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2016 Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium

Welcome to the official event schedule and directory for the 10th Annual Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium. Congratulations to Carl Adams of DWQ. He was nominated by peers, and celebrated with peers, as the 2016 Watershed Steward of the Year!

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Lynn Berni

Salt Lake County Watershed
Watershed Planner
Salt Lake City, UT

slco.org/watershed/

Lynn is a watershed planner with Salt Lake County Watershed Planning & Restoration. She enjoys the challenge of creating effective communication tools to convey complex ideas to broad audiences. As the event manager for the Watershed Symposium since 2010, she strives to incorporate new ideas to improve the experience each year. Lynn holds a Certificate in Geographic Information Systems from Penn State, a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University.

9:00am MST

Welcome & Opening Comments Great HallLori Bays • Robert Thompson

9:10am MST

KEYNOTE: A Decade of Working Together Great HallJeff Niermeyer

9:35am MST

Film Short Great Hall

9:55am MST

Persistent Urban Impacts On Surface Water Quality in the Wasatch Front GalleryKaren Nichols • Rachel Gabor

10:25am MST

Groundwater Development and Surface Water: Streamflow Depletion Room 104/105Austin White • Lynette Brooks

11:30am MST

You Can’t Play Soccer in a Perennial Bed! Room 104/105Paul Johnson

12:05pm MST

Starts With a BBQ: Aligning Citizens with Utah Monitoring Needs GalleryEllen Bailey • Eli Robinson

12:35pm MST

What Really Inspires Stewardship? A Case Against Scare Tactics GalleryAlex Hamilton • Michelle Mileham • Anne Terry

1:00pm MST

Lunch Great Hall

2:00pm MST

Poster Session Great HallShoeleh Assemi • Marina Astin • Lynette Brooks • Eddy Cadet • Cynthia Elliott • Arthur Evensen • Rachel Gabor • Andrew Gelderloos • Ramesh Goel • Brittany Van Grouw • Stacy Henderson • David Kimberly • Hanyan Li • Mallory Millington • Michael Navidomskis • Alexis Nelson • Scott Olsen • Jennifer Follstad Shah • Rose Smith • Brian Tonetti • Cora Winters • Jake Wood • Annie Young

3:05pm MST

Environmental Dashboard: Tracking the Health of the Wasatch GalleryJoan Degiorgio • Marian Hubbard-Rice

3:35pm MST

Water is for Fighting! Water Right Adjudications in Salt Lake Valley GalleryBlake Bingham

4:05pm MST

Mirage in the Desert: Data Centers, Water Use, & Growth GalleryDarin Mann • Weston Wood

7:00pm MST

Film Screening: "Return of the River" The City Library: Nancy Tessman AuditoriumJessica Plumb • Utah Film Center • Jordan River Commission • Utah Forestry Fire and State Lands

9:10am MST

KEYNOTE: The Power of Possibility: Birth of a Movement, Rebirth of our Waterways Great HallMarc Yaggi

9:45am MST

Beyond the Ivory Tower: University-Stakeholder Partnerships for Utah's Water Future Great HallMichelle Baker • Chris Keleher • Mark Brunson • Jason Draper • R Ryan Dupont • Lewis Kogan • Nicholas von Stackelberg • Court Strong

11:00am MST

Who Pulled the Plug on Utah Lake: An Ecological Primer Room 104/105Ramesh Goel • Theron Miller • Reverend Doctor David Charles Richards

11:30am MST

The Great Salt Lake: Water Not Wasted GalleryJoe Donaldson • Ashley Kijowski

12:05pm MST

Anthropogenic Impacts on the Utah Lake Ecosystem Using GIS Spatial Analysis Room 104/105Joseph Rhodes • Weihong Wang

12:35pm MST

Considering the 3rd Pillar of Water Demand & Conservation: Economics GalleryGail Blattenberger • Zachary Frankel • Gabriel Lozada

1:00pm MST

Lunch Great Hall

1:30pm MST

"Watershed Steward of the Year" Award Ceremony & Prize Drawing Great Hall

2:00pm MST

The Business of Water: Lessons from Coca-Cola Watershed Replenishment GalleryAlyson Eddie • Meagan Knowlton

2:30pm MST

Spatiotemporal Variability of Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Room 104/105Jennifer Graham

3:05pm MST

The Jordan River…Size Matters GalleryLewis Kogan • Robert Thompson • Tom Ward

4:05pm MST

Landscape Lab: Merging Science & Design for a Landscape of Learning GalleryJoe Donaldson • Laura Bandara • Brenda Bowen • Sarah Hinners