All Past Events
This is a list of past iUTAH EPSCoR events from 2012 to 2018
September 16-17, 2015
5th Annual Utah Purpose Economy ConferenceThe 5th Annual Utah Purpose Economy Conference is a great opportunity to learn more about sustainability practices across the West. The Conference Day program features a motivational kick-off interactive event; a traditional local leader keynote panel; and a national policy infrastructure leader discussing regional strategy to energize the entire West. The September 16th workshop day features two holistic approaches to corporate sustainability fitness and employee engagement; a presentation by a global teacher of organization transformation; and the first ever summit of chief sustainability officers from faith, nonprofit and government as well as commercial enterprises.
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September 11, 2015
Science Unwrapped: "Leave it to Beavers: Lessons from Nature's Engineers"USU watershed scientist Joe Wheaton discusses innovative river restoration research at Science UnWrapped on September 11, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Emert Auditorium (Room 130) of the Eccles Science Learning Center on the USU campus.
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September 10, 2015
Utah Water Research Laboratory Public Open HouseThe Utah Water Research Lab at Utah State University will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a public open house on Thursday, Sept. 10, 5-8 pm. The open house will feature laboratory tours and research demonstrations. The lab is located at the mouth of Logan Canyon at 1600 Canyon Road.
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August 11, 2015
Workshop: Snowpack monitoring for streamflow forecasting and drought planningPlease join the University of Colorado Western Water Assessment (WWA), the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), Colorado Basin River Forecast Center (CBRFC), and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Utah Snow Survey for a one-day workshop focused on improving the usability of snowpack monitoring information for runoff forecasting, drought early warning and planning, and other applications. Water managers, agricultural producers, recreation providers, researchers, and others who rely on snow-monitoring products and/or runoff forecasts are encouraged to attend. The workshop will be held August 11, 2015, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm in West Jordan UT.
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July 28, 2015
America's Water Webinar Series with Sarah Larsen, WaDEThe Columbia Water Center’s “State of America’s Water: Present and Future” webinar series will both promote literacy on America’s water and engage public and private sector decision makers in the financial community to better understand the dimensions of water issues. Co-sponsored by CUAHSI.
Past: Assess how the variations in climate, energy development and national/global economics over the last century influenced changes in water use and its valuation across the continental USA.
Present: Trends affecting water availability, withdrawal and use of surface water and groundwater by various sectors.
Future: Evolution of water use and supply while explicitly considering the capacity expansion of water and energy and urban infrastructure and potential re-allocation of cropping patterns, relative to global climate change, energy and economic scenarios, and prescribed water rights/allocation mechanisms and ecological needs.
This webinar will be held July 38, 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT with presenter Sarah Larsen, Water Data Exchange (WaDE) Program Manager at Western States Water Council.
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