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Habitat Council finalizes project list and budget after heated prioritization, approves multiple ECP‑funded projects
Summary
After a lengthy budget and project‑by‑project prioritization, the Habitat Council approved a package of projects and a final budget to send to the director’s office; members cut or deferred numerous fencing and infrastructure requests and flagged several items for follow up with conservation partners.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Habitat Council approved a final package of projects and a recommended budget after a multi‑hour review that prioritized projects based on WRI ranking, conservation partner commitments and available funds from the Habitat Council, the External Conservation Permit (ECP) pool and other sources.
Chair Eric Edgeley and council members described the meeting as a difficult exercise in prioritization. “There are many more shovel‑ready good projects than we have money for,” Edgeley said as the council worked through a list of proposals. Council members agreed to remove lower‑ranked projects, defer several large fencing projects and seek contributions from sportsmen’s groups and other partners for…
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