Senior Program Manager
GSLWET, National Audubon Society
Bio:
Adam has a diverse background in environmental science and conservation. Before moving to Utah in 2017, he worked for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania to improve water quality and watershed health for the country’s largest estuary. After moving to Utah, he worked at the Division of Wildlife Resources with the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program to conduct brine shrimp and waterbird monitoring in and around Great Salt Lake. He then worked with Summit Land Conservancy on conservation easement acquisitions throughout the Wasatch Back to protect critical terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Adam now protects and enhances water resources making their way to the lake with the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust, a program co-managed by the National Audubon Society and The Nature Conservancy. He works primarily on water transactions within the Weber and Bear River drainages.
Title: Agriculture, Conservation & Water for Great Salt Lake
Abstract: Adam was part of the acquisition and implementation of GSLWET’s water lease with Huntsville Abbey Farm. Before GSLWET, he also worked on executing the conservation easement held on the Huntsville Abbey Farm by the Summit Land Conservancy and Ogden Valley Land Trust. This provides a unique perspective to one of the first water leases in the Great Salt Lake Basin that will allow water previously used for agricultural to be delivered to the lake while also ensuring that the agricultural value of the property protected by an easement will not be infringed.
