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Mitigation commission updates Utah County on Provo River Delta restoration, land transfers and trail changes
Summary
Mitigation Commission presenters briefed Utah County commissioners on the Provo River Delta Restoration Project, describing habitat work tied to June Sucker recovery, planned recreation features, proposed land transfers to state wildlife and easement arrangements that would assign long‑term maintenance of trails and facilities to the county.
The Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission and project staff updated the Utah County Board of County Commissioners on plans to convert roughly 260 acres at the mouth of the Lower Provo River into a restored delta and wetland complex intended to aid recovery of the June sucker, a fish species found only in Utah Lake.
Mark Holden, director for the Mitigation Commission, and Melissa Stamm, the project’s lead coordinator, said the project would divert most of the Provo River’s lower flow north into a constructed channel and lower the north half of the Skipper Bay Dike so the lake can reoccupy portions of its historic shoreline. Stamm said the work is designed to create nursery and rearing wetland habitat that currently is missing from the lower river channel and that the Delta is a key element of the June Sucker Recovery Program.
The presentation emphasized the multi‑agency nature…
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