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<br />. Support your staff by making sure they get the special training they need and by <br />letting them know what is expected of them. <br />The "action items" described in this chapter are listed in the Checklist for Address- <br />ing Your Community's Flood Problems, found at the end of this document. <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br /> <br />MANAGING THE WHOLE WATERSHED Ideally, flooding and floodplains are <br />managed at the watershed level, A watershed is all the land area that drains to a <br />specific location along a stream or to a water body. Activities that result in runoff <br />anywhere within the watershed can increase the incidence and magnitude of floods, <br />with dire consequences for those downstream. You should try, therefore, to reduce <br /> <br />p age 19 <br /> <br />SEVERAL FEDERAL AND STATE <br />assistance programs require that <br />your community has adopted <br />plans for corwus aspects of jWod. <br />plain management. MIke your <br />plans "count" for as many <br />programs as possible by rowing <br />funding agencies review them. <br />