@USU_WETLab

Graduate research group at Utah State University with Dr. Belize Lane. Find us at the @USU_water_lab!

 Logan, Utah
usuwetlab.org/
Joined August 2019
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🚨 NEW THIS WEEK: Becoming a Climate Scientist by @KyleDickman, from @simonschuster. Download the DRC now! edelweiss.plus/?sku=19821426…
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Eco-friendly and high performance should not be mutually exclusive: winterwildlands.org/skiing-s…. #keepwinterwild #winterwildlandsalliance #SkiKind #ski #sustainability

Skiing Sustainably: Embrace the Eco-Flow

Eco-friendly and high performance should not be mutually exclusive. We dive into the rise of eco-wax and the slow demise of fluorinated wax.

winterwildlands.org
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Our conversation with Utah's new Upper Colorado River Commissioner Gene Shawcroft is today! Join us at 1:30 pm MST- here's how: bit.ly/shawcroft-convo
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Pleased to host Gene Shawcroft #Utah's new Upper Colorado River Commissioner, Feb 25, 1:30 pm MT. More info & directions to connect at uwrl.usu.edu/news/main-feed/…
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UAC Logan@UAClogan11 Feb 2021
2-10-2021: We've issued an Avalanche Watch for very dangerous avalanche conditions beginning Friday and lasting through the weekend. Here is a stability test from yesterday showing unstable snow conditions. A slab of wind drifted snow sitting on very weak faceted snow. East,7600'
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From Zak Podmore, Salt Lake Tribune: A really well-researched piece about a looming possibility of opening up a commodities market for water in the Southwest where the resource is owned by hedge funds, stored in reservoirs, and sold to the highest bidder sltrib.com/news/2021/02/07/e…

Exclusive: Hedge funds eye water markets that could net billions, as levels drop in Lake Powell

As Western water continues to dry up from climate change, hedge funds and other Wall Street interests want to rewrite the “Law of the River” in the Colorado River Basin and capitalize on the crisis —...

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US Representative Mike Simpson (R-ID) just introduced a bill to breach the four Lower Snake dams in SE Washington. If successful, it would be the largest salmon restoration effort in history. seattletimes.com/seattle-new…

A new day for the Columbia Basin? Proposal to remove dams would revamp power grid and save salmon

All four Lower Snake River Dams would be breached, and their benefits replaced under a $34 billion NW initiative proposed by Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho. The initiative is three years in the making...

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We have set up a new, on-campus #COVID19 testing location in Logan for #USUAggies students and employees. The expanded service is free and is available whether or not an individual has developed symptoms. Read more at: usu.edu/covid-19/testing/
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How does fire alter streamflow 🔥💧? We are exploring this question for the Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Our first step in data collection was installing measuring devices that will help us monitor streamflow and precipitation.
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Brad Udall@bradudall21 Aug 2020
Snowpack on April 1 is usually a good predictor of total runoff. Not so this year. ~100% of normal snowpack this year turned into ~50% of runoff in the Colorado River Basin. #ClimateChange
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Meet Daniel Thurber, a new MS student with @USU_WETLab! Daniel received his BS in Geosciences from Southern Oregon University and is interested in flow and flood forecasting and decision making for water distribution networks. Welcome, Daniel!
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Meet Haley Canham, a new PhD student with @USU_WETLab! She has a BS in Env. Engineering from SUNY ESF in Syracuse, NY, and has been working in Sacramento, CA as an Environmental Engineer since 2016. In her spare time, you'll likely find Haley outside on a trail🙂.
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We are happy to announce that Madison successfully defended her MS thesis and will soon begin a new chapter working for Jacobs in Taylorsville, UT! We can't be more proud 🤗. The @USU_water_lab won't be the same without you! Congrats!! 🎉🥳
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This is a summary of her major findings from two summers of research on the Blacksmith Fork
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Check out @AGU_H3S Research and Data! Our first post is about how to choose a hydrology journal. More resources are coming soon! Let’s make this the go-to space for students and early-career hydrologists, together! Contact us at agu-h3s.org/contact-us/
a@ahbariab8 Jun 2020
A helpful guidelines by @igarousi on how to choose a potential journal for hydrology and water resources based papers. agu-h3s.org/2020/04/24/hydro…
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Dr. Pablo@PabloWater1 Apr 2020
New research from @bellearela @samuelsandoval and myself: Extending water resources performance metrics to river ecosystems sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @UCDavisHydro @watermgmt_ucd @USU_WETLab
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After washing our hands, we celebrated the birthday of one of our favorite @EngineeringUSU professors, Dr. Beth Neilson! Happy Birthday! 🎉🥳🎈
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Looking for new graduate students to work with me at @USUAggies (MS and PhD) app.joinhandshake.com/jobs/3… via @joinhandshake
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TU in #California is developing the science to ensure river flows in dammed systems can meet the needs of fish ... and people. bit.ly/2v4nRry #MakeFishingGreatAgain
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A true friend helps you troubleshoot your code, especially when your code deals with daylight savings time 😊 – at Logan, UT
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