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10:45am MST
New Delta Dawn
Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am MST
Speakers
Project Coordinator, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission
Eric McCulley is a project coordinator with Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (the Mitigation Commission). He has been working on restoration of rivers and riparian areas in the Intermountain West for almost three decades and has provided guidance for river projects...
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10:45am MST
Water is Life: Brand New Research on Utahns’ Water Values and Priorities
Wednesday November 20, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am MST
Speakers
Vice President of Communications & Education, Envision Utah
Jason Brown is the Vice President of Education and Communications at Envision Utah. He joined Envision Utah in 2014 and helped get more than 52,000 Utahns to participate in the landmark Your-Utah, Your Future visioning process. Jason has led many of Envision Utah’s research efforts...
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Policy Advisor, Utah Water Ways
Bart Forsyth began his career with Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District in May 1985. Mr. Forsyth worked at Jordan Valley for nearly 38 years serving in several positions including Assistant Staff Engineer, Senior Staff Engineer, Engineering Department Manager, Assistant General...
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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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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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12:55pm MST
How Are the Region's Wetland Managers Adapting to Climate Change and Drought?
Wednesday November 20, 2024 12:55pm - 1:25pm MST
Speakers
Professor Emeritus, Utah State University
Mark Brunson recently retired as a professor of Environment and Society at Utah State University, where his research focused on how public and private land managers respond to environmental change, with a focus on Utah and the Intermountain West.
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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1:30pm MST
Navigating EPA 9-Element Plans: Heber Valley Watershed Success Strategies
Wednesday November 20, 2024 1:30pm - 2:00pm MST
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Upper Provo and Jordan River Coordinator, Utah Division of Water Quality
Sandy Wingert is a seasoned water quality specialist with the Utah Division of Water Quality. With extensive experience in watershed management and watershed planning, Sandy has been instrumental in advancing water quality initiatives across the state. Her expertise includes developing...
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Lead Water Resources Scientist, SWCA Environmental Consultants
Arianna Mason is a water resource specialist and project manager at SWCA Environmental Consultants. With a background in water quality and water resources management, Arianna has spearheaded numerous projects as a project manager, technical lead, and data manager/analyst. Her expertise...
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2:15pm MST
Assessing a Social Value of Water in Aquifer Storage and Recovery Projects
Wednesday November 20, 2024 2:15pm - 2:45pm MST
Speakers
Principal, Integral Consulting Inc
R. Jeffrey Davis - a Civil & Environmental Engineer by degree and a Hydrgeologist by practice. With almost 3 decades of experience across the United States and abroad I am passionate about solving groundwater problems. My team solves clients’ problems as if they were our own. I...
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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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9:50am MST
So You Want To Go Viral: Leveraging Social Media To Amplify Watershed Efforts
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:50am - 10:20am MST
Speakers
Communications & Development Specialist, Sageland Collaborative
Sierra Hastings (she/her) works as the Communications & Development Specialist at Sageland Collaborative. In her role, Sierra manages Sageland’s social media channels (@sagelandcollab) and has fostered an online community of 5,000+ volunteers, partners, donors, and environmental...
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9:50am MST
Whose Shore Is It Anyway
Thursday November 21, 2024 9:50am - 10:20am MST
Speakers
Executive Director, Jordan River Commission
Soren Simonsen is Executive Director of the Jordan River Commission, a public agency established by an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement in 2010. The Commission is comprised of over 30 local, state and federal government agencies, together with community nonprofit and business partners...
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Sr. Manager, Gillmor Sanctuary, National Audubon Society
Heidi Hoven has always followed her interest in salty and often muddy waters, having earned her B.S. in Natural Resources at the University of Rhode Island under the advisory of Dr. Frank Golet (co-author of “Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States...
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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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10:50am MST
Reeling in the Data: Fish Tissue Contaminants in the Great Salt Lake Watershed
Thursday November 21, 2024 10:50am - 11:20am MST
Speakers
Water Quality Toxicologist, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
Jacob Ridgway is an aquatic toxicologist with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality. He recently moved to Utah after completing an M.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His previous work includes research collaborations with various...
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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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11:30am MST
Quantifying the Impact of Dust on Snowmelt in the Great Salt Lake Basin
Thursday November 21, 2024 11:30am - 12:10pm MST
Speakers
PhD Candidate, University of Utah
My Ph.D. research at the Snow Hydro Lab focuses on examining the impact of dust on snowmelt timing in the mountain ranges near the University of Utah. Specifically, I investigate the snow-covered regions of the Great Salt Lake Basin, which play a vital role in supplying water to the...
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1:00pm MST
Hogle Zoo, Our Watershed, and You
Thursday November 21, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm MST
Speakers
Conservation Action Coordinator, Utah's Hogle Zoo
Tori grew up among the mountains and deserts of Utah. Through exploration in her youth, she gained a passion for the land and animals around her. She received her bachelor’s degree in Ecology and Organismal Biology from the University of Utah, which lead her to an internship surveying...
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1:00pm MST
Water Conservation Toolbox
Thursday November 21, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm MST
Speakers
Executive Director of the Wasatch Front Water Quality Council and Member of the GSL Advisory Council, Wasatch Front Water Quality Council and Great Salt Lake Advisory Council
Leland Myers is an old, retired sewer worker. He has been on a bunch of boards or councils including a water district, the State Water Quality Board, GSL Advisory Council and others he barely remembers. He worked for a sewer district for a bunch of years as manager. Leland still does...
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Water Resources Scientist, SWCA Environmental Consultants
Lily Wetterlin is a water resources specialist and project manager in SWCA’s Salt Lake City office with 6 years of experience conducting water resources and environmental investigations in the Intermountain West. She has a strong analytical background in analyzing and interpreting...
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1:40pm MST
Utah’s Multi-Billion Dollar Bomb: Great Salt Lake Dust
Thursday November 21, 2024 1:40pm - 2:10pm MST
Speakers
Executive Director, Utah Rivers Council
Zach Frankel received his B.S. in Biology at the University of Utah and is the Executive Director of the Utah Rivers Council, which he founded in 1994. Zach has led many exciting campaigns to protect Utah’s rivers and is an expert on water policy in Utah. Zach lives with his family...
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Board President, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment
Dr. Moench is a former adjunct faculty member of the University of Utah Honors College, teaching the public health consequences of environmental degradation. He was the former chairman, Dept. of Anesthesia, Holy Cross Hospital and has been in private practice anesthesia at Holy Cross...
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Northern Utah Programs Manager, Utah Rivers Council
Amy Wicks is the Northern Utah Programs Manager for Utah Rivers Council, where she focuses on public policy affecting water conservation and the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. She has 30 years experience in the non-profit sector with expertise in research and data gathering, program management...
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1:40pm MST
Water Conservation Efforts of Irrigation Companies in the Great Salt Lake Basin
Thursday November 21, 2024 1:40pm - 2:10pm MST
Speakers
Graduate Research Assistant, Utah State University
Bailey Holdaway is a Master’s student studying Environment and Society at Utah State University. Her master's thesis focuses on irrigation companies in the Great Salt Lake basin specifically focusing on the decision-making and risk perceptions and how that influences the water management...
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