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Watershed Symposium 2018
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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.
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Wednesday, November 14
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11:50am

Lunch Crossroads

12:50pm

Poster Session Great Hall

1:40pm

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

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

Break, snacks, and prize drawing! Crossroads

3:20pm

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

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
 
Thursday, November 15
 

8:00am

Registration & Check-in Crossroads

8:30am

Opening Comments Great Hall

8:40am

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

9:25am

Linking Water Quantity to Water Quality in the Jordan River, Utah Lower Level - Ballroom CRachel Gabor • Yusuf Jameel • Jennifer Follstad Shah • Rose Smith Wetlands in the Watershed: Health, Stressors, Losses, and Function Lower Level - Ballroom A/BDiane Menuz

10:05am

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 CNoortje Grijseels • Diane Pataki • Rose Smith

10:35am

Break and snacks Crossroads

10:55am

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

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

Lunch Crossroads

1:05pm

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

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

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

Break, snacks, and prize drawing finale! Crossroads