Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations are declining in Utah and other western states due to the degradation of their seasonal habitats from the encroachment of pinyon-juniper trees. This project evaluated the ecological viability of using "lop and scatter" methods to mechanically remove encroaching PJ trees to manage sage-grouse winter habitat at a study site in Ashley National Forest.
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In response to the lack of flooding that regularly waters the wetland, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR), private engineering firms, and additional state and federal agencies began collaborating in 2015 to improve wetland conditions for Razorback Suckers and other wetland-dependent wildlife in the Scott Matheson Wetland Preserve, Utah.
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In 1999, work began on 19 km of the Provo River in the Heber Valley to clean-up, and otherwise restore, the habitat and ecological functions of the middle Provo River, which significantly impacted by the construction of the two dams that define its boundaries. The project focused on the restoration of natural fluvial processes.
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