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MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, January 5, 2012

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, January 12 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commission office conference room at 230 South 500 East, Suite 230.

Three agreement modifications will be proposed for Commission consideration at the meeting. These agreements would provide additional funds for acquiring lands for the Utah Lake Wetland Preserve and for continued stewardship needs on Mitigation Commission-owned properties for the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve; and, to extend the performance period for riparian bird monitoring report on the Provo River Restoration Project.

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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