• Utah Grazing Improvement Program Grant

• • Applications are open annually through January 1. 
  • Program Manager: Troy Forrest - tforrest@utah.gov, (435)279-3603; Grant Contact: Regional GIP Coordinators
  • The Utah Grazing Improvement Program (GIP) provides cost-share grants to rangers for rangeland improvements.Eligible projects include any restoration work that will improve rangeland health, productivity and management. In order for proposals to be competitive, a recommended maximum request is $100,000. Applicants are advised to work with their regional GIP coordinator for application assistance and more information. 
  • Project examples: elimination of invasive species, reseeding, livestock water development and improvements, fencing, grazing management planning, and any other projects that improve watershed and rangeland health and productivity. 

• UGIP Predatory Animal Control Grant
•  2022 Application window open through June 17, 2022. 
• • Program Manager: Troy Forrest - tforrest@utah.gov, (435)279-3603; Grant Contact: Regional GIP Coordinators
  • This grant is open to eligible livestock producers who have suffered predation losses and provides reimbursement for up to 50% of the cost of the contracted amount for practices used to stop or reduce predation. A total of $150,000 is available. To apply, contact your regional GIP coordinator. 

• UGIP Small Livestock Producers Grant

• • 2022 Application window open through June 17, 2022
  • This grant is open to small livestock producers (50 animal units or less) for projects that will improve grazing management on federal, state, or private land.  A total of $100,000 is available with an award maximum of up to $10,000. To apply, contact your regional GIP coordinator. 

Strengthen Utah’s Livestock Industry

• Improve the sustainability of livestock grazing through science-based management principles. UGIP Technical Committee Report
• Work cooperatively with federal agencies and partners to promote efficient multiple-use management of public lands. Sustainable Grazing for Southern Utah Forests
• Work with federal agencies and Congress to implement policies and procedures that allow maximum flexibility when addressing grazing and environmental issues.
• Curtail the decline of public lands grazing opportunity by using sustainable management practices. History of AUM reductions

Improve Rural Economies

• Maintain viable ranches as a critical contributor to the economy, customs, and culture of rural Utah.
• Importance of Livestock to Utah and its Rural Counties and Communities
• Agriculture helping local economies
• Three Creeks Project Impact on Rich County

Enhance the Environment

• Demonstrate the power of managed livestock grazing as an important tool for improving/maintaining rangeland resource health.
  Parker Mountain sheep/sage grouse project
• Plan and implement rangeland improvement projects that improve grazing management.
  Projects helping the environment; Examples of GIP projects

Provide technical expertise and educational opportunity for working ranches and the next generation of ranchers.
Cowboy Ecology–Land EKG; Beginning rancher comments

• How 38 Utah Ranchers Created the Groundbreaking Three Creeks LLC to Improve Their Government Grazing Allotments (Working Ranch Magazine)
• History of the Evolution of the Three Creeks LLC Project (Human-Wildlife Interactions Scientific Journal)

• Program Structure
• History
• Measuring Success
• The Future of Grazing
• History of Grazing in Utah
• Grazing Monitoring

• How the GIP Program Works
• Representatives and Contacts (For GIP assistance in your area)
• Utah Rangeland Improvement Act (Utah Code Annotated: Title 4, Chapter 20)