Missouri Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association

04/01/2026

Call for Abstracts!

The MfSMA Annual Conference will be held October 14th - 16th at Lodge of Four Seasons (new site!) in Lake Ozark, Missouri. Please submit your abstract at the link below before the May 15th deadline.

Also, I hear they are bringing back the Halloween Costume contest!

More information to come.

02/16/2026

Check out the EWRI Spring Symposium and plan to attend on March 6th in St. Louis.

Don't forget to register for the Spring Symposium by Friday, February 27th! Click this link to register: https://lnkd.in/g2VM_FWB See below for more details! EWRI Spring Symposium "Water, Water Everywhere" Date: Friday, March 6th Time: 8am - 4:30pm Location: Sinquefield State Room (4th Floor DuBourg...

09/19/2025

We would like to shout out a big THANK YOU to our exhibitors and sponsors for helping us provide a terrific conference!

09/19/2025

Our final plenary session this morning discusses the key drivers of multi-benefit floodplain restoration projects (MO Resource Assessment Partnership and Biohabitats).

09/18/2025

One of the final sessions for the day:

Phil Blonn with HR Green is sharing Pinellas County, FL hurricane response and resulting substantial damages in 2024.

09/18/2025

Our afternoon sessions start with:

The St. Louis MSD sharing their optimization pilot project for the MSD’s North Pointe Basin and

EDM and Wright Water Engineers discussing withstanding nature’s power while engineering a road at the confluence of America’s mightiest rivers.

09/18/2025

We are excited to welcome Brian Varrella with CDOT Region 4 as our Keynote Speaker today to learn about flash flooding after wildfires.

09/18/2025

We recognize Dan Howard with the city of Fenton with our George Reidel award for outstanding floodplain management in the state of Missouri.

09/18/2025

We recognize Karen McHugh with SEMA for all of her years of service to the state and our organization.

09/18/2025

Conference Session 2:

Great River Engineering is explaining stormwater design using an O&M based approach.

Andrew Schiller with MO Geological Survey is discussing how we are building the Missouri Stream gauge Network.

Rebeccah Croft with Atkinson Realis is leading our Elevation Certificate Workskop.

09/18/2025

Derek Hoeferlin with Washington University is kicking off our second conference day talking about the need for a watershed architecture.

09/17/2025

Session 1 continued:

Stephen Noe with WSP drove the flood insurance bus into the flooding beyond the NFIP 1%.

Brian Rast with Stantec evaluated nature-based solutions using 2D modeling.

Jim Plassmeyer with the MDNR Soil and Water Conservation Program discussed hypoxia education and outreach.