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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

Heber, UT - The Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission will hold its next public meeting Tuesday, May 20 at 10 AM at the Central Utah Water Conservancy District at 626 East 1200 South in Heber, Utah. The meeting will be available online via Microsoft Teams.

Three agreements will be proposed for the Commission to act on and five will be presented for consideration of possible action at next month’s meeting. Included are agreements with project partners to support mosquito and vegetation monitoring in the Provo River Delta Restoration Project. The multi-agency project is restoring a delta in the lower Provo River at its interface with Utah Lake. The delta’s purpose is to provide habitat needed for growth and survival of the June sucker, a fish listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The project furthers June sucker recovery efforts, provides recreational space for the rapidly growing local community, and helps assure continued water use and development for human needs along the Wasatch Front.

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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