Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) is a partnership based program in Utah to improve high priority watersheds throughout the state.
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Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) retweeted
Winter aerial seeding of roughly 3,000 acres of high severity burned acres took place on the #LittleTwistFire in Beaver County, and roughly 10,000 acres currently on the #SilverKingFire in Piute County.
#FishlakeNationalForest
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ALT Man maneuvering white bag full of seed to be placed into yellow plane.
Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) retweeted
DYK: @UtahWRI — a program that works to improve and restore high-priority watersheds and habitats — does a lot to help wildlife! Between 2023-24, a whopping 168,882 acres were improved across Utah. See more program highlights from the past fiscal year: bit.ly/3VlCqAo
ALT Construction equipment with a haul line tied to some metal equipment.
Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) retweeted
The @blmnational has awarded a total of $24.6 million to the @UtahDNR to continue the collaborative efforts to restore and preserve watersheds across the state. Roughly $1.39 million is coming from the Biden-Harris administration’s Inflation Reduction Act
blm.gov/press-release/utahs-…
ALT A recently completed WRI project restored the natural path of a creek in the Upper Bear River Watershed Restoration Area in Rich County. Wildlife-friendly fencing was also installed. Photo by BLM Utah.
More than 60 partners joined us this week for our southern region WRI tour in the Upper Kanab Creek area. The group was able to compare and contrast WRI project work completed in the area from just a few years ago to many decades ago.
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WRI and its partners announce FY 2025 project funding, 121 of the 152 project proposals were either fully or partially funded this week. This year’s list of funded projects is scheduled to improve another 216,000 acres of priority watersheds in Utah. watershed.utah.gov/news/wri-…
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Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) retweeted
A record $4.8 million was committed to wildlife research, conservation and habitat restoration projects during the annual conservation permit project funding meeting. 🎉
Learn more about this program and some of the projects that were funded this year: bit.ly/3U1nkOP
ALT A mule deer standing in some tall, dry brush.
Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) retweeted
Good news: Wildlife habitat & watershed health are getting a record $4.8 million boost, thanks to conservation permits! Learn about what projects @UtahDWR & @UtahWRI prioritized: bit.ly/3vYLK3K
Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) retweeted
Just how BIG is the impact of LT-PBR? That's exactly what the LT-PBR (low-tech process based restoration) Explorer is designed to answer.
For more info: bda-explorer.herokuapp.com 🪵🌲🌊
#bda #ltpbr #structuraltreatment #rivers #riverrestoration #conservation #environmentaltech
Want to read more about one of the big reasons the WRI program is what it is? Check out this fantastic USFS article on GBRC and our Seed Warehouse!
Thanks for highlighting our Great Basin Research Center and Seed Warehouse, @forestservice! There's some important work done there — learn more about it: bit.ly/3RuPAcw
ALT Two division employees standing in a warehouse in front of some shelving.
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Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) retweeted
Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (@UtahWRI) — our partner-based program focused on improving high-priority watersheds & habitats — restored 148,883 acres across #Utah last fiscal year! Learn more in the @UtahDWR story here: bit.ly/3G2995E
ALT Volunteers and partners working together to build beaver dam analogs on Utah streams.
Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) retweeted
Over the past fiscal year, @UtahWRI helped improve a whopping total of 148,883 acres of high-priority watersheds and habitats throughout the state. 🎉 Learn more about the projects completed in 2022-23 and how they help Utah's wildlife: bit.ly/3G2995E
ALT A DWR employee using a chainsaw to work on a beaver dam analog in a stream bed surrounded by bright green foliage.
Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) retweeted
#MonroeMountainRX 11/7 Update
Yesterday, personnel burned 1930 acres of aspen & conifer in Signal Peak area by helitorch. Fire is still active in south & along ridge tops of burn area. Please be cautious & avoid the area.
Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) retweeted
It's #PollutionPreventionWeek! Natural landscapes & floodplains filter pollutants from point & nonpoint sources, so we’re working hard to restore those natural processes within Utah's damaged watersheds. Learn about the projects at wri.utah.gov/wri/.
📷: @sagelandcollab
ALT Partners and volunteers working to install beaver dam analogs in Millcreek last week.
Congratulations to Helper City on the completion of their river revitalization project and for being awarded the @TroutUnlimited Community Action Toward Conservation Habitat (CATCH) award! WRI is proud to have been a part of this effort. sltrib.com/news/environment/…
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Utah's Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) retweeted
We've been working with partners and private landowners to restore wet meadow habitat in Carbon County. This exciting work — and how it benefits wildlife and local communities — is the focus of a cool new StoryMap from our partners at @IWJVbirds: bit.ly/3sjhrlX
ALT A Great Basin spadefoot toad in a shallow pool of water full of vegetation.
A very well researched and well written article.
Check this out: To thin or not to thin? Forest management, wildfire risk and watershed health. The debate continues. @DeaTheodore @UtahDNR @UtahDWR @KemGardnerInst @SLCPU @SpencerJCox @BradWilsonGOP @JStuartAdams @UtahWRI deseret.com/utah/2023/7/2/23…
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A recent series of editorials on the “public health malpractice” in Utah forests may sound compelling if you don't have all the facts. Check out this excellent piece from one of the State's leading experts on fire ecology and fuels treatments. parkrecord.com/opinion/guest…
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