Utah Climate Resilience Projects for Mesic Habitat Restoration and Enhancements

Funding YearAmountLocation
FY22$475,453Juab, Tooele, Duchesne, Carbon, Sanpete, Utah, Iron, Rich counties, Utah
FY23$250,000 Juab, Tooele, Duchesne, Carbon, Sanpete, Utah, Iron, Rich counties, Utah
FY24$75,000Juab, Tooele, Duchesne, Carbon, Sanpete, Utah, Iron, Rich counties, Utah

Project Description

These projects will advance sagebrush sagebrush
The western United States’ sagebrush country encompasses over 175 million acres of public and private lands. The sagebrush landscape provides many benefits to our rural economies and communities, and it serves as crucial habitat for a diversity of wildlife, including the iconic greater sage-grouse and over 350 other species.

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-steppe habitat restoration on private lands within the larger watershed scale across Utah to increase climate and drought resiliency.

 Partners

Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative, Utah Blue Ribbon Fisheries Advisory Council, Utah Division of Water Quality, Utah Grazing Improvement Program, Trout Unlimited, Utah Habitat Council, BLM, NRCS, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources/Department of Natural Resources, U. S. Forest Service

Contact Information

Programs

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The western United States’ sagebrush country encompasses over 175 million acres of public and private lands. Sagebrush country contains biological, cultural and economic resources of national significance. America’s sagebrush ecosystem is the largest contiguous ecotype in the continental...