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LAND USE AND FLOOD DAMAGES IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS The 1992 ASFPM Arid West Flood Conference The Association of state Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) is pleased to announce "Land Use and Flood Damages in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas", the 1992 Arid west Flood Conference. This conference is co-sponsored by the three State Chapters of the ASFPM: The Arizona Floodplain Management Association; The Floodplain Management Association of California; and The Colorado Stormwater and Floodplain Managers Association. The 1992 Arid West Flood Conference is the fifth biennial conference sponsored or cosponsored by the ASFPM. Previous conferences included an invitational works~op in Palm Springs, CA in 1984; Arid West Flood Conferences in Las Vegas, NV in 1986 and 1988; and "Hydraulics/Hydrology of Arid Lands", sponsored by the ASCE in San Diego, CA, in 1990. The 1986 and 1988 conferences, after which this conference is patterned, were well attended by community, state and federal agencies which have a stake in western floodplain management, as well as representatives from colleges and universities and consultants. Attendance is expected to be between 150 and 200 floodplain management professionals. This attendance allows for participation in the form of questions/answers and discussion among the participants at both the general and the breakout sessions. This conference announcement includes all information needed to register for the conference and to register at the conference hotel. The ASFPM and the cosponsors hope you will join us in a discussion of the issues and the emerging answers peculiar to reducing flood damages and protecting the environmental values of the usually dry desert washes, the rare riparian areas, and the alluvial fans of the western United States. The Association of State Floodplain Managers is an organization of professionals involved in floodplain management, flood hazard mitigation, the National Flood Insurance Program, and flood preparedness, warning and recovery. The group has become a respected voice in floodplain management practice and policy in the united States because it represents the flood hazard specialists of local, state and federal government, the research community, the insurance industry, and the fields of engineering, hydrologic forecasting, emergency response, water resources, and others.