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Watershed Symposium 2017

Thank you to everyone who attended the 11th Annual Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium! This free two-day conference encourages a comprehensive review of the current state of our watershed while creating learning opportunities for a diverse array of stakeholders. Sessions covered a broad range of topics on water quality and watershed issues with local, regional, and national relevance. Hosted by Salt Lake County Watershed Planning & Restoration.

Powerpoints and audio recordings are available. Click on a session and scroll down to the attached files.
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Rick Ledbetter

Salt Lake County Health Department

8:00am MST

Registration & Check-in Crossroads

8:30am MST

Welcome & Opening Comments Great HallRick Graham

8:40am MST

KEYNOTE Unveiling the Anthropocene—A Super Wicked Story Great HallRobert Davies

9:10am MST

Year in Review: Comparing Harmful Algal Blooms from this Year to Last Lower Level: Ballroom BBen Holcomb

9:50am MST

Deciphering Cyano-blooms Using Molecular Approaches in Utah Lake Lower Level: Ballroom BRamesh Goel

10:20am MST

Break and snacks Crossroads

10:40am MST

Utah's Warming Climate and it's Increasing Flash Flood Threat Lower Level: Ballroom CBrian McInerney

11:20am MST

Partnering to Build Effective Drought Early Warning Systems Lower Level: Ballroom CSeth Arens • Elizabeth Weight

11:50am MST

Lunch Great Hall

1:40pm MST

Using Living Buildings to Achieve A Sustainable Water Future Lower Level: Ballroom CKenner Kingston • Nick Schou What’s Your Watershed Address? The Power (and Fun!) of School Outreach Lower Level: Ballroom BMarina Astin • Kylie Jones-Greenwood

2:20pm MST

Creating a Native Prairie Landscape within a Concrete Jungle Lower Level: Ballroom CZach Magdol

2:50pm MST

Break, snacks and prize drawing! Crossroads

3:20pm MST

Critical Outcomes, Lasting Impact: 5 Years of Science for Utah's Water Future [70 min.] Lower Level: Ballroom CAndreas Leidolf • Zach Aanderud • Mark Brunson • Courtney Flint • Amber Jones • Court Strong

8:00am MST

Registration & Check-in Crossroads

8:30am MST

Opening Comments Great HallRobert Thompson

8:40am MST

KEYNOTE Salt Lake County's Climate Adaptation Plan for Public Health Great HallRoyal DeLegge

9:05am MST

Panel Discussion on Local Watershed Planning Efforts and Implementation in the Wasatch Mountains Great HallAlan Matheson • Laura Briefer • Teresa Gray • Bekee Hotze • Wilf Sommerkorn

10:00am MST

Break and snacks Crossroads

10:20am MST

Water Quality Studies, TMDLs, Project Work...Oh My! Lower Level: Ballroom CScott Daly • Lucy Parham • Sandy Wingert

11:00am MST

Jordan River Phase II TMDL: The Organic Matter Conundrum Lower Level: Ballroom CTheron Miller

11:40am MST

Nutrient Cycling in the Jordan River: Seasonal & Spatial Variations Lower Level: Ballroom CRose Smith

1:10pm MST

The Great Salt Lake: Water Not Wasted Lower Level: Ballroom CAshley Kijowski

1:50pm MST

Unique Bird Habitat on a Prehistoric Jordan River Delta as it Enters Great Salt Lake—National Audubon Society’s Gillmor Sanctuary Lower Level: Ballroom CHeidi Hoven • Ella Sorensen

2:20pm MST

Break, snacks and prize drawing! Crossroads

3:30pm MST

Lower Jordan River Dissolved Oxygen—Is Additional Flow the Answer? Lower Level: Ballroom BEric Duffin • Soren Simonsen