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Introducing the Utah Conservation Forum
Founded in the fall of 2006, the Utah Conservation Forum
is a non-partisan resource for people and organizations
interested in preserving and enhancing Utah's land and
water and in maintaining and increasing public funding
for conservation projects throughout the State of Utah.
This website serves to connect partners and stakeholders,
to provide quality information related to conservation,
and to operate as a clearinghouse for the Partners of
the Utah Conservation Forum to post and obtain important
conservation news.
For more information or if you are interested in becoming
a Partner of the Utah Conservation Forum, please click
HERE.
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 Selman Ranch
A coalition of partners, including the Utah Department
of Agriculture and Food, Division of Wildlife Resources,
Natural Resource Conservation Service, the Utah Association
of Conservation Districts, The Nature Conservancy and
the Selman family have been working over the past 2 years
to complete a conservation assessment and finalize a
conservation easement on the Selman's 6,700-acre property.
Located in the Little Bear River drainage, this ranch
is home to a number of rare and at-risk species. Most
notably, the ranch supports critical habitat for the Columbian
sharp-tailed grouse, a bird that has already lost more
than 96 percent of its historic habitat in Utah. Selman
Ranch also includes one mile of riparian stream, which
provides habitat for the Bonneville cutthroat trout, and
the ranch's ten springs and ponds are potential habitat
for the boreal toad. Other wildlife species on the ranch
include goshawks, Brewer's sparrows, 500 wintering deer
and at least five bat species.
By purchasing a conservation easement on the Selman Ranch, The Nature Conservancy, working with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, is helping remove the looming threat of habitat loss due to development. The Selmans will remain property owners and will continue to run their cattle
and sheep operation in a responsible manner, which does
not negatively impact the ranch's wildlife habitat. The
Conservancy is also working with the Selmans and other
partners to develop a resource management systems plan
that will address habitat improvements, invasive species
and sustainable logging.
For more information see the project fact sheet, or visit the project page on TNC website.
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Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife
Sportsmen for Fish & Wildlife (SFW) is a non-profit wildlife
conservation organization of sportsmen members who are
interested in preserving and increasing healthy populations
of wildlife throughout the Western United States.
Healthy and abundant game populations require good habitat,
protected winter range, aggressive predator management,
a committed game and fish agency, and active federal land
managers. All of these issues are controlled by politicians
who make laws, set priorities and policies, and determine
how sportsmen license dollars are spent. To produce large,
mature animals, there must also be reasonable control
of hunter harvest.
SFW works with elected officials at all levels, from
the community courthouse to the White House, to improve
and protect quality hunting and fishing on our great public
lands and waters. SFW members are active participants
in wildlife conservation, having successfully raised tens
of millions of dollars for wildlife that now benefits
multiple game species. We have been on the front lines,
from the steps of Capitol Hill to the tallest mountain
peaks. We are the few who fight for the many. We are sportsmen
serving sportsmen and are motivated by our passion for
hunting and fishing. We are committed to making every
necessary policy and political change to benefit wildlife
and sportsmen alike.
So, if you enjoy hunting elk, mule deer, moose, bighorn,
antelope, bison, wild turkey, and other birds and fish,
you need to join our ranks, become a member of SFW, and
be part of wildlife's future. For more information about
the Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, click here.
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"Our natural lands and waters are more
than pretty places. From my perspective they are the bedrock
of our identity as Utahns, they are the key to Utah's economic
development, and they are vital state interests we can't
afford to ignore."
- Governor Jon Huntsman
Jr
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- A
green agenda gets green light from voters, (November
19, 2006)
- Open
spaces are a pillar of our economic prosperity, (October
21, 2006)
- Kays
Creek goes back to nature, (October 3, 2006)
- Utahns
favor conservation, (August 27, 2006)
- Saving
open land - a taxing problem, (July 24, 2006)
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Rep. Fred Hunsaker
District: 4 (Logan, North Rich)
Quote: Utah has some of the best natural resources
anywhere. They are here for our use but no one has the
right to waste them or they will not be here tomorrow.
Our natural resources need to be developed as well as
protected. My philosophy of natural resources is similar
to President Theodore Roosevelt who said:
“We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so."
"The object of government is the welfare of the people." "Conservation means development as much as it does protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that come after us."
Favorite Outdoor Experiences: Late summer, early
evening walks along the banks of the Upper Provo River
looking for just the right spot to get into the water
with my fly rod and several new dry flies. The anticipation
of the first cast and what it might produce tempts me to
cut the walk short but I manage to trudge on knowing an
even better spot is just around the next bend in the river.
Favorite Fishing Spot: Logan, Weber or Upper Provo
Rivers
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Visit Farmington Bay the first weekend of February
to view an abundance of special avian visitors, namely
the hundreds of bald eagles that arrive at the Bay to
feed on carp during this weekend. Also visiting the bay
at this time are blue heron, owls, and other birds.
(Provided by Chris Brown, Great Salt Lake Shorelands
Preserve Manager, The Nature Conservancy)
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