Utah Watershed Restoration Focus Areas

Utah Watershed Restoration Focal Areas. Feature data represent focus areas of planned and possible habitat conservation efforts, based on the methodology and analysis of the Utah Wildlife Action Plan 2005-2015

The Utah Wildlife Action Plan is a result of a collaborative effort by scientists, sportsmen, conservationists, the Division of Wildlife Resources, other local, state and federal agencies, private landowners, and the general public. The Utah Wildlife Action Plan, 2005-2015, identified 10 key habitat types for focus of restoration efforts, based on 95 GAP landcover classifications. These 10 habitat types were combined into 4 habitat groups: forest, rangeland, wetland, and riparian. Biologists were instructed to create focus area polygons within these 4 habitat groups, using existing landuse plans, landownership, species planning docs, conservation agreements, and coordination through the local Utah Partners for Conservation and Development's Watershed Restoration Iniatiative Regional Teams. Updates were made to the Southern Region in January 2008. Updates were made to the Central Region in March 2009.