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Watershed Moment: Spring Runoff Conference to Address Utah's Accelerating Pace of Change
Preparations for this year's Spring Runoff Conference reflect the sense of complexity, tension and urgency many water…
Series: Water Wisdom
From its earliest moments USU’s core mission was to predict, research and scientifically solve Utah’s water problems and needs. Today, the university’s water specialists are among the world’s leading experts on water-related issues as they work to further understand this precious resource.
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Research Universities, State Agencies Team Up to Offer Solutions for Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake Strike Team released a policy assessment Wednesday that affirms the situation is urgent, but also…
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Water Shepherding: USU Experts Discuss How to Ensure Conserved Water Gets to the Great Salt Lake
In this video, USU experts Bethany Neilson and Sarah Null discuss how water shepherding could work to translate…
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UPR: Bear River Massacre Site Commemorates 160th Anniversary With Ambitious Restoration Plans
USU experts are assisting the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation in the ecological restoration of Wuda Ogwa,…
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American Nile: USU's Jack Schmidt an Expert on the Colorado River
Utah State University Professor Jack Schmidt has devoted nearly 40 years to research of river systems, centered on…
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How Does a Drying Great Salt Lake Affect Carbon Cycling?
Ecohydrologist Erin Rivers from the Quinney College of Natural Resources is investigating how shifting water levels…
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State Climate Officer Explains the Winter Snow Surge and What it Means for Utah's Water Future
USU researcher Jon Meyer explains the recent snow surge in Utah and how it is affecting the drought.
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Human Activities May Have Boosted the West's 'Precipitation Roller Coaster'
A new report suggests the 2021 extreme "precipitation roller coaster" event that affected California and Utah is…
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Utah With No Great Salt Lake? Report Warns of Lake's Ultimate Demise Without Action
Authors of a new report on the Great Salt Lake do not mince words — without major intervention, they say, the Great…
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What USU Researchers Can Learn About the Great Salt Lake by Looking at Lake Urmia in Iran
Despite the distance between them, parallels abound between Iran's Lake Urmia and Utah's Great Salt Lake.
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USU Ecology Speaker Encourages Collaboration on Water Issues
Last week, USU's Ecology Center hosted Adrian Harpold, a hydrologist at the University of Nevada who is focusing on…