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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Tourism is also a source of income. Eight miles east of La Junta is Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site. The fort was once important as a fur-trading post, Indian rendezvous, advance base in the war with Mexico and way station on the Santa Fe Trail. La Junta is also the home of the nationally known Koshare Indian Explorer Scouts, a group of Boy Scouts who give exhibitions of authentic American Indian dances. Otero County entered the Regular Phase of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on August 19, 1985. Streams in the county which have the lOO-year floodplain delineated by detailed engineering methods are the Arkansas River at La Junta, Anderson Arroyo and King Arroyo and, in a separate study, the Arkansas River and Timpas Creek. The floodplain studies which exists for the community were prepared by Ken O'Brien and Associates, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and MSM Consultants, Inc., of Denver, Colorado, Both contain detailed floodplain infonnation based on topographic information and hydrology for the Arkansas River and its tributaries. 3. Past Flood Hazard Mitigation Activities Flood hazard mitigation activities can be undertaken before, during or after a flood event. This plan focuses on pre-disaster flood hazard mitigation activities which, when implemented in La Junta and Otero County, will reduce future flood damages. First however, La Junta's and Otero County's past mitigation activities will be described to demonstrate the community's ongoing commitment to the reduction of flood damages whenever funding permits. Past and future mitigation activities will be characterized into two broad categories: 1 - Non-structural flood hazard mitigation, 2 - Structural flood hazard mitigation. Past Flood Hazard Mitigation Activities Non-Structural Structural Flood insurance Floodplain regulations Acquisition and relocation Open space policies Channel improvements Levees Retrofitting of flood prone buildings The CWCB encourages Colorado's flood prone communities to seek the implementation of non-structural flood hazard mitigation activities wherever feasible. However, we realize that many 8