Conserve Southwest Utah

Desert livability - created a strong towns local conversation group and hosted 80+ attendees at 11 roundtable meetings focusing on bottom-up capacity building for strong, livable communities; commissioned an expert report highlighting local sustainable transportation options and presented results within the community; authored monthly educational publications on livability topics and elevated smart growth issues in local news via 3 press interviews; monitored community impacts at local planning and government meetings; met with community stakeholders and attended local stakeholder meetings conferences to expand program reach; and advocated for smart growth principles, including coordinated land use and transportation planning.

Water - organized parade of gardens southern utah for 500+ attendees to strengthen local water conservation culture; monitored impacts to local water resources and participated in important public comment periods (e.g. Warner valley reservoir); advocated for protection of the local watershed; educated and engaged 250+ people on water conservation principles at 2+ community presentations and events; advocated for water conservation in the local news via 4 press interviews; participated as a leader on the southwest advisory sub-council of the colorado river authority of utah and the virgin river watershed council; encouraged local officials and water managers to adopt sustainable water management practices.