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2025 Metrics Report on Utah's Land, Water Air & Energy Released
The Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water and Air released its first yearlong metrics report this week.
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Go With the Flow: USU Researcher Examining Water Flow to Support Ecosystems in Great Salt Lake Basin
Meeting water needs requires accounting for all the water users in the basin — including nature itself.
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Applications Open for ILWA Fellows Program 2026-27 Cohort
The Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water and Air is now accepting applications for the ILWA Fellows Program…
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Applications Open for ILWA Summer Fellows Program
The ILWA Summer Fellows Program is now accepting applications for its second cohort.
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Researchers Building a Toolbox to Analyze Dangerous Currents at Low-Head Dams
USU's Brian Crookston and BYU's Rollin Hotchkiss are developing a toolbox to help analyze dangerous reverse roller…
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Smoothing Rough Waters: USU Data Scientists Use Deep Learning to Identify River Rapids
Undergrad and grad student researchers are harnessing AI to compile a continental-scale, publicly available river…
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Deciphering the Numbers for Utah's Record-Breaking Snow Drought Winter
Jon Meyer explains what the current snow numbers mean and which ones to watch as spring runoff approaches.
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Spring Runoff Conference Now Accepting Research Abstract Submissions
USU and the Northern Utah Water Users are now accepting abstract submissions for poster presentations and breakout…
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Great Salt Lake Strike Team Releases 2026 Summary, Highlighting Progress, Next-Step Options
The Great Salt Lake Strike Team released its 2026 Data and Insights Summary, a comprehensive, science-based resource…
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Fluvial Fingerprints: Major New Database Tracks Sediment Across Mississippi River Basin
The first basin-wide sediment fingerprinting database makes it possible to track where sediment is coming from and…
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Not Playing by the Rules: USU Researcher Explores Filamentous Algae Dynamics in Rivers
Statistician and river ecologist Alice Carter publishes new findings about algal assemblage patterns in Montana's…
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Home on the Grains: Drought Drives Deer to Irrigated Croplands, Urban Landscaping
New research from Extension specialist David Stoner found that when water content in plants dropped to a specific…