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The Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative has restored 150,000 acres in 2024 and 2025, a new report says.

The program, created in 2006, focuses on watershed health, water quality and wildlife habitats following wildfires.

Over $31 million from 63 partners funded 120 projects, creating 539 jobs in Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY — Long after wildfires are put out, impacts are felt in the environment. Debris flows, charred landscapes, threatened watersheds and, of course, long-standing impacts on wildlife are some of the issues in the aftermath of fires.

The Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative works to clean up after fires. In 2024 and 2025, it restored nearly 150,000 acres, improving high-priority watersheds.

Created in 2006, this Utah Department

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