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Utah's Water Future: Perspectives On Water Issues In Utah's Wasatch Range Metropolitan Area, Joanna Endter-Wada, Andrea Hall, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, Courtney Flint
Utah's Water Future: Perspectives On Water Issues In Utah's Wasatch Range Metropolitan Area, Joanna Endter-Wada, Andrea Hall, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, Courtney Flint
Environment and Society Faculty Publications
The iUTAH Household Survey was conducted in 2014 during a time when the State of Utah was initiating various activities aimed at charting a long-term strategy for securing Utah’s water future. Water is currently high on the state’s public policy agenda due to Utah’s rapid population growth and urbanization, future water supply uncertainties related to climate change, and the political challenges of allocating increasingly limited regional water supplies. In order to provide information relevant to water policy, planning and management, the survey focused on understanding residents’ water management practices, water experiences and concerns, as well as their support for various …
Adaptive Wetland Management In An Uncertain And Changing Arid Environment, Rebekah Downward, Joanna Endter-Wada, Karin M. Kettenring
Adaptive Wetland Management In An Uncertain And Changing Arid Environment, Rebekah Downward, Joanna Endter-Wada, Karin M. Kettenring
Environment and Society Faculty Publications
Wetlands in the arid western United States provide rare and critical migratory bird habitat and constitute a critical nexus within larger social-ecological systems (SES) where multiple changing land-use and water-use patterns meet. The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Utah, USA, presents a case study of the ways that wetland managers have created adaptive management strategies that are responsive to the social and hydrological conditions of the agriculture-dominated SES within which they are located. Managers have acquired water rights and constructed infrastructure while cultivating collaborative relationships with other water users to increase the adaptive capacity of the region and decrease …
Long-Range Transportation Planning In Utah: Summary Of Research Results From A Statewide Telephone Survey., Douglas Reiter, Dale Blahna, Steve Burr, Christina Klien, Joanna Endter-Wada, Judith Kurtzman, Michael Butkus, Douglas Gibbons
Long-Range Transportation Planning In Utah: Summary Of Research Results From A Statewide Telephone Survey., Douglas Reiter, Dale Blahna, Steve Burr, Christina Klien, Joanna Endter-Wada, Judith Kurtzman, Michael Butkus, Douglas Gibbons
Environment and Society Faculty Publications
This is the final Report from Phase I of the 2003 Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Benchmark Study. The study involved two phases and the USU research team produced two final reports, one for each phase of the research project, and an overarching Executive Summary. The purposes of the 2003 UDOT Benchmark Study conducted by Utah State University (USU) were to provide the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) with information for use in its statewide, long-range transportation plan and to provide benchmark data for tracking trends over time. The study was conducted jointly by the Institute for Outdoor Recreation and …