MAFSM was organized in 2004 to:

• Provide educational opportunities and dissemination of general and technical information to individuals concerned with sound floodplain and stormwater management,
• Promote public awareness of sound floodplain and stormwater management and the linkages between them,
• Encourage the exchange of information, ideas, experiences, etc., among the practitioners of floodplain and stormwater management,
• Promote the professional status of floodplain and stormwater managers,
• Inform and provide technical information relative to legislation pertinent and necessary to the effective implementation of sound floodplain and stormwater management practices, and
• Promote environmentally sound solutions to floodplain and stormwater problems.

The Maryland Association of Floodplain and Stormwater Managers (MAFSM) provides educational opportunities and dissemination of general and technical information to individuals involved in furthering sound floodplain and stormwater management decisions. MAFSM promotes the professional status of floodplain and stormwater managers and encourages the exchange of information, ideas, and experiences among the practitioners of floodplain and stormwater management. The Association is organized exclusively for charitable, educational or scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501 c (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.