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Schedule
2023
Tuesday, March 14th
8:45 AM

Welcome Address

Brian Steed, Utah State University

Logan, UT

8:45 AM

9:00 AM

Spring Runoff Report

Glen Merrill, National Weather Service

Logan, UT

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

Keynote Speaker

Tim Hawkes, Great Salt Lake Brine Shrimp Cooperative

Logan, UT

9:30 AM

11:00 AM

Utah Water Status: A Year of Opportunity

Laura Haskell, Utah Division of Water Resources

Logan, UT

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

Utah Wildlife Walls: Creating Space for Public Engagement With Monumental Wildlife Murals

Chris Peterson, Celebrate Utah Wildlife Project

Logan, UT

11:30 AM

1:30 PM

Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan

Jake Serago, Utah Division of Water Resources

Logan, UT

1:30 PM

1:30 PM

Harmful Algal Blooms: Collaborative Efforts to Improve Detection & Mitigation

Hannah Bonner, Utah Division of Water Quality

Logan, UT

1:30 PM

1:30 PM

Restoration & Nature-Based Solutions

Tyler Thompson, Watershed Restoration Initiative

Logan, UT

1:30 PM

1:45 PM

Plastic Photolysis in Surface Waters: Connecting Laboratory Aging to Sunlight

Kyle Moor, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:45 PM

1:50 PM

Hydrology & Water Conservation

Sarah Null, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:50 PM

2:00 PM

PFAS: The Forever Chemical

Sarah Page, Utah Division of Drinking Water

Logan, UT

2:00 PM

2:10 PM

Restoration of the Provo River to Support Natural River Processes and Endangered Species Recovery

Eric McCulley, Utah Reclamation Mitigation & Conservation Commission

Logan, UT

2:10 PM

2:10 PM

UDAF Water Optimization Program Update

Benjamin Hudson, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food

Logan, UT

2:10 PM

2:15 PM

USGS Integrated Science Investigations of Water Quality Issues Within Utah and Across the United States

Daniel Jones, Utah Water Science Center

Logan, UT

2:15 PM

2:30 PM

Growing Smarter: Approaches to Urban Water Conservation in Utah

Kelly Kopp, Utah State University

Logan, UT

2:30 PM

2:30 PM

Hyper-Resolution Watershed Hydrologic Modeling: Leveraging the Power of Parallel Computing and Open Science Tools

Pin Shuai, Utah State University

Logan, UT

2:30 PM

2:45 PM

Panel Q & A

Hannah Bonner, Utah Division of Water Quality
Kyle Moor, Utah State University
Sarah Page, Utah Division of Drinking Water
Daniel Jones, Utah Water Science Center
Pin Shuai, Utah State University

Logan, UT

2:45 PM

2:50 PM

Panel Q & A

Jake Serago, Utah Division of Water Resources
Sarah Null, Utah State University
Benjamin Hudson, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
Kelly Kopp, Utah State University

Logan, UT

2:50 PM

6:30 PM

Wild and Science Film Festival

Utah State University

Logan, UT

6:30 PM

Wednesday, March 15th
9:00 AM

Keynote Speaker

Deidre Henderson, Lieutenant Governor of Utah

Logan, UT

9:00 AM

9:30 AM

Living Within Our Means: Reducing Water Use to Move From Control of Nature to Natural Resilience

Ben Abbott, Brigham Young University

Logan, UT

9:30 AM

9:55 AM

How Much Water Will it Take to Restore the Great Salt Lake and How to Achieve it?

Dave Tarboton, Utah State University

Logan, UT

9:55 AM

10:30 AM

Building Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange Around Watersheds in Utah

Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center

Logan, UT

10:30 AM

10:30 AM

Hydrochemical Tracer Sampling in Logan River to Inform Future Water Availability

Bethany Neilson, Utah State University

Logan, UT

10:30 AM

10:50 AM

Reducing Wildfire-Related Risks to Water Infrastructure in Utah

Patrick Belmont, Utah State University

Logan, UT

10:50 AM

11:10 AM

Impacts of the Water Initiative Program on Advancing Water Optimization in Utah Agriculture

Matt Yost, Utah State University

Logan, UT

11:10 AM

12:00 PM

Assessing Factors That Influence Estimation of Evapotranspiration in Almond Orchards Using UAV Information and Surface Energy Balance Models

Moises Duran-Gomez, Utah State University
Alfonso Torres-Rua, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Constraining Erosion Rates of Post-Wildifre Debris Flow Fans

Casey Langstroth, Utah State University
Patrick Belmont, Utah State University
Brendan Murphy, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Controls on Sediment Connectivity in Fluvial Networks Impacted by Wildfire Across Utah

Alec Arditti, Utah State University
Brendan Murphy, Utah State University
Patrick Belmont, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Determine the Sampling Volume of Different Electromagnetic-Based Soil Moisture Sensors

Chieh Yun Chang, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Economic Footprint Analysis of the Great Salt Lake Watershed Based on Agricultural Production

Masoumeh Hashemi, Utah State University
Matt Yost, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Effect of Water Level Fluctuations on Nitrogen Dynamics in Utah Lake

Emily Jainarain, Utah State University
Erin Rivers, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Enhancing Traditional Wetland Mapping to Improve Resource Management

Peter Goodwin, University of Idaho
Rebecca Molinari, Brigham Young University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Fractal Dimension and Covariance Structures of Sub-Reach Variability Functions

Anzy Lee, Utah State University
Belize Lane, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Integrating sUAS and Eddy-Covariance Data for Accurate Vine Stem Water Potential Assessment at the Vineyard Scale

Rui Gao, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Integration of Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Products to Address Water Balance and Irrigation Management in Utah's Water Canal Companies

Katherine Osorio-Diaz, Utah State University
Alfonso Torres-Rua, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Lack of Proportional Representation of Women in Environmental Health Studies

Shannon Lambson, Brigham Young University
Patrick Strong, Utah State University
Jeffery Horsburgh, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Lateral Flow Connections Between Irrigation Distribution Systems and Rivers

Frederick Lasswell, Utah State University
Abbygael Johnson, Utah State University
Abby Englund, Utah State University
Chelsey Cowburn, Utah State University
Devon Hill, Utah State University
Hyrum Tennant, Utah State University
Bethany Neilson, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Methods for Assessing the Relationship Between June Sucker (Chasmistes liorus) and Aquatic Vegetation

Meghan-Grace Slocombe, Utah State University
Karin Kettenring, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Minor Impacts of Soil Wetting Agents on Silage Corn Production

Tina Sullivan, Utah State University
Matt Yost, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Numerical Simulation for Water and Plant Root Uptake Under Various Gravity Conditions in Containerized Soilless Media

Chihiro Dixon, Utah State University
Brendan Fatzinger, Utah State University
Bruce Bugbee, Utah State University
Scott Jones, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Optimizing the Use of Soil Amendments for Low Impact Development (LID) Systems to Improve Soil Hydrologic Properties and Water Quality

Lily Wetterlin, Utah State University
Erin Rivers, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Quantifying Evapotranspiration Uncertainty in Alfalfa-Grass Mix

Burdette Barker, Utah State University
Sheridan Stewart, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Quantifying Groundwater Exchanges Throughout the Upper Logan River Watershed

Devon Hill, Utah State University
Bethany Neilson, Utah State University
Hyrum Tennant, Utah State University
Nate Ashmead, Utah State University
Dennis Newell, Utah State University
Tianfang Xu, Utah State University
Jim McNamara, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Recreation or Regression: Assessing the Effects of Human Activities on Desert Carbon Sequestration in Bears Ears National Monument

Elisabeth Currit, Brigham Young University
Nathan Thompson, Brigham Young University
Alex Long, Brigham Young University
Tessa Cantrell, Brigham Young University
Heather Phipps, Brigham Young University
Jansen Nipko, Brigham Young University
Shannon Lambson, Brigham Young University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Testing the Validity of a 2-D Numerical Model to Simulate Flow in a Complex Karst Catchment Using COMSOL Multi-Physics: Application to the Jeita Spring in Lebanon

Jihad Othman, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Update on the Logan River Observatory Instrumentation and Coordination

Bethany Neilson, Utah State University
Patrick Strong, Utah State University
Jeffery Horsburgh, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Using Satellite Imagery to Quantify the Impacts of Utah Drought on Urban Vegetation Coverage

Ji-Jhong Chen, Utah State University
Alfonso Torres-Rua, Utah State University
Lawrence E, Hipps, Utah State University
Kelly Kopp, Utah State University
Youping Sun, Utah State University
Rui Gao, Utah State University

Logan, UT

12:00 PM

1:30 PM

Water and Wellbeing in Utah

Courtney Flint, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:30 PM

1:50 PM

The Utah People and Environment Poll (UPEP): Understanding Utahns' Perceptions of Environmental Issues

Jessica Schad, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:50 PM

1:50 PM

What Will Be the Fate of Great Salt Lake Wetlands? Insights From Wetland Research, Management, and Restoration

Karin Kettenring, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:50 PM

2:10 PM

Mapping Opinions About Climate and Water in the Western US

Peter Howe, Utah State University

Logan, UT

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Because Humans Use Water Too: Including Humans in Water Cycle Diagrams and Resources

Sophie Hill, Brigham Young University

Logan, UT

2:30 PM

2:30 PM

Successes and Challenges for June Sucker Recovery and Common Carp Control Efforts in Utah Lake

Tim Walsworth, Utah State University

Logan, UT

2:30 PM

2:50 PM

Panel Q & A

Tyler Thompson, Watershed Restoration Initiative
Karin Kettenring, Utah State University
Eric McCulley, Utah Reclamation Mitigation & Conservation Commission
Tim Walsworth, Utah State University

Logan, UT

2:50 PM

2:50 PM

Panel Q & A

Courtney Flint, Utah State University
Jessica Schad, Utah State University
Peter Howe, Utah State University
Sophie Hill, Brigham Young University

Logan, UT

2:50 PM