Archived Schedule
This is an archived schedule from a previous year's series. Click here for this year's seminar series schedule.
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.
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Jan 14 | ![]() |
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 |
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Theme I: Utah's Water Cycle | ||||
Jan 21 | ![]() |
Dr. Cianna Wyshnytzky Geologist, Water Resources USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) |
Conserving Utah's water as a natural resource with the NRCS |
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Jan 28 | ![]() |
Dr. Wei Zhang Assistant Professor, Plants, Soils, & Climate Department Utah State University |
Modeling the impacts of climate change on water resources in utah Video |
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Feb 4 | ![]() |
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 |
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Feb 11 | ![]() |
Dr. Patrick Belmont Professor and Head, Department of Watershed Sciences Utah State University |
Wildfire, fish, and water resources in the western U.S. |
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Feb 18 | ![]() |
Dr. Jordan Clayton |
Monitoring Utah's snowpack and forecasting water supply Video |
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Theme II: Water Quality & Security | ||||
Feb 25 | ![]() |
Dr. Weihong Wang |
Building a nutrient mass balance model for Utah Lake Video |
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Mar 4 | ![]() |
Rachel Shilton, P.E. River Basin Planning Utah Division of Water Resources |
2021 Water Resources Plan for Utah Video |
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Mar 11 | Spring Break, No Seminar | |||
Mar 16-18 | ![]() |
Intermountain Sustainability Summit |
Various talks and workshops |
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Mar 25 | ![]() |
Jaimi Butler Lynn DeFreitas Dr. Carie Frantz Dr. Carla Trentelman
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Panel Discussion: Great Salt Lake's water Video |
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Theme III: Water Policy | ||||
Apr 1 | ![]() |
Dr. Kelly Kopp & |
Policies and practices to promote landscape water conservation Video |
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Apr 8 | ![]() |
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 |
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Apr 15 | ![]() |
Drew Hodge Jon Parry Ken Richey |
Panel Discussion: Local water policy Video |
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Apr 22 | Student Presentations | Water-related policy summaries |