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Article: SAGE-GROUSE RESTORATION PROJECT FUNDING AWARDED
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 19, 2006
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Utah State University issued the following news release:
Sylvia Gillen, Utah Natural Resources Conservation Service state conservationist, announced three proposals selected to receive a total of $200,000 in funding through the Sage-grouse Restoration Project.
The Sage-grouse Restoration Project (SGRP) is a cooperative agreement between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Utah State University Extension. Funding is made available to evaluate the effects of Farm Bill conservation practices on private lands on sage-grouse and other sagebrush-dependent wildlife. In Utah, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) estimates that up to 50 percent of the sage-grouse ...