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Schedule
2026
Tuesday, March 24th
9:00 AM

Water in 2026

Spencer Cox, Utah State Governor

Logan, UT

9:00 AM

9:20 AM

Legislative Summary Panel

Brian Steed, Great Salt Lake Commissioner
Scott Sandall, Utah State Senate
Jill Koford, Utah House of Representatives
Joel Ferry, Utah Department of Natural Resources

Logan, UT

9:20 AM

9:40 AM

Water Supply Update

Jordan Clayton, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Logan, UT

9:40 AM

10:30 AM

Cache Water District Conservation Program

Autumn Matthews, Cache Water District

Logan, UT

10:30 AM

10:50 AM

Logan River Watershed Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Zan Murray, J-U-B Engineering

Logan, UT

10:50 AM

11:20 AM

Pheasant Forever Loan Program

Will Benkelman, Pheasant Forever Loan Program

Logan, UT

11:20 AM

1:15 PM

Agricultural Water Leasing Opportunities & Updates

Hannah Freeze, Great Salt Lake Commisioner’s Office

Logan, UT

1:15 PM

1:40 PM

Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan – Longterm Actions

Jake M. Serago, Utah Division of Water Resources

Logan, UT

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Drone Based Operational Cloud Seeding

Jared Smith, Rainmaker

Logan, UT

2:00 PM

Wednesday, March 25th
9:05 AM

Utah State University’s Water Legacy

Brad Mortensen, Utah State University

Logan, UT

9:05 AM

9:10 AM

2026 Northern Utah Water Champion Award

Spring Runoff Conference

Logan, UT

9:10 AM

9:25 AM

Utah’s Water Network Panel

Brad Mortensen, Utah State University
Kelly Pehrson, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
Nate Daugs, Cache Water District
Brad Parry, Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation Tribal Council
Lindsie Smith, Great Salt Lake Alliance
Camille Touton, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Megan Nelson, The Nature Conservancy

Logan, UT

9:25 AM

10:30 AM

Balancing Water Needs in Walker Basin

Peter Stanton, Walker Basin Conservancy

Logan, UT

10:30 AM

11:00 AM

What’s Next in Water Leasing Panel

Scott Hotaling, Utah State University
Adam Wickline, GSL Watershed Enhancement Trust
Hannah Freeze, Deputy Great Salt Lake Commissioner
Matt Anderson, Property and Environment Research Center
Peter Stanton, Walker Basin Conservancy
Mitch Hancock, Noo Sun Dairy

Logan, UT

11:00 AM

11:30 AM

A Conversation on Water

Camille Touton, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Logan, UT

11:30 AM

1:00 PM

Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan

Laura Vernon, Utah Division of Water Resources

Logan, UT

1:00 PM

1:00 PM

Integrating Hydrology and Human Water Footprints: A Case Study of the Great Salt Lake Watershed

Rocky Lynne Seeley, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:00 PM

1:00 PM

Microplastics as Physical Hubs Amplifying Antiobiotic Resistance Under Mixed-Contaminant Selection in Wastewater Systems

Liyuan Hou, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:00 PM

1:15 PM

Hydrodynamics of Bear Lake: Waves, Currents, Circulation, and Residence Times

Jeffrey Nielson, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Rethinking Harmful Algal Blooms in Utah Waters: A Paradigm Shift in Water Quality and Management

Kabilan Mani, University of Utah

Logan, UT

1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Water Needs and Recovery Pathways for the Great Salt Lake

David Tarboton, Utah State University
Sarah Null, Utah State University
Bethany Neilson, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:15 PM

1:30 PM

Ground Water Assessment of Cache Valley Using Modern Tracing Techniques

Eric Humphrey, USGS
Bethany Neilson, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:30 PM

1:30 PM

Impacts of Biochar and Fe/Zn-Doped Biochar on the Degradation and Transformation of PFAS in Wastewater Biosolids Compost

Chase Fry, Utah Water Research Lab
R. Ryan Dupont, Utah State University
Joan McLean, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:30 PM

1:30 PM

Supporting the Great Salt Lake: M&I Water Conservation Opportunities

Easton Hopkins, Utah Division of Water Resources

Logan, UT

1:30 PM

1:45 PM

Agriculture Water Optimization in the Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan

Matt Yost, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:45 PM

1:45 PM

Nutrient Inputs, Crop Removal, and Residual Soil Nitrogen Under Automated Surge Irrigation in Northen Utah

Ngoni Mufute, Utah State University

Logan, UT

1:45 PM

1:45 PM

The Physical, Legal, and Modeling Infrastructure for Water Resource Management has Reached a Tipping Point

Paul Brooks, University of Utah

Logan, UT

1:45 PM

2:30 PM

Meteorological Monitoring With Real-Time Data Processing Using UAS

Htoo Poe Sar, Utah State University
Cal Coopmans, Utah State University
Sierra Young, Utah State University

Logan, UT

2:30 PM

2:30 PM

The Reform of Prior Appropriation and the Fate of Great Salt Lake

Christopher L. Lant, Utah State University
Rocky Seeley, Utah State University
Beth Parker, University of Utah
Andrew Follett, University of Utah

Logan, UT

2:30 PM

2:30 PM

Utah Prototype for Visualizing Vulnerabilities Downstream of Dams

Courtney Flint, Utah State University
Michael Englert, Utah State University
Nicolas Holden, Utah State University

Logan, UT

2:30 PM

2:45 PM

Leasing Water for Great Salt Lake: Water Savings and Producer Impacts

Conner Harwood, PERC

Logan, UT

2:45 PM

2:45 PM

Making Water Visible: Neutral, Verification-First Infrastructure for Basin-Scale Water Accountability

Eric McCulley, McCulley Watershed Consulting Services

Logan, UT

2:45 PM

2:45 PM

What Makes Smart Irrigation Work? Lessons From Producers in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Tejinder Singh, Utah State University
Matt Yost, Utah State University
Elisa Flint, Utah State University
Burdette Barker, Utah State University
Jessica Ulrich-Schad, Utah State University
Silas Ekadu, Utah State University

Logan, UT

2:45 PM

3:00 PM

An Estimation of Crop Evapotranspiration Using Soil Water Balance in Vineyards

Tarique Aziz, Utah State University
Burdette Barker, Utah State University
Michael Caron, Utah State University
Michael Pace, Utah State University

Logan, UT

3:00 PM

3:00 PM

Immersive Modeling to Generate Holistic Strategies to Get More Water to Great Salt Lake

Hadia Akbar, Utah State University

Logan, UT

3:00 PM

3:00 PM

UAS Cloud Seeding in the Bear River Basin

Jared Smith

Logan, UT

3:00 PM

3:15 PM

Evaluating Alternative Water Conservation Scenarios for Alfalfa in the Great Salt Lake Basin Using Integrated Climate Model Projections

Saddy Pineda-Castellanos, Utah State University
Masoumeh Hashemi, Utah State University

Logan, UT

3:15 PM

3:15 PM

Floating Solar- Water Conservation and Energy Opportunities in Northern Utah

Lee Addams

Logan, UT

3:15 PM

3:15 PM

Sprinkler Package Runoff Risk Tool for Center Pivot Irrigation Systems

Will Bowers, Utah State University

Logan, UT

3:15 PM