World Resources Institute 73d ago

Wildfires in Utah threaten drinking water, communities, and ecosystems. Here’s how the Utah Resilience Fund is helping protect the Weber Watershed and the Great Salt Lake through proactive forest restoration. Across northern Utah, communities at high risk of wildfire are reshaping the landscape through coordinated restoration projects. The Utah Resilience Fund brings together public, private, and philanthropic partners to reduce wildfire risk before disaster strikes. By pooling funding and aligning work across public and private lands, this model is accelerating forest restoration to protect lives, homes, jobs, drinking water, and ecosystems. 👉🔗Learn more about Utah wildfire risk reduction https://www.wri.org/insights/utah-pioneers-new-model-wildfire-resilience 👉🔗Learn more about the Utah Resilience Fund financing model that invests in forest restoration to reduce wildfire risk and protect water supplies https://cities4forests.com/project/the-utah-resilience-fund/. Footage by Natasha Collins, James Anderson, and Summit County. Production and editing by Courtney Blackmer-Raynolds and Natasha Collins. #Wildfires #Utah #ForestRestoration #WaterSecurity #ClimateResilience --- This WRI Cities4Forests work delivers lasting outcomes for both people and nature with support from our partners, including Summit County, the U.S. Forest Service, Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, Mountain Regional Water District, the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, Utah’s Shared Stewardship, Utah’s Watershed Restoration Initiative, Representative Black Moore, Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities, Trout Unlimited, and the Caterpillar Foundation. WRI’s Cities4Forests initiative helps cities and communities around the world use nature to solve problems. For more information, visit https://cities4forests.com/. --- 🌍 Official website: https://www.wri.org/ 🔗LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-resources-institute 📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worldresources/ 🙏🏼 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldresources/ 🦋 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/worldresources.bsky.social 🐦 Twitter: https://x.com/WorldResources 🌎 Sign up for the WRI Digest: https://go.wri.org/4hwQ0Kp