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<br />002876 <br /> <br />problem are beyond town and county capabilities and deserve the attention of <br />state agencies. <br /> <br />Summary: Direct losses due to landslides in these three counties have been <br />shouldered by federal, state, and local agencies that provide disaster <br />assistance, flood insurance and highway/road maintenance and repairs. State <br />disaster assistance was granted in Mesa.and Garfield Counties in 1985, <br />fOllowing severe storms and landslides, and federal disaster assistance was <br />provided in all three counties in 1984, as a result of serious flooding and <br />landslides. The major impacts to public services in recent years have been to <br />county roads that service farms, ranches, recreational and forest lands, <br />including a ski area. The indirect costs of landslides - reduced property <br />values, declines in tourism and revenue losses - are generally undocumented, <br />but probably exceed the direct costs. Although local emergency management and <br />mitigation efforts have been effective, increased state involvement in <br />landslide mitigation will be necessary to prevent impacts that are statewide <br />in scale. <br /> <br />- 91 - <br />