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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, June 24 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.

Five cooperative agreements will be proposed for Commission action that include support for the Provo River Delta Restoration Project and construction of associated recreation facilities, Sage grouse conservation in Strawberry Valley, and Southern leatherside chub conservation in Utah.

The multi-agency Provo River Delta Restoration Project is restoring a delta in the lower Provo River at its interface with Utah Lake. The delta’s purpose is to provide habitat needed for growth and survival of the June sucker, a fish listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The project furthers June sucker recovery efforts, provides recreational space for the rapidly growing local community, and helps assure continued water use and development for human needs along the Wasatch Front.

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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