Utah $439,000 to remove pinyon and juniper trees "to enhance sage grouse and mule deer habitat."
New Mexico $1 million for a mesquite brush control project to be completed in May.
Wyoming $402,000 for "sagebrush prescribed burns, riparian restoration, aspen regeneration and wildlife water developments."
Colorado $325,000 to remove pinyon and juniper trees, oak brush and sagebrush, followed by seeding to improve herbaceous vegetation. The money also funds riparian restoration.
Idaho $390,000 for the southern Idaho-Snake River plains for sage grouse restoration, planting sage brush seedlings and to control weed invasions.
Tri-state area of Oregon, northern Nevada and southwestern Idaho $454,000 to restore shrubs, remove junipers, control invasive weeks and restore riparian areas.
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