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Kane County accepts outdoor recreation grant to fund East Zion spotted owl and archaeology studies
Summary
The Kane County Commission unanimously accepted a Utah Outdoor Recreation Initiative grant to fund spotted owl and archaeological studies in East Zion needed for trail planning and NEPA compliance; commissioners asked for assurances the county would not fund the study from general revenues.
Kane County commissioners voted unanimously Feb. 11 to accept a Utah Outdoor Recreation Initiative (ORI) grant to fund environmental studies — including a two-year spotted owl survey and an archaeological study — tied to a proposed East Zion trail project and associated National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review.
The commission was told the funding will cover remaining study work after a match already supplied by Zion Forever covered the first year of spotted-owl monitoring. County staff and the project’s trails liaison described the work as necessary to…
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