - Opening and Welcome 00:20:16 - Eddie Gardner (Skwah FN) & Ernie Victor (Cheam FN), Vision and plans to restore the Camp Hope Slough system 0:39:27 - Jason Nuckols (Oregon Tide Gates Partnership / The Nature Conservancy Oregon) - Tide Gate Prioritization Tool 1:08:22 - Liana Ayach (City of Surrey SHaRP) on piloting a multidisciplinary approach to barrier assessments and stream/barrier prioritization 1:23:30 - Riley Finn (UBC Conservation Decision Lab & Raincoast) - Barrier Prioritization Research for the Lower Fraser 1:38:30 - Panel Conversation 1:46:46 - Stream Barrier Prioritization Activity and Discussion About the workshop series We believe that communities of the Lower Fraser watershed deserve a flood resilient future and that we can do it better by working together. We are bringing experts from diverse perspectives to share and create solutions to intersecting issues of flood risk, land use, food security, climate change, salmon loss, and ecosystem health. With recent announcements of infrastructure funding and government commitment to flood resilient communities, there is a rich opportunity to learn from one another, build efficiencies of scale, and create an engaged community across disciplines, sectors, and ways of knowing to ensure that we all thrive.