The Division of Wildlife Resources has announced that about 30 projects have received funding by the Species Protection Account. Programs and recovery efforts will use the funds to help Utah species in northeastern Utah and beyond including the Utah prairie dog, June sucker, Colorado pikeminnow, razorback sucker, bonytail, and several plant species. Approximately 48% of the total funds will go toward these species’ recovery efforts. Three community science projects will also be funded this year to encourage the public to collect needed information on amphibians, reptiles, bumblebees and the monarch butterfly. The total funding received was approximately $4 million dollars.
