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UDAF Grazing Improvement Program (GIP)
Makes Nearly $3 M Available for
Rangeland Reseeding Efforts

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The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has received special funding in the amount of $2.5 million to help purchase grass seed as part of the unprecedented rehabilitation of grazing lands burned in the Milford Flat Fire in Beaver and Millard Counties and other fires in Utah in 2007.  The UDAF is also contributing another $250,000 to the effort for a total of $2,750,000.

The war on cheatgrass in Utah is underway with the beginning of the rehabilitation and reseeding of more than 200,000 acres burned in the historic Milford Flat Fire this past July.   It is also part of Governor Huntsman’s Watershed Restoration Initiative that targets 1 million acres across the state.  A total of 26,000 acres of private rangeland and 15,000 acres of State SITLA land are being reseeded in the Milford Flat area.

Utah Commissioner of Agriculture and Food, Leonard Blackham, is optimistic this effort between private landowners and state and federal land management agencies will benefit all Utahns.

“We need to quickly stabilize the soil in that area to prevent erosion and dust storms that can threaten public health and safety,” Commissioner Blackham said.  “In the long term these efforts will establish grass and shrub species that can help prevent a reoccurrence of the catastrophic fires we saw here four months ago.  These efforts will also help the people who live in this area, who depend on the natural resources to operate and contribute to their communities,” he added.

Funding breakdown for statewide fire damage rehabilitation for 2007:

Bureau of Land Management
$23 million
State of Utah
UDAF/GIP
$2,750,000
DNR/FFSL

$1,524,000
State & Institutional Trust Lands Administration
$ 266,000
Quality Growth Commission
$ 200,000
TOTAL STATE OF UTAH
$4,740,000

Non-government  
Private landowners
$800,000
Mule Deer Foundation
$250,000
Others

$175,000
Utah Bowman's Association
$ 4,700
TOTAL NON-GOVERNMENT
$1,229,700

Posted November 20, 2007
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