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9:45am MST
Update from the Great Salt Lake Commissioner's Office: Next Steps
Wednesday November 20, 2024 9:45am - 10:15am MST
Speakers
Great Salt Lake Commissioner, Office of the Great Salt Lake Commissioner
May 2023, Governor Spencer Cox appointed Brian Steed as the first Great Salt Lake Commissioner.Currently, Steed also serves as executive director of the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water and Air at Utah State University. As part of this role, he has served as co-chair...
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Deputy Great Salt Lake Commissioner, Office of the Great Salt Lake Commissioner
Tim Davis is the Deputy Great Salt Lake Commissioner.Davis previously served as the Director of the Utah Division of Drinking Water. Prior to coming to Utah, he oversaw the water rights, water resources, drinking water and water quality programs for the state of Montana. He led the...
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Wednesday November 20, 2024 9:45am - 10:15am MST
Great Hall
11:25am MST
Phosphorus Sources to Utah Lake and Their Impacts on Harmful Algal Blooms
Wednesday November 20, 2024 11:25am - 11:55am MST
Speakers
Professor, Utah Valley University
Dr. Weihong Wang is a Professor and Department Chair of Earth Science at Utah Valley University. Holding a Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of South Carolina, she is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research interests include anthropogenic impact on wetland...
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11:25am MST
Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan Update
Wednesday November 20, 2024 11:25am - 12:05pm MST
Speakers
Great Salt Lake Basin Planner, Utah Division of Water Resources
Laura Vernon is an accomplished natural resources planner with nearly two decades of experience in the field. As the Great Salt Lake Basin Planner for the Utah Division of Water Resources, she leverages her expertise in strategic land use and water planning to address the complex...
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Water Resources Engineer, Utah Division of Water Resources
Jake is a water resource engineer with 10 years of professional hydrologic and hydraulic modeling experience. Driven by his deep connection to the element, Jake chose water resources as a career because of the magical quality of water to sustain life. In his work at the Utah Division...
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1:30pm MST
Historical Life Ways of the Wuda Ogwa (Bear River)
Wednesday November 20, 2024 1:30pm - 2:00pm MST
Speakers
Vice Chairman, The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation
Brad Parry serves as the Vice Chairman for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation and is employed by the Tribe as the Natural Resources Officer, where he is the Program Manager for the Wuda Ogwa Restoration Project. Brad grew up in Syracuse, Utah, near the Great Salt Lake. Prior...
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2:45pm MST
Poster Session, Break, Snacks
Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:25pm MST
Posters
Recreational Water Intern, Utah Division of Water Quality
Carina Thiriot is a recent public health graduate working as the Utah Division of Water Quality's recreational water intern. This year, Carina has created educational materials about harmful algae in Utah waterbodies, including recent materials for Utah veterinarian offices. She is...
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Utah State University
Farah is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center (SW CASC), and located at the Utah State University. She is a member of the "Future of Aquatic Flows" cohort of the Climate Adaptation Postdoctoral (CAP) Fellows Program of USGS. In this role, she works...
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Senior Advisor Government Affairs, Rio Tinto
Our Kennecott mine is a world-class, integrated copper mining operation located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903, and today is one of the top producing...
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Riverscape Project Manager, Sageland Collaborative
Jens Ammon designs, manages, and implements restoration projects as part of Sageland Collaborative's Riverscape Restoration Program. He received a Master of Ecological Restoration and a B.S. in Aquatic Ecosystem Management from Utah State University, and a B.S. in Geology from the...
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Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences / University of Utah
Dr. Kevin Perry has been a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah since 2002. He holds a B.S. degree in meteorology from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington. He has participated in...
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Director of Chemistry, e-sens
Nick graduated from the University of Utah in 2018 and has worked at e-sens for the past six years, developing novel technologies for fast, accurate, and affordable detection of chemicals in drinking water.
Stream Ecologist, Sageland Collaborative
Rose Smith is a Stream Ecologist leading the Riverscape Restoration program at Sageland Collaborative. She works with diverse partners to implement and conduct research on low-tech restoration practices across the western United States. Rose brings experience in ecosystem ecology...
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Graduate Research Assistant, University of Utah / Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Zachary Claerhout is a second-year graduate student in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah. He holds a B.S. degree in Environmental Geoscience from the University of Utah, where he worked as an analyst in the Seismograph Station and participated in the...
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Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:45pm - 3:25pm MST
Great Hall
Group Session Networking
- Topic Climate Change, Conservation/Restoration, Education/Outreach, Environmental Justice, Fire, Great Salt Lake, Green Infrastructure, Policy & Law, Technology, Water Quality, Water Quantity/Flow
- Technical Level non-technical; appeal to broad audience, somewhat technical, technical; appeal to a more targeted audience