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Watershed Restoration Initiative warns of shrinking acreage and seeks funding to sustain rehabilitation work
Summary
DNR watershed program director Tyler Thompson told the appropriations subcommittee WRI has completed nearly 3,000 projects over 20 years but faces reduced acreage and federal funding; he highlighted Monroe Canyon rehabilitation as a case study and presented a pipeline of shovel‑ready projects needing funding.
Tyler Thompson, watershed program director at the Utah Department of Natural Resources, told the appropriations subcommittee that the Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) is entering its 20th year and has a long record of on‑the‑ground restoration work but faces funding and cost pressures that are shrinking treated acreage.
Thompson said WRI has facilitated nearly 3,000 projects and leveraged roughly $460 million from partners over two decades. He described recent performance measures: WRI completed 120 projects in the most recent year, treated about 144,000 acres (with ~13,900 acres…
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