massFM EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Annual Conference 2024 Save the Date and Call for Abstracts
massFM is excited to announce our 5th Annual massFM Conference will be held on October 30, 2024, at the Hogan Center at Holy Cross in Worcester. To sign up and get more information go to our events page at https://massfm23.wildapricot.org/events.
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Members only “Lunch & Learn” Meetings
Members only “Lunch & Learn” meetings will be held every other month on Thursdays at noon. A notification will be sent out prior to our next Lunch & Learn meeting.
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Our next scheduled meeting is on November 14, 2024 noon ET.
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​Title: NOAA's update to the National Tidal Datum Epoch
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Description:
Maintained by NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), the National Tidal Datum Epoch (NTDE) is the collection of water level observations over a 19-year period to generate a set of tidal datums. NTDE incorporates data from 2,000+ coastal water level stations. Updating this reference period will ensure the Nation’s tidal datums are based on recent data and provides a common reference frame to account for long-term effects of land movement, sea level rise and changes in tidal constituents. Accurate tidal datums are critical for federal, state, and private-sector coastal zone activities, including navigation, storm warning, and marine boundary determination.
After 2026, CO-OPS will replace the existing 1983-2001 NTDE. The new 2002-2020 NTDE will include the CO-OPS repository of permanent real-time and historic stations with available data. New datum automation procedures will generate new NTDE products more efficiently to deliver the update on schedule.
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Speaker:
Letty Cass is a Stakeholder Engagement and Training Specialist under contract at NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS). She primarily works within technical assistance and stakeholder services to create learning products related to water levels, flooding, and coastal hazards.
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Katie Fitzenreiter is an Oceanographer at NOAA's National Ocean Service within the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS). Her work primarily focuses on the computation, analysis, and maintenance of tidal & geodetic datums, and related products.
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PAST EVENTS:
The massFM 2023 Annual Conference was held on October 23, 2023.
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MassFM 2022 Annual Conference (our first in-person conference) on October 13, 2022. Event details can be downloaded at: 2022 Annual Conference Details.
MassFM Annual Conference 2021: Climate Data Update: Evaluating Rising Risks (held October 21, 2021). The event flyer can be downloaded at: Annual Conference Flyer.
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Elevation Certificate Virtual Workshop (Friday October 23, 2020)
massFM First Annual Meeting (held on October 22, 2020) including annual conference training and and annual conference keynote panel.
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Exclusive Webinar: Floodplain Design, Construction + Impacts on Flood Insurance (held on May 13, 2020)
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massFM/NMCOG Floodplain Management Workshop: Tewskbury, MA (held on October 10, 2019):
Presentations:
A Brief Overview on Impacts of Climate Change and why Floodplain Management Matters
FEMA Flood Studies and Maps - Letters of Map Change
Flood Insurance and Mitigation
NFIP Basics in Massachusetts
Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program
MEMA HMA Briefing
2018 MA State Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan
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massFM Kickoff Tour: Springfield, MA (held on April 11, 2019)
Presentations:
The Stream Crossings Explorer
Substantial Improvement Practices
Fluvial-Geomorphology and Flood Risk Management
Post-disaster Responsibilities of Local Officials
massFM Kickoff Event (held on Nov. 8, 2018):
Presentations:
No Adverse Impact - A Common Sense Strategy for Floodplain Management
Historic Structures in the Floodplain - Mitigation and Compliance
Post-disaster Responsibilities of Local Floodplain Administrators
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