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Watershed Symposium 2018

Welcome to the official website of the 12th Annual Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium, November 14-15, 2018! Free and open to all, the Symposium encourages a comprehensive review of the current state of our watershed while creating learning and networking opportunities for a broad array of stakeholders. Sessions cover a broad range of topics on water quality and watershed issues with local, regional, and national relevance. Hosted annually 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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8:00am MST

Registration & Check-in Crossroads

8:30am MST

Welcome & Opening Comments Great HallRick Graham

8:40am MST

KEYNOTE Planning for an Uncertain Future: Insight from Colorado Great HallTaryn Finnessey

9:10am MST

A National Priorities List Superfund Site in Our Own Backyard Lower Level - Ballroom CD. Lynne Welsh Situation Assessment of Water Quality Issues in the Jordan River Lower Level - Ballroom A/BSarah Hinners

9:50am MST

A Snail, a Clam, and the River Jordan Lower Level - Ballroom CDavid Richards Watershed Restoration of Abandoned Mines in the Wasatch Mountains Lower Level - Ballroom A/BHilary Arens • Richard White

10:20am MST

Break and snacks Crossroads

10:40am MST

Design, Construction and Maintenance for Permanent Erosion Control Lower Level - Ballroom A/BSteven Klein Overview of 2018 Cyanobacteria Blooms in Utah Lower Level - Ballroom CBen Holcomb

11:20am MST

Water Quality Data Collection, Management & Sharing in GIS Lower Level - Ballroom CAlex Rudowski Harmful Algal Blooms in Utah Lake: A Molecular Insight Lower Level - Ballroom A/BRamesh Goel

11:50am MST

Lunch Crossroads

12:50pm MST

Poster Session Great Hall

1:40pm MST

Misrepresenting the Water Cycle in Educational Literature Lower Level - Ballroom A/BMadeline Buhman Surface Temperature of Alpine Lakes of Wasatch and Uinta Lower Level - Ballroom CFoad Yousef

2:20pm MST

Plants to the Rescue: Activities and Models for Stormwater Education Lower Level - Ballroom A/BEllen Bailey What Happens to Cyanotoxins Once They Are Out? Lower Level - Ballroom CMarielle Hollstein • Hanyan Li

2:50pm MST

Break, snacks, and prize drawing! Crossroads

3:20pm MST

Green Streets: Improving Water Quality and Increasing Conservation Lower Level - Ballroom A/BVik Bapna • Steve Bell • Ben Willardson Phosphorous, Grazers, and Temperatures May Intensify Utah Lake HABs Lower Level - Ballroom CScott Collins • Erin Jones

4:00pm MST

EBPR: A Solution to Nutrient Removal and Environmental Protection Lower Level - Ballroom CBrendan Mackey Retrofitting Stormwater Ponds To Improve Water Quality & Flood Control Lower Level - Ballroom A/BSteven Klein

8:00am MST

Registration & Check-in Crossroads

8:30am MST

Opening Comments Great Hall

8:40am MST

Doing More with Less: Climate Change in the Colorado River Basin Great HallZachary Frankel • Brian McInerney

9:25am MST

Linking Water Quantity to Water Quality in the Jordan River, Utah Lower Level - Ballroom CJennifer Follstad Shah Wetlands in the Watershed: Health, Stressors, Losses, and Function Lower Level - Ballroom A/BDiane Menuz

10:05am MST

The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl and Utah's wetlands: A Story Lower Level - Ballroom A/BAshley Kijowski Water Use By Lawns and Other Landscapes of Salt Lake Valley Lower Level - Ballroom CRose Smith

10:35am MST

Break and snacks Crossroads

10:55am MST

Jordan River Water Quality Modeling: Application and Simulations Lower Level - Ballroom CJuhn-Yuan Su The Great Reduction: How We Can Save the “Polar Bears” of the GSL Lower Level - Ballroom A/BJaimi Butler • Nick Schou

11:35am MST

What Should the Water Quality Goals for Great Salt Lake Wetlands Be? Lower Level - Ballroom A/BBecka Downard Modeling the Effect of Green Infrastructure Implementation In the Red Butte Creek Area Lower Level - Ballroom CR Ryan Dupont

12:05pm MST

Lunch Crossroads

1:05pm MST

Citizen Science-Based Monitoring and Stewardship for the Jordan River Lower Level - Ballroom A/BChris Cline Networking (open timeslot due to cancellation) Lower Level - Ballroom C

1:45pm MST

Cyberinfrastructure for Improving Real-Time Water Resources Management Lower Level - Ballroom A/BCarlos Oroza TMDL/Stormwater Approaches for Restoring Water Quality Lower Level - Ballroom CCarl Adams • Karen Nichols

2:25pm MST

Beaver Dam Analogues: Implementation and Monitoring Lower Level - Ballroom A/BAllison Jones The Water Warrior Challenge: Incentivizing Water Conservation Lower Level - Ballroom CDrew Hodge

2:55pm MST

Break, snacks, and prize drawing finale! Crossroads