The Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) is a partnership based program in Utah to improve high priority watersheds throughout the state. WRI is sponsored by the Utah Partners for Conservation and Development and is in its 11th year. The Watershed Program focuses on three ecosystem values: 1) wildlife and biological diversity, 2) water quality and yield, and 3) opportunities for sustainable uses of natural resources. WRI is a bottom-up initiative where project planning, review, and ranking occur at a local level. Five regional teams elect their own leaders, establish focus areas, review, score and rank project proposals using a comprehensive project prioritization score sheet, and assist their members in implementing projects. See our "Latest News" section for more information.

Alan Clark - Director, Watershed Restoration Initiative

Help us Improve Watersheds in Utah!! Click below to register and submit your proposals. Proposal deadline is 1/8/2017

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Southern Region 2016 WRI Fall Meeting

November 29 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Southeastern Region 2016 WRI Fall Meeting

December 1 @ 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Northern Region 2016 WRI Fall Meeting

December 5 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Northeastern Region 2016 WRI Fall Meeting

December 6 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
FY2018 Project Proposal Deadline

January 8, 2017

Join Us!!!! Help Improve Watersheds in Utah

Apply now for next year’s project funding. Proposals are being gathered now and will be due January 8th, 2017. Click the link below to get started. WRI Proposal Page Download […]

WRI in the news

Take a look at these recent articles announcing this years WRI projects and funding: Deseret News utahpolicy.com Here is a video from the Western Native Trout Initiative about native fish […]

Project Managers: Remember to Submit your Completion Reports

For all project managers that have received funding for projects this last fiscal year (FY2016) or had carry over projects funded in previous years please take the time to submit […]

What is the Watershed Restoration Initiative?

The Watershed Restoration Initiative is a partnership based program in Utah to improve high priority watersheds throughout the state. WRI is sponsored by the Utah Partners for Conservation and Development […]

Watershed Restoration Initiative Launches New Website.

On Monday, December 7 the Watershed Restoration Initiative launched a new website, geo-database and project proposal site. The new site took 10 months to develop and will be much easier […]

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