September 22, 2022
Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources recently featured WRI on their “Wild” podcast
In this episode, Utah Department of Natural Resources Watershed Program Director Tyler Thompson and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Habitat Conservation Coordinator Daniel Eddington talk about some of the proactive land management taking place in Utah and the program that helps make it possible.
July 23, 2020
HEY!!! Why are you cutting down all those trees???
WRI has been getting a lot of questions lately about why we spend so much time and money removing Pinyon and Juniper trees here in Utah. This excellent Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document Prepared by USDA-NRCS Working Lands for Wildlife/Sage Grouse Initiative, Intermountain West Joint Venture, and The Nature Conservancy of Montana may help to answer some of the most
June 8, 2020
WRI Announces Funded Proposals for Fiscal Year 2021
Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) and its partners announced funding decisions for the upcoming fiscal year 2021 project implementation season. 101 of the 147 project proposals submitted to WRI for implementation between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021 were either fully or partially funded this week. This year’s list of funded projects is set to improve another 185,000 acres
January 23, 2020
The Difference Maker
WRI project manager and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Partners Biologist Clint Wirick pens this recent article for The Mule Deer Foundation’s January/February 2020 magazine. Clint talks about his experience with WRI and the rest of the “conservation dream team.” Click Here to download the full article.
December 12, 2019
Utah’s Sage-Grouse Habitat Mitigation Program
Do you have sage-grouse on your land? Have you ever wondered how that might be turned into a benefit to you or your property? Or how you can help prevent these birds from declining? Utah’s Sage-grouse Compensatory Mitigation Program (CMP) may provide an opportunity for you. USU Wildlife Extension and WRI have recently published a short guide to Utah’s Sage-Grouse
July 17, 2019
WRI Rolls Out Major Update to Project Tracking Website
Over this past year, WRI Administration has been working with Utah Department of Technology Services to make some needed changes and improvements to the WRI Database Application (wri.utah.gov). We hope that these changes will make the database easier to use and make the data that it houses more accessible to the public. The advanced search tool received the largest changes,
June 10, 2019
WRI Announces Funded Proposals for Fiscal Year 2020
Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) and it’s partners announced funding decisions for the upcoming fiscal year 2020 project implementation season. 121 of the 178 project proposals submitted to WRI for implementation between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020 were either fully or partially funded this week. In addition 25 of the 48 project proposals requesting WRI-Water Development dollars were
May 21, 2018
WRI Announces Funded Proposals for Fiscal Year 2019
Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) and it’s partners announced funding decisions for the upcoming fiscal year 2019 project implementation season. 140 of the 193 project proposals submitted to WRI for implementation between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019 were either fully or partially funded this week. This year’s list of funded projects is set to improve another 150,000 acres
February 12, 2018
WRI Responds to Recent Anti-Chaining Ad
WRI has produced a short video responding to a recent television ad by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (suwa.org/chaining) Get the Full Story: Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative Why is the State responding to an ad that attacks the BLM? The project depicted in the SUWA ad was funded and completed through the State of Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI).