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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Michael Mills, Executive Director
Phone: 801-524-3146
Email: urmcc@usbr.gov

SUBJECT: Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission Meeting

Salt Lake City, UT - The Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission will hold its next public meeting Tuesday, March 10 at 10 AM in the Commission Office conference room at 230 South 500 East, Suite 230. The meeting also will be available online via Microsoft Teams.

The Commission will consider acting on three proposed agreement modifications with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, including efforts related to the Utah Lake Wetlands Preserve, interim stewardship of the middle Provo River Restoration Project, and completion and management of the Provo River Delta. Additionally, the Commission will review a proposed modification to its agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation concerning realty and related services supporting mitigation and conservation lands tied to the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project.

Following action items, the Commission will discuss three proposals under consideration. These include modification to an agreement with Brigham Young University for research on Sage grouse in Strawberry Valley, a modification with Utah County for pest monitoring and control services in the Provo delta area, and a new agreement with Utah Division of State Parks to support revegetation and recreation improvements associated with the delta project’s small dam construction on the Old Provo Channel, near Utah Lake State Park.

The Mitigation Commission is an independent Federal agency created by the Central Utah Project Completion Act of 1992. The Commission is responsible for planning, funding, and implementing projects that offset the impacts to fish, wildlife, and related recreation resources 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, native American tribes and non-profit groups.

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