In our last episode we explored how the management of water in the West has changed over the past few decades from a climate of conflict to one of collaboration and innovation. In this quest for increased water security, improved fish and wildlife habitat and the inclusion of diverse stakeholders in the decision-making process, TU’s on-the-ground projects lead the way in finding and implementing twenty-first-century solutions to twenty-first-century challenges.
In this episode, we talk with Paul Burnett, Utah Water and Habitat Program Lead with Trout Unlimited. Paul has, among other things, been working on using beaver dam analogs to restore Chalk Creek in Utah. We talk about the shift from large, low-elevation storage to slowing down water upstream, and how we can use physics and hydrology to help rivers heal themselves.
Along with the on-the-ground project work and agency relationship-building we focused on in the last two posts, TU also works for legislative change that...
In this final installment of the Western Water 101 series we’ll turn our attention to current events to draw together some of the topics...
Welcome to the first installment in a series of podcasts about water in the West. Join us on a tour through the history of...
