Natural Resources Appropriations Committee

August 14, 2008

REVISED


7:00 am Leave Utah State Capitol Complex (the parking East of the Senate building)


7:30 am Arrive at This Is The Place Heritage Park

·    Train tour of park and briefing by Ellis Ivory on use of legislative money and current status of park.

 

8:30 am Leave This Is The Place Heritage Park

 

9:00 am Arrive Lone Peak Conservation Center (Forestry)

·    Fire Suppression Update on ’08 fire season & costs for ’07 season.

·    Nursery, progress and update on restructuring.

·    Metro Water Point of the Mountain Treatment Plant – Water Res.

·    Flight Park briefing – State Parks

·    Piers for the disabled – Sand Hollow State Park

 

10:15 am      Leave Lone Peak

 

10:30 am      Geologic Hazards Stop in Northern Utah County

 

11:00 am      Depart for Utah Lake State Park

 

11:30 am      Working Lunch and Appropriations Hearing – Utah Lake State Park

·    Utah Lake Welcome – State Parks

·    DNR: Endangered Species Annual Report

·    DWR: Quagga Mussel update on implementation

·    Water Rights: report on the length of time to process applications

·    Water Rights: Jordan River Adjudication

·    OGM: Coal Program, update on fee schedule.

 

1:30 pm               Short Break to watch demonstration of Quagga Removal Sprayers

 

1:45 pm               Briefings

·    Progress report on Utah Lake Commission – Mayor Billings

·    June Sucker recovery program and carp removal – DNR

·    Proposed Utah Lake Causeway - Representative Ken Sumsion

·    DWR: update on Sage Grouse appropriation.

 

3:00 pm               Optional Boat tour of Utah Lake

 

4:00 pm               Leave Utah Lake State Park

 

5:00 pm               Arrive Utah State Capitol Building