Watershed Symposium 2024

Watershed Symposium 2024

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8:30am MST

Registration & Check-in Crossroads

9:00am MST

Welcome & Opening Comments Great HallLisa Hartman • Robert Thompson

9:10am MST

Keynote | Framing the Future of Watershed Stewardship Great HallBrenda Bowen

9:45am MST

Update from the Great Salt Lake Commissioner's Office: Next Steps Great HallBrian Steed • Tim Davis

10:15am MST

Break & Snacks Crossroads

10:45am MST

New Delta Dawn Lower Level, Ballroom CEric McCulley Water is Life: Brand New Research on Utahns’ Water Values and Priorities Lower Level, Ballroom A/BJason Brown • Bart Forsyth

11:25am MST

Phosphorus Sources to Utah Lake and Their Impacts on Harmful Algal Blooms Lower Level, Ballroom CWeihong Wang Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan Update Lower Level, Ballroom A/BLaura Vernon • Jake Serago

11:55am MST

Lunch Great Hall

12:55pm MST

Climate Resiliency Toolbox Lower Level, Ballroom CDallen Webster How Are the Region's Wetland Managers Adapting to Climate Change and Drought? Lower Level, Ballroom A/BMark Brunson

1:35pm MST

Historical Life Ways of the Wuda Ogwa (Bear River) Lower Level, Ballroom A/BBrad Parry Navigating EPA 9-Element Plans: Heber Valley Watershed Success Strategies Lower Level, Ballroom CSandy Wingert • Arianna Mason

2:15pm MST

Assessing a Social Value of Water in Aquifer Storage and Recovery Projects Lower Level, Ballroom A/BR. Jeffrey Davis H2Oquirrh: A Vision for Salt Lake County’s Southwest Waterways Lower Level, Ballroom CRenn Lambert • Jason Wolf • Helen Lea

2:45pm MST

Break, Snacks Crossroads Poster Session Lower Level, LobbyZachary Claerhout • Kiani Ellingson • Nick Halverson • Julie LeFevre • Farah Nusrat • Kevin Perry

3:25pm MST

NSF Southwest Sustainability Innovation Engine: Connecting Research to Practice Great HallBrenda Bowen • Meghan Dovick • Sarah Hinners • Marian Rice

3:55pm MST

Prize Drawing & Closing Comments Great Hall