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12:55pm MST
Climate Resiliency Toolbox
Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:55pm - 1:25pm MST
Speakers
Water Resources Engineer, Barr Engineering Co.
Dallen is a water resources engineer whose experience includes integrating regionally appropriate best management practices (BMPs) into stormwater management plans, hydraulic modeling to design river remediation strategies, assessing and monitoring water quality, developing climate...
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2:15pm MST
H2Oquirrh: A Vision for Salt Lake County’s Southwest Waterways
Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:15pm - 2:45pm MST
Speakers
Environmental Engineer, LimnoTech
Renn Lambert is an Environmental Engineer at LimnoTech. Renn's work has focused on water issues in arid regions, where he has led and supported projects in Arizona, Idaho, Washington, California, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada, Texas, and the Middle East. His project experience includes...
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Canyons Management Program Director, Salt Lake County Office of Regional Development
Jason is passionately committed to conservation and natural resource management, having served in local and state government for over 13 years. He enjoys finding solutions to problems using GIS and data-driven decision-making. As the Canyons Management Program Director, he strives...
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Landscape Designer and Planner, Design Workshop
Helen is a designer and planner based in Design Workshop’s Denver studio. Her design approach is driven by her passion for complex urban environments and sustainable systems. She is never without a sketchbook for taking in new sights and ideas in the places she lives and visits...
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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
10:50am MST
Native Restoration of Urban and Suburban Land
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:50am - 11:20am MST
Speakers
Director, Endemic LC
With a degree in Botany from UVU and as a former Volunteer Coordinator of Tree Utah, Steven Kelty has been disillusioned with the narrative on the solutions to habitat destruction and climate change. He seeks to make action on both accounts more egalitarian and less dependent on good...
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11:30am MST
Great Salt Lake Stormwater Study: Basin-Wide Analysis of Stormwater and LID
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm MST
Speakers
Environmental Engineer, LimnoTech
Renn Lambert is an Environmental Engineer at LimnoTech. Renn's work has focused on water issues in arid regions, where he has led and supported projects in Arizona, Idaho, Washington, California, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada, Texas, and the Middle East. His project experience includes...
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Professional Engineering Intern, Hansen, Allen, and Luce Engineers
Mr. Hortin began his professional career with the Utah Water Research Laboratory in 2017 and with Hansen, Allen & Luce in 2022. Josh specializes in water quality and environmental science, knowledge of analytical methods of water quality, geochemical modeling, and statistical analysis...
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