The 8th annual Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium covered ecological restoration, green infrastructure, environmental education, new energy technologies, oil spill recovery efforts, and much more.
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Breakout Sessions
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“A River Runs Through Us”: Expanding Watershed Education with Interactive Data Displays (5.2mb)
Brian Greene, Utah Water Watch Program Coordinator
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An Ecological Status Report on the Post Oil Spill Fauna of Red Butte Creek (59.1mb)
Dan Potts, SLCF&GA
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Assessment of Utah’s Nonpoint Source (319) Program (2.8mb)
Nancy Mesner, Utah State University
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Best Practices for Riverfront Communities: A “How To” Guide for Implementing the Guiding Principles of the Blueprint Jordan River (8.7mb)
Laura Hanson, Jordan River Commission
Nancy Monteith, Landscape Architect
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Conservation Corps Engaging Youth in Collaborative Riparian Restoration (4.6mb)
Dave Bastian, Utah Conservation Corps
- Engaging Fiscal Conservatives in Water Conservation and Protection
Zach Frankel, Utah Rivers Council
- Geologic, Hydrologic and Anthropogenic Constraints on the Restoration of Red Butte Creek
Emy Maloutas, Salt Lake City
Eric McCulley, Intermountain Aquatics
- Green Infrastructure in Practice in Semi-arid Climates
Christine A. Pomeroy, University of Utah
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Ground Source Heat Pumps: Balancing Drinking Water Protection with New Energy Technologies (3.1mb)
Tracie Kirkham, Salt Lake City Public Utilities
Ron Lund, Salt Lake County Health Department
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Jordan River Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL): Phase 2 Research, Data Collection and Progress (13.4mb)
Hilary Arens, Utah Division of Water Quality
Michelle Baker, Utah State University
Jacob Richardson, Utah State University
R. Ryan Dupont, Utah State University
Merritt Frey, River Network
Erica Gaddis, SWCA Environmental Consultants
Ramesh Goel, University of Utah
Theron Miller, Jordan River/Farmington Bay Water Quality Council
Tom Ward, Salt Lake City Public Utilities
Jason Draper, Salt Lake City Public Utilities
- Land Cover and Geomorphic Changes Over Three Decades: Can They Inform Management and Restoration of the Jordan River?
Suzanne Walther, Utah Valley University
- Landfills and Recycling and Their Positive Relationship to Water Quality
Eleanor Divver, Salt Lake Valley Landfill/Recycling Center
- Live-growing Plants Offer Real Benefits Over Dormant Plant Materials in Some Landscapes
Jeff Klausmann, North Fork Native Plants
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Metals Concentrations in the Water Column and Brine Shrimp of Great Salt Lake (5.5mb)
Jodi Gardberg, Utah Division of Water Quality
- Past, Present and Future of Agricultural Water Rights in Salt Lake County
Nich Schou, Utah Rivers Council
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Recent Changes in Utah Pollution Discharge Elimination System (UPDES) Permitting for Great Salt Lake (789kb)
Christopher Bittner, Utah Division of Water Quality
- Sources, Sinks and the Fate of Organic Carbon in Urban Streams: An Overview in the Context of the Jordan River
Ramesh Goel, University of Utah
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Streambank Bioengineering: Natural Bank Stabilization Techniques for the Intermountain West (24.8mb)
J. Chris Hoag, Hoag Riparian & Wetland Restoration
- The Jordan River Corridor: Is There Any Hope Left for the Dream of a Robust Greenway?
Jeff Salt, Great Salt Lakeeper
- Utah Water Right Laws and Policies as They Affect the Jordan River and Its Tributaries
John Mann, Utah Division of Water Rights
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Vegetation Inventory of the Jordan River Galena Site (9.4mb)
Marc Coles-Ritchie, METI, Inc.
Arthur Morris, Conservation Stewardship Director
Panel Discussion
Wasatch Legacy Project
Laura Briefer, Salt Lake City Public Utilities
Dave Fields, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
Carl Fisher, Save Our Canyons
David Gellner, Salt Lake County Planning and Development
Jessie Walthers, Cottonwood Canyons Foundation
Dave Whittekiend, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Moderator: Jeff Niermeyer, Salt Lake City Public Utilities
Field Trips