Background information. The Duncan Creek restoration area is located in Iron County, Utah. This area provides important habitat for mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), and an increasing number of homes are located in the wildland-urban interface. Restoration efforts are focused on both habitat improvement and fire/fuels reduction. Restoration in this area is ongoing; this case study focuses on restoration activities that occurred primarily in 2012. During this period, restoration was accomplished on 2,080 acres of public and private lands. The project was funded by a variety of private, State, and Federal cooperators, including the Bureau of Land Management, Mule Deer Foundation, National Wild Turkey Federation, and Sportsmen for Fish [...]
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Background information. The Duncan Creek restoration area is located in Iron County, Utah. This area provides important habitat for mule deer
(Odocoileus hemionus), and an increasing number of homes are located in the wildland-urban interface. Restoration efforts are focused on both habitat improvement and fire/fuels reduction.
Restoration in this area is ongoing; this case study focuses on restoration activities that occurred primarily in 2012. During this period, restoration was accomplished on 2,080 acres of public and private lands. The project was funded by a variety of private, State, and Federal cooperators, including the Bureau of Land Management, Mule Deer Foundation, National Wild Turkey Federation, and Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife.
Background information on the BLM Color Country Duncan Creek Restoration project was obtained from Vicki Tyler, BLM Color Country District, written commun., 2015; and from the WRI Website at
https://wri.utah.gov/wri/.
Economic impacts. Total expenditures for this project were $1,039,000 (2014 dollars), with an estimated 37 percent of these expenditures spent within the local economy (Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, and Washington Counties in Utah). Local expenditures supported an estimated 5.0 job-years; $284,000 in labor income; $367,000 in value added; and $692,000 in economic output within the local economy. Many of the contractors that worked on the project are located outside of the local area. Including the impacts associated with all project expenditures, the Duncan Creek Restoration Project supported an estimated 18.4 job-years; $1,051,000 in labor income; $1,372,000 in value added; and $2,624,000 in economic output in the Western States economy.