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Habitat Council advances dozens of WMA maintenance projects and opens multiyear funding talks for major irrigation upgrade
Summary
At a daylong Habitat Council meeting, staff reviewed the handbook, budgets and dozens of Wildlife Management Area projects statewide. The council approved multiple maintenance requests and asked partners to help fund a multi‑phase Gordon Creek irrigation overhaul.
The Wildlife Habitat Council met on Jan. 28 to review its handbook, hear updates on Wildlife Management Area management plans and vote to advance several maintenance and restoration projects across Utah.
Daniel Eddington, the division’s habitat assistant section chief, walked members through the Habitat Council handbook, explaining that the program is primarily financed from hunting and fishing license sales and that the council generally oversees roughly $3.4 million a year to support habitat work. "This is just kind of the handbook for the council," Eddington said, describing the fund's role in restoration, acquisition and cooperative agreements across regions.
Members received a database tutorial and a briefing on the council's process: projects will receive an initial vote at this meeting to determine whether they meet the council’s sideboards and, if approved, will be taken to an April budget…
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