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MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 19, 2010

CONTACT: Diane Simmons, Public Information Officer
Phone: 801-524-3160

SUBJECT: Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission Meeting

Salt Lake City, UT - The Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, February 25 at 10 a.m. in the Commission office conference room at 230 South 500 East, Suite 230.

Four agreements will be presented for Commission action at the meeting. Among the agreements is one funding stewardship and operations and maintenance of the Provo River Restoration Project - an ecosystem restoration project along the middle Provo River in Wasatch County; and another, would fund operation and maintenance costs of two stream gages in the Uinta Basin. Two agreement modifications will be presented for the Commission to consider approving at its meeting in March.

The Mitigation Commission is an independent Federal agency established by the Central Utah Project Completion Act of 1992. The Commission is responsible for planning, funding, and implementing projects that benefit fish, wildlife, and related recreation resources in order to offset impacts caused by the Central Utah Project, and other Federal water reclamation projects in Utah. The Commission meets publicly to consider and act on agreements to carry out mitigation projects with various partners, including State and Federal natural resource agencies and non-profit groups.

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