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Multi-Objective Approaches to Floodplain Management on a Watershed Basis Ecosystem Valuation Methods REVISED DRAFT May 2005  In Memory of Andy Lee Whose Vision For A Wise And Proactive Floodplain Management Was Only Exceeded By His Love Of Family, Friends And Colleagues Andy Lee (center bottom row) and DWR Floodplain Management Branch with ASFPM Tom Lee Award for Excellence for Pro-Active Floodplain Management Program (Summer 2000) PREFACE In October of 1997 the California Department of Water Resources was awarded an EPA Wetlands Protection Development Grant to develop strategies and procedures that will encourage local governments to implement a multi-objective approach to floodplain management on a watershed basis. This federalstate costshared study has three distinct components. The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the California Department of Water Resources have already completed the first--the addition of a separate floodplain management optional element to the State General Plan Guidelines (Appendix C) in November of 1998. The objective of this appendix is to assist local agencies identify flood prone areas within their communities and make appropriate land use decisions for those areas. The second and most complex component is the development of an economic framework for estimating the benefits and costs of multi-objective floodplain management proposals. The framework addresses a growing concern among floodplain management officials that, for a variety of technical and institutional reasons, economic analyses tend to favor the selection of single-purpose “flood control” solutions rather than multi-purpose proposals that are more likely to include environmental benefits. This framework will enhance traditional benefit/cost analysis by incorporating (1) methods for valuing natural floodplain environmental and societal benefits and (2) recommendations on how to achieve