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Donald Moynihan, Associate Professor of Public Affairs and a WAGE Affiliate, has won a prestigious Baldwin grant for a symposium that will focus on improving state policies before the next disaster and providing better information on everything from hydrology to climate change and intergovernmental collaboration.

Legislators, state agencies, local government, emergency government officials, floodplain managers, developers, homeowners and others will want to attend this free daylong symposium that will explore answers to these and other questions.

What are the policy lessons to be learned? Are these the same lessons that were proposed in the aftermath of the 1993 Midwest floods?

What factors led to the location of property in risky locations? How can such risk be mitigated?

What are the public health risks associated with flooding?

What were the broad implications of the 2008 flooding for Wisconsin’s agriculture and the economy?

What role does the nonprofit sector play in responding to such disasters?

What do we need to know to better plan?