Utah: Conifer Treatment Projects for Upland Habitat Restoration and Enhancements

Funding Year

Amount

Location

FY22

$461,271

Tooele, Box Elder, Sevier counties, Utah

FY23

$250,000

Tooele, Box Elder, Sevier counties, Utah

FY24

$812,952

Tooele, Box Elder, Sevier counties, Utah

Project Description

This project will support upland habitat restoration in Utah. Removing conifers is an effective restoration tool in these systems and is necessary for defending and growing the core 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 habitats in Utah.

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

 

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...
Program

Latest News

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Land Management
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Provides $10 Million to Sagebrush Projects in the West
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced $10 million in fiscal year 2023 funds from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support over 50 projects in western states to restore and conserve strategic areas within the sagebrush ecosystem.