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<br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Miligation - To Reduce or Eliminate Adverse Effects <br />One of the primary goals of 1()(aL ~L.ltl' and fl,--fL'ra] tkll.xipl.lin man.1gl'fS and <br />L'ml'rp.'l1c)' managl'P.' i:-. to R'tillCl' or dimill.lte the l'ttt'cts \It natural h.v-<ln.:ls such <br />a~ tlooding, hUrriG1J1l~, tomadot's, winter ~t(lml~, wildfin.-s, de on communities, <br />natillnwidl'. Efill~ to .1chil'\"l.' and impll'nll'nt mitigation tL'chniquL's, appmachl's, <br />,1n..1 Sll(Cl~~~ han' bt.'l'11 .Kti\-l'Iy undeTw,w in Ull' Unitt'l.i Stall'S for O\'l'r two <br />, . <br /> <br />decades. Cl'l\lt ~tridl'S han' Pt.'l'll made, lin>s 5.wt'd .md pn1pt.'rty damagl-' ,woili- <br />ed by nUn1l'mll~ mmmunitil':' am~~ the Us. ~h)f{.' often than nnt, thl.':'(' <br />,lChil'\'l'ml'lll'i han' bt't'Jl madl' following dl'\'a~t.ltillg disasters, when afil'ctl'li <br />[or,ll Offili.l[~ Jnd thl' general public reali/I." the Ill'\."J to dff'l..{ change in tlll'ir <br />communitil'S. Changl' thn1ugh mitig.ltioll nll'an~ bl\\lking tJ1l' <br />Ji.....l~ler Irdmild/di~bter c...de. <br /> <br />Tu,Jay, till' HaJmd :-'litig.ltion Grant Program (H.\lGP) .md the Rlxxi Mitig,ltiun <br />A~~ist,U1(e Program (F~ tAP) ,11\' h\'l\ primary ~UUlLl'S of funding u~'li to impll'- <br />Illent mitigatillll ml'<l~U[\'S. But a~ the Rq~ion 8 St.lk'S hJn~ fOllnd out there are <br />many mitigation initiatin'S throughllut our ~tail~ that are lx~nning to m.lke a <br />diffl'I\'nt'l' in l\.>dudng (If dimin.lting the dfl'\:ts of natural di:-;"l~tl'~. <br /> <br />TIll' rulpl.~> of this dlx-ulllent is 1) to ~ho\\'('a~' exampk-s of nahlral ha7.<mi miti- <br />t;,ltion .lrti\'itll's, ,md 2) to publicill' thl' Ix'Befit..; of mitigation ~UCt""'l"'~.'~, acn"r.'s <br />our l\.'gion. Hopefully. thl~'l'\.amrks (,m sern' a~ modl>L.. for othl'rs to lISl' ,md <br />(.m pnwide dl\ision-mal-.e~ \'aluable infom1<ltion about how to fonllulate, <br />undertake and ultim.lll'h' .lchi('\,e natur.ll h.17...1rd [\'\.iuction in t\ur C011lIl1lmitil'S. <br /> <br />TIll' Region S Stak~ of Colorado, .\Iontana, :\"orth Dakota, South Dakota, Utah <br />, <br />and \\Yorning are rll~.l~'li to prodde this infomlJtion f(lr the bt.'nl'fit of thOSl' cit- <br />iZl'rt..; who continul' to he and work in h.lml's way. It is our hopI.;' that the doc\.l- <br />ffil'nt \\illeIlcoUfage llthers to make thl' sometimes diffimlt dl>osiort..; which ulti- <br />mately s"lW !in>:; and elimin.lte rmf't'rty dam,lge thmugh the pnsitiw benefit.., <br />of hJ.z..mi miti~.1til\n. <br /> <br />Flmding tll pmdw...l:" thi... dOl.:unlent was pnl\'idl'li by the 5tatl~ of Colorado .md <br />till' Ft.'\.il'r,lI Eml'rgeJ1cy ~1.m..lbl>m('nt Agen!....y (FE.\lA) Region 8. FE.\l.-\'s <br />l'ncouragl'ml'J1t and fimncial .lJ1d tl'Chnic.11 .b~i...I.lI1ce is gn>atly aprn.'\.i.lted and <br />ultimatdy ~'r"\'t.'S to R'liuce the dfl'Cts of natur.ll di.....lstefS thn1ugh mitigation, <br />nationwide. <br />