What is a watershed?
Wherever you are, you’re standing in a watershed. You may not realize the role watersheds play in making sure the water we use for drinking, irrigating crops, recreating, and supporting economic growth is reliable, affordable, and accessible.
What we do
The Watershed Protection Program ensures the health of Utah’s watersheds through water quality data collection and analysis, planning, collaboration, education, and project funding.
Assess
We monitor water quality, analyze data, and identify waterways that are impaired. The Integrated Report guides our development of water quality plans and restoration projects.
Plan
We develop reports and studies that identify sources of water quality pollution and methods for reducing that pollution.
Restore
We partner with stakeholders to protect and restore impaired waters through project funding.
Contact
| Watershed Protection Section Staff | Position | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jodi Gardberg | Manager | [email protected] | (385) 242-6039 |
| Alan Ochoa | Integrated Report Lead | [email protected] | (385) 552-1121 |
| Sam Taylor | Restoration (TMDLs and 9-element Watershed Plans) and Protection Planner | (385) 499-1707 | |
| Paul Burnett | Nonpoint Source Program Lead | [email protected] | (385) 262-1915 |
| Nick Von Stackelberg | Water Quality Modeler and Antidegradation Reviews | [email protected] | (385) 418-6884 |
| Amy Dickey | Basin Coordinator for the Colorado (Lower, Southeast and Western) and Cedar/Beaver Basins | [email protected] | (385) 501-9581 |
| Christine Osborne | Basin Coordinator for the Weber and Uinta Basins, San Juan Watershed Project Lead | [email protected] | (385) 256-4317 |
| Sandy Wingert | Basin Coordinator for the Jordan and Upper Provo Basins | [email protected] | (385) 256-3438 |
| Lucy Parham | Basin Coordinator for the Bear and Sevier Basins | [email protected] | (385) 228-5739 |
| Scott Daly | Utah Lake Water Quality Study Lead, Basin Coordinator for the Utah Lake Basin. | [email protected] | (385) 321-6501 |
| Colten Lay | Local Watershed Coordinator for the Southeast Colorado Basin | [email protected] | (385) 552-1657 |