Confluence 2024: Weber River Symposium

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Registration and Check-In

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

• Get your name tag, grab some coffee and bagels, and network.

Welcome and Opening Comments: Our Weber River Watershed 

9:00 a.m. – 9:30.

• Adam Wickline, Weber River Partnership
• Jeff Young, Weber River Watershed Council

Keynote:

9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

• Dr. Brian Steed - Great Salt Lake Commissioner

Watershed Planning Update:

9:50 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

• Christine Osborne, Division of Water Quality
• Emily Bishop, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
• Agricultural Producer Panel

Break

10:10 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

• Grab a beverage, visit exhibitor tables, and network.

Individual Action

10:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

• Lawn Watering - Drew Hodge, Water Conservation and Sustainability Specialist,     Weber State University
• Xeriscaping - Dan Bedford, Professor, Weber State University
• Household Outside Water Conservation, Stephanie Duer, Conservation Program Manager, Salt Lake City
• Pollinator Habitat Program - Mindy Wheeler

Lunch

12:00p.m. –1:00 p.m.

• Enjoy a buffet lunch, visit exhibitor tables, and network.
• Conservation District and Watershed Council Meetings over lunch

Agricultural Action

1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

• Permaculture - Mitch Dumpke, 3 Springs Land and Livestock
• Nutrient Management - UDAF
• Ag Water Optimization,  Hannah Freeze, UDAF
• Soil Health,  David Little, UDAF

Break

2:20 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

• Rain Simulator Demonstration
• Grab a snack, visit exhibitor tables, and network.

Regional Action

3:00 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.

• Weber River Watershed Resilience Fund - Natasha Collins, Lizzie Marster, Jess Kirby
• Water Rights - Theresa Wilhelmsen

Wrap-Up & Network

3:40 - 4:00

Wednesday, January 10, 2023

Registration and Check-In

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

• Get your name tag and grab some coffee and bagels.

Watershed Science and Restoration Updates 

9:30-10:50

• Beaver Research & Communication - Sarah Koenigsberg
• Low-Tech Process Based Restoration - Rose Smith
• Shorebirds in Great Salt Lake and its Wetlands -Max Malquist,
• North Fork Native Plants- Rebecca Wright

Break

10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.

• Grab a beverage, visit exhibitor tables, and network.

How Do We Manage Water in the River?

11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.

• Kent Wilkerson - River Commission
• Riley Olsen - WBWCD
• Gary Henrie - BOR

Lunch

12:10 p.m. –1:10 p.m.

• Enjoy a buffet lunch, visit exhibitor tables, and network.

Municipalities Dealing with Challenges

1:10 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. 

• Austin Turner - Morgan County - 2023 Flood Response
• Phil Suiter - Ogden City
• Lessons from Helper/Price - Inspiration on how to make change - Mud Creek story- Jordan Nielson

Wrap Up & Trivia Winners

2:10-2:20

Break

2:20-2:35

• Grab a snack, visit exhibitor tables, and network.

2:35 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.

• Beaver Believer screening. 

Adjourn