2025 Utah Code
Title 4 - Utah Agricultural Code
Chapter 2 - Administration
Part 7 - Pollinator Pilot Program
Section 701 - Pollinator habitat program.

Affected by 63I-1-204 on 7/1/2026

• (1)Subject to the other provisions of this section, the department shall implement a pollinator habitat program that includes one or more of the following:
  • (a)public education efforts that include workshops, planting guides, or a public education campaign to raise awareness about creating pollinator habitats;
  • (b)distribution of pollinator-friendly native flowering plants or seeds for native flowering plants for planting within the state to protect a diversity of pollinators;
  • (c)pollinator programs run by local governments and nonprofit organizations with support from the department; and
  • (d)grants that:
    • (i)are provided on a first-come, first-served basis; and
    • (ii)cover up to 75% of the costs for the planting of pollinator-friendly native flowering plants or seeds for native flowering plants on private or public land.

• (2)
  • (a)The department may coordinate with the federal government, other state agencies, institutions of higher education, as defined in Section 53H-1-101, or political subdivisions to provide for the activities described in Subsection (1).
  • (b)The department may designate smaller areas of the state to begin the activities described in Subsection (1).

• (3)The department may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish:
  • (a)the criteria for receiving a grant under this section; and
  • (b)the process to apply for and receive a grant under this section.