South Carolina’s Progress Towards Statewide Resilience with Alex Butler

On this episode, we are joined by Alex Butler, the resilience planning director for the South Carolina Office of Resilience (SCOR). Liz and Alex dive into the history and purpose of SCOR as well as the contents and recommendations included in their recently released Statewide Resilience and Risk Reduction Plan. Alex also shares how SCOR is using nature-based solutions to address flooding and other hazards and describes specific projects and next steps to enhance community resilience across the state. For more information on the Strategic Statewide Resilience and Risk Reduction Plan, visit SCOR's Resilience Planning page. Decoding acronyms: SCOR - South Carolina Office of Resilience HUD - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development CDBG-DR - Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery CDBG-MIT - Community Development Block Grant Mitigation ARPA - American Rescue Plan -- Conversing with Nature is hosted by Dr. Liz Fly, edited by Nicole Pehl, and produced by The Nature Conservancy. Original music provided by Matt Williams, cover art designed by Amy Nguyen, and funding provided by Honda. To learn more, visit www.naturebasedexchange.org or on Instagram @naturebasedexchange.