East Fork Sevier River Restoration
An 8.5-mile reach of the East Fork of the Sevier River, located just south of Antimony, has been rated a high priority fishery by regional biologists. Several projects have been carried out by the Division in this area to protect and enhance trout habitat and to increase angler access. Within this reach, the Division has acquired three separate parcels of land, totaling about 600 acres, and has secured a perpetual conservation easement on an additional 17 acres. Ownership along this stream section is divided among private landowners (3 miles), BLM (2.25 miles) and the Division (3.25 miles). Stream restoration work has involved a cooperative effort by landowners, the BLM (Escalante Resource Area) and the Division. Restoration work carried out in 2000 was completed on BLM land using the Division's Habitat Construction Crew, with financial support from the BLM.

Redmond Marsh
The Division made the second of three payments on a conservation easement that will protect wildlife habitat on 567 acres of an important wetland along the Sevier River, northwest of Salina. This is a cooperative project involving The Nature Conservancy and the private landowner. The unit is currently rested from livestock grazing. Future grazing will be based on an approved management plan. The final payment will be made in 2001, bringing the total cost of the easement to about $760,000.

Fishlake - Monroe Mountain Big Game Project
The Division contributed seed for a project carried out by the Forest Service to improve big game habitat on approximately 500 acres on the Fishlake National Forest. Decadent stands of big sagebrush were thinned and seeded by dragging a Dixie harrow behind a tractor and broadcast seeding the disturbed areas. The project will provide additional forage for big game, especially elk, during the spring and fall, and during mild winters.