County Resource Management Plan

Background

In 2015, the Utah Legislature passed H.B. 323 which requires Summit County to develop a County-wide Resource Management Plan. H.B. 323 was amended by H.B. 219 during the 2016 legislative session. The legislation requires that Summit County address how we will manage resources on public land in regards to the following 28 topics:

 
  • Water Quality & Hydrology
  • Flood Plains & River Terraces
  • Wild & Scenic Rivers
  • Riparian Areas
  • Wetlands
  • Water Rights
  • Ditches & Canals
  • Air Quality
  • Fisheries
  • Wildlife
  • Wilderness
  • Fire Management
  • Forest Management
  • Threatened/ Endangered & Sensitive Species
  • Cultural, Historical, Geological, Paleontological
  • Agricultural Resources
  • Irrigation
  • Livestock & Grazing
  • Noxious Weeds
  • Predator Control
  • Recreation & Tourism
  • Economic Considerations
  • Energy Resources
  • Mineral Resources
  • Mining
  • Land Access
  • Law Enforcement
  • Land Use

In the data gathering phase, Summit County partnered with the Mountainland Association of Governments, Wasatch County, and Utah County to hire Bio-West to collect data relating to the required topics. The data collected during this effort is available.

Summit County hired Logan Simpson to lead the public involvement and plan writing phase to finalize the Summit County Resource Management Plan effort.

The Summit County Resource Management Plan was adopted by the Summit County Council via Ordinance Number 871 on July 12, 2017.

Download the Adopted Summit County Resource Management Plan Here: 

  1. Summit County_RMP_CC Draft 3_170627 (PDF)
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SCRMP Introduction Poster

Descriptions of Each Resource Category

 

  1. These documents were created during the data-gathering phase to describe each resource category.
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