PUBLIC INPUT WANTED AS BROWN COUNTY UPDATES HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN

The Brown County Office of Emergency Management is working with U-Spatial at the University of Minnesota-Duluth to update the county’s Hazard Mitigation Plan which assesses natural hazards that pose risk to the county like flooding, tornadoes, windstorms, winter storms, extreme temperatures, wildfire and drought.  The county wants to hear from you if you are a resident, community leader, business owner, area agency or organization to share how severe weather events impact their property and lives.  There will also be an opportunity to share their ideas on how to reduce local impacts in the future.  Some examples of Hazard Mitigation include conducting public outreach on severe weather awareness and preparedness, improving stormwater management systems to better handle high-rain events, removing existing buildings from flood or erosion prone hazard areas and increasing defensible space around homes in high-rish wildfire areas.  Some mitigation activities may be eligible for future FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant funding.  You can find out more by calling the Brown County Emergency Management Director at 507-233-6700 or going to the Brown County website.