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Utah cities and counties are already required by state law to adopt long-range general plans and land use regulations that guide how land is developed. This bill expands those requirements by directing every municipality and county to address wildlife habitat connectivity and migration corridors — the routes animals use to move between habitats — as a required topic in their general plans, and to consider the impacts of development on wildlife movement and habitat when adopting land use regulations. The consideration is framed as advisory ("to the extent the legislative body determines advisable"), meaning local governments must engage with the question but retain discretion over how to respond to it. The bill also requires the Department of Natural Resources to provide relevant wildlife information to any city or county that requests it.