Watershed Symposium 2022

Watershed Symposium 2022

Welcome to the event schedule and directory for the 16th Annual Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium, November 16-17, 2022. Free and open to all, the Symposium encourages a comprehensive review of the current state of our watershed.

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Temis Taylor

Utah Conservation Corps

AmeriCorps Network Coordinator

Logan, UT

usu.edu/ucc

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Temis Taylor (she/her) is the Utah Higher Education AmeriCorps Coordinator for the Utah Conservation Corps and teaches in the Quinney College of Natural Resources at Utah State University. She is also a co-founder of Exact Communication, a non-profit focused on science communication training. Her interests include science engagement, climate communication, energy-food-water systems, bioregional planning, and innovation within the context of natural resource and ecosystem limitations.

8:30am MST

Registration & Check-in Crossroads

9:00am MST

Welcome & Opening Comments Great HallCatherine Kanter • Robert Thompson

9:10am MST

Keynote | Rethinking Resiliency: People, Institutions, Resources Great HallErica Gaddis

9:45am MST

Climate Change Resilience Assessment and Equity-Focused Planning at University of Utah Lower Level - Ballroom A/BBrenda Bowen • Kerry Case

10:15am MST

Break, snacks, networking Crossroads

10:40am MST

Large-scale Restoration of the Provo River Delta Lower Level - Ballroom A/BEric McCulley

11:20am MST

How Resilient are our Water Resources to the Changing Climate? Lower Level - Ballroom CKrishna Khatri

11:50am MST

Lunch Great Hall

12:50pm MST

Colorado River Aridification & What it Means to the Wasatch Front Great HallZach Frankel • Eric Balken

1:30pm MST

Panel | Using Science and Relationships to Elevate the Utah Lake Debate Great HallErin Jones • Robert Sainsbury • Erica Gaddis • Scott Daly • Ben Stireman • Ben Abbott • Kaylee Tanner • Eric Ellis • Mary Murdock Meyer

8:30am MST

Registration & Check-in Crossroads

9:00am MST

Panel | At Water's Edge: Searching for Solutions at the Great Salt Lake's Sister Lakes Across the Great Basin Great HallDoug Fabrizio • Laura Briefer • Leia Larsen • Amy Joi O'Donoghue • Steve Clyde • Joel Ferry • Manuel Rodriguez

10:15am MST

Shared Stewardship and Water Security Lower Level - Ballroom A/BMike Rau • Grace Patrick

10:45am MST

Break, snacks, networking Crossroads

11:10am MST

Great Salt Lake Basin Study Lower Level - Ballroom CJake Serago The Great Salt Lake Open Toolbox: Immediate Solutions to Save the Lake Lower Level - Ballroom A/BZach Frankel • Nick Halberg

11:50am MST

Saving Our Aquifers: Climate Change and Managed Aquifer Recharge Lower Level - Ballroom CR. Jeffrey Davis

12:20pm MST

Lunch Great Hall

1:20pm MST

Identifying Climate Vulnerabilities and Adapting for Utah's Future Lower Level - Ballroom A/BDallen Webster

2:00pm MST

Long-term Variability in Great Salt Lake Volume Lower Level - Ballroom CMeg Wolf

2:30pm MST

Break, snacks, and prize drawing finale! Crossroads