Archived Schedule

This is an archived schedule from a previous year's series. Click here for this year's seminar series schedule.

Geoscience and Society Spring 2022 Seminar Series: Water - Future of the Intermountain West

Public lectures: Fridays 12:30-1:20 pm in Tracy Hall Science Center Room 217 (campus map)

Zoom link (meeting password: 907634)

Student workshops + discussion follows the lectures: 1:30-2:20 pm

Students: Get credit by registering for GEO 4990 (SUS) CRN 34869, 2 credits. Counts as an upper-division elective.

Seminar Series Schedule

Speakers and topics are subject to change due to cancellations or other rescheduling needs.

Seminar videos are typically posted within a week of the seminar.

Date Speaker & Affiliation Topic or Title Flyer
Jan 14 Dr. Carie Frantz Dr. Carie Frantz
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Director, Environmental Science Program
Weber State University
Series introduction: Water in the Intermountain West
Video
Jan 14 - Frantz - Introduction
Theme I: Utah's Water Cycle
Jan 21 Dr. Cianna Wyshnytzky Dr. Cianna Wyshnytzky
Geologist, Water Resources
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Conserving Utah's water as a natural resource with the NRCS
Video

Dr. Cianna Wyshnytzky: Conserving Utah's water as a natural resource with the NRCS
Jan 28 Dr. Wei Zhang Dr. Wei Zhang
Assistant Professor, Plants, Soils, & Climate Department
Utah State University
Modeling the impacts of climate change on water resources in utah
Video
Dr. Wei Zhang - Modeling the impacts of climate change on water resources in Utah
Feb 4 Dr. Marek Matyjasik Dr. Marek Matyjasik
Professor and Chair, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Weber State University
Local and regional secrets of groundwater in northern Utah
Video
Dr. Marek Matyjasik - Local and regional secrets of groundwater in northern Utah
Feb 11 Dr. Patrick Belmont Dr. Patrick Belmont
Professor and Head, Department of Watershed Sciences
Utah State University

Wildfire, fish, and water resources in the western U.S.
Video

Dr. Patrick Belmont - Science and management of wildfire, fish, and water resources in western U.S.
Feb 18 Dr. Jordan Clayton

Dr. Jordan Clayton
Supervisor and Hydrologist, Utah Snow Survey
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Monitoring  Utah's snowpack and forecasting water supply
Video
Dr. Jordan Clayton - Monitoring Utah's snowpack and forecasting water supply
Theme II: Water Quality & Security
Feb 25 Dr. Weihong Wang

Dr. Weihong Wang
Associate Professor, Earth Science Department
Utah Valley University

Building a nutrient mass balance model for Utah Lake
Video
Dr. Weihong Wang - Building a nutrient mass balance model for Utah Lake
Mar 4 Rachel Shilton Rachel Shilton, P.E.
River Basin Planning
Utah Division of Water Resources
2021 Water Resources Plan for Utah
Video
Rachel Shilton - Utah State Water Resources Plan
Mar 11   Spring Break, No Seminar  
Mar 16-18 Intermountain Sustainability Summit

Intermountain Sustainability Summit
2022 Virtual Conference

Various talks and workshops
see https://www.weber.edu/issummit

 
Mar 25 Lynn de Freitas, Jaimi Butler, Carie Frantz, Carla Trentelman

Jaimi Butler
Great Salt Lake Institute, Westminster College

Lynn DeFreitas
Friends of Great Salt Lake

Dr. Carie Frantz
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Weber State University

Dr. Carla Trentelman
Sociology, Weber State University

Panel Discussion: Great Salt Lake's water
Video
Geoscience and Society Seminar Series - Great Salt Lake Panel Discussion - Lynn de Freitas, Jaimi Butler, Carie Frantz, Carla Trentelman
Theme III: Water Policy
Apr 1 Dr. Kelly Kopp

Dr. Kelly Kopp &
Dr. Joanna Endter-Wada
Center for Water Efficient Landscaping
Utah State University

Policies and practices to promote landscape water conservation
Video
 
Apr 8 Dr. Clint Carney Dr. Clint Carney
Department of Environment and Society
Utah State University
Role of water banks in addressing water insecurity in the U.S. West
Video
 
Apr 15 Local Water Policy Panel - Jon Perry, Ken Richey, Jenn Bodine, Drew Hodge

Drew Hodge
Water Conservation and Sustainability, Weber State University

Jon Parry
Weber Basin Water Conservancy District

Ken Richey
Ogden City Council

Panel Discussion: Local water policy
Video
 
Apr 22   Student Presentations Water-related policy summaries