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Utah County approves interlocal agreements to pursue roughly $24 million NRCS watershed funding after wildfires
Summary
The county commission approved interlocal agreements designating Utah County as sponsor for an NRCS emergency watershed protection application covering about $24 million in mitigation work after September wildfires; municipalities will carry roughly 25% match shares and the county is preparing design RFPs ahead of a 220‑day construction clock if funding is approved.
Utah County commissioners voted to approve a series of interlocal agreements that make the county the sponsor for an application to the Natural Resources Conservation Service(NRCS) Emergency Watershed Protection program, county public works staff said.
"When we had the the fires that happened, last September, in the south end of the county, there was a fair amount of area that was disturbed. It was about a 135,000 acres," said Richard Nelson of Public Works, describing the scope of the burn area. He told commissioners the county applied in October as the NRCS sponsor…
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