Senior Project Manager
Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust
Bio:
Adam Wickline is the Senior Project Manager of the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust for the National Audubon Society. The Trust is co-managed by the National Audubon Society and The Nature Conservancy. Adam hails from the East Coast and has a diverse background in environmental science and conservation. He has previously worked for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania to improve water quality throughout the watershed. After moving to Utah, he worked at the Division of Wildlife Resources on the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program conducting brine shrimp and waterbird monitoring before protecting habitat through conservation easement acquisitions in the Wasatch Back with the Summit Land Conservancy.
Title: Protect and Restore: GSLWET Wetland Funding
Abstract: The wetlands surrounding Great Salt Lake, both natural and managed, perform integral services that maintain a healthy ecosystem and benefit wildlife. They are also crucially important to Great Salt Lake’s hydrology, providing a conduit for both surface water and groundwater to reach the Lake. Unfortunately, these wetlands are not immune to anthropogenic pressures—invasive species, loss of water due to improper water delivery or leakage, and climate change put their ecological services at risk. At least one quarter of the state funding ($10 million) for the Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust (GSLWET) is dedicated to protecting and restoring these wetlands that provide a hydrologic benefit to the lake ensuring long-term viability for the into the future. This presentation details the eight projects selected for GSLWET’s first funding opportunity for projects that benefit GSL and its wetlands, detailing their locations, activities and anticipated benefits.