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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Michael Mills, Executive Director
Phone: 801-524-3146
Email: urmcc@usbr.gov

SUBJECT: Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission Meeting

Orem, UT - The Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission will hold its next public meeting Tuesday, April 16 at 10 AM at the Central Utah Water Conservancy District Office, 1426 East 750 North, Suite 400, Orem, UT 84097. The meeting will be available online via WebEx at: https://bor.webex.com/bor/j.php?MTID=m24ac0f7c9057e23733a59b687e95f33f

Most items on the Commission’s agenda are agreements supporting continued implementation of the Provo River Delta Restoration Project. The multi-agency effort is restoring a delta in the lower Provo River’s interface with Utah Lake to provide critical habitat for June sucker, a fish listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The project will further June sucker recovery efforts, provide unique recreational space for the rapidly growing local community, and help assure continued water use and development for human needs along the Wasatch Front. The project area remains an active construction site, closed to public access until late in 2024.

The Mitigation Commission is an independent Federal agency created by the Central Utah Project Completion Act of 1992. The Commission is responsible for planning, funding, and implementing projects that offset the impacts to fish, wildlife, and related recreation resources caused by the Central Utah Project, and other Federal water reclamation projects in Utah. The Commission meets publicly to consider and act on agreements to carry out mitigation projects with various partners, including State and Federal natural resource agencies, native American tribes and non-profit groups.

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