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Lower Bear-Malad | NRCS Utah

 

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Description of Watershed

The Lower-Bear – Malad Watershed is mostly in the eastern side of Box Elder County Utah and also includes land in Oneida County, Idaho (48%).  Producers in the area raise specialty crops, including vegetables, fruit, berries, turf, native grass seed, and mint.  The watershed includes some areas with medium density population and areas of forest and wetland.   The farmland includes some of the most highly productive land in the State of Utah.  As the metropolitan areas are getting filled with homes and industry, the southern part of this watershed is becoming the area where urbanization is expanding.

The watershed contains 749,057 acres that includes irrigated cropland, dry cropland, rangeland, orchards, dairy operations, sheep operations, beef operations, hog operations, with forest, pasture, and riparian areas. There are 307 farms totaling 291,633 acres, 36,009 acres of which are in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).

This is also an internationally important waterfowl migration area.  Several duck clubs provide waterfowl and migratory bird habitat as well as the USFWS Bear River Bird Refuge, and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Salt Creek Wildlife Refuge.  Recreational activities include camping, bird watching, water sports, and hunting. 

 Land Cover/Use

Cropland 102,200 acres
Pasture 8,900 acres
Rangeland 207,000 acres

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Adobe Acrobat DocumentCSP Announcement Letter (43 KB)
 Adobe Acrobat DocumentCost List on Watershed (21 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentFact Sheet on Watershed (289 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentNews Release -- Lower Bear-Malad Watershed (134 KB)

 Map of Lower Bear-Malad Watershed

Map of Lower Bear - Malad

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For General and Application Information, visit the National CSP Webpage.

Counties in Watershed

  • Box Elder, Utah
  • Oneida, Idaho

2006 Funded Contracts

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Adobe Acrobat documentCSP 2006 Funded Contracts List (25 KB)

Program Contacts – Utah

Local Contact: Jeffrey Schick
Title: NRCS District Conservationist
Phone: 435-257-5403
Email: Jeff.Schick@ut.usda.gov

State Contact: Tim Julander
Title: Resource Conservationist for Programs
Phone: 801-524-4561
Email: Tim.Julander@ut.usda.gov

Program Contacts – Idaho

Local Contact: Roy Fowler
Title: NRCS District Conservationist
Phone: 208-226-3122
Email: Roy.Fowler@id.usda.gov

State Contact: Rob Fredericksen
Title: Resource Conservationist
Phone: 208-685-6993
Email: Rob.Fredericksen@id.usda.gov

Last Modified:  03/31/2008

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