Habitat restoration, Invasive species management
Conifer Treatment Projects for Upland Habitat Restoration and Enhancements in Utah

States

Utah

Subject

Sagebrush

Utah: Conifer Treatment Projects for Upland Habitat Restoration and Enhancements

Funding YearAmountLocation
FY22$461,271Tooele, Box Elder, Sevier counties, Utah
FY23$232,398Tooele, Box Elder, Sevier counties, Utah
FY24$812,952Tooele, Box Elder, Sevier counties, Utah
FY25$258,738Tooele, Box Elder, Sevier counties, Utah

Project Description

FWS is collaborating with the Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative to support upland habitat restoration in Utah's sagbebrush steppe. Removing conifers, seeding, planting 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.

Learn more about sagebrush seedlings, developing fire breaks and erosion control at streams will result in wildlife habitat enhancement, reduced risk of catastrophic wildfire, and enhanced water availability.

Partners

Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative, Utah Habitat Council, Bureau of Land Management, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources/Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Forest Service

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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...
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