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Utah cities and counties already must adopt long-range general plans and land use regulations to guide development, but current law does not require them to specifically address wildlife impacts. This bill would require every municipal and county general plan to address the maintenance of wildlife habitat connectivity and migration corridors, and would require planning commissions to consider how land use categories affect hunting opportunities and wildlife movement when drafting the land use element of these plans. When adopting general plans or land use regulations, city and county legislative bodies would be required to consider the impacts of development on wildlife, wildlife movement, and habitat, and how those impacts might be mitigated, though they would retain discretion over how to respond ("to the extent the legislative body determines advisable"). The bill also requires the Department of Natural Resources, upon request, to provide cities and counties with information relevant to these wildlife considerations.