The salt cedar tree, or tamarisk, creates a myriad of problems in southern Utah, a coordinator at the Washington County Water Conservancy District says.
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DWR News Release SALT LAKE CITY The Virgin River Basin in Washington County is home to several fish and wildlife species that are found nowhere else in the world, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and several partnering agencies are helping these rare species to recover through a unique cooperative partnership. The Virgin
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Several iconic local species stand to benefit from a letter sent to Congress on Tuesday asking that the federal budget for endangered species protections be more than doubled for Fiscal Year 2022, from last year s $291.7 million to $592.1 million. 170 different environmental groups signed on to the request, which was led by the Center for Biological Diversity. They say that $592.1 million is the sum needed to make up for lost ground and address the threat of climate change to biodiversity. The Endangered Species Act is one of the best tools we have to stem the current wildlife extinction crisis, yet it has been chronically underfunded for decades, the letter begins. While Congress provided a modest increase for the [U.S. Fish and Wildlife] Service in Fiscal Year 2021, it fell woefully short of what is required to meet the needs of our most imperiled animals and plants.