Project Research: Start here
What will Utah County look like in 2050?
What bills are going to congress this year?
Sources for: Natural Resources.
http://energy.utah.gov/category/conventional-energy/ (What is Conventional Energy)
http://energy.utah.gov/category/unconventional-energy/ (What is Unconventional Energy)
http://energy.utah.gov/category/renewable-energy/ (What is Renewable Energy)
https://energy.utah.gov/energy-efficiency-home/ (How can we be more energy efficient)
Sources for: Drinking Water
https://www.kued.org/whatson/kued-productions/utahs-uncertain-water-future (Where does our water go)
https://yourutahyourfuture.org/topics/water/item/59-background-water-in-utah (How Can Utah Sustain its Water Supply)
https://yourutahyourfuture.org/topics/water/item/62-your-utah-your-future-scenarios-choices-for-the-future (What Utah is doing with water conservation)
https://www.watercalculator.org/water-use/importance-mountain-snowpack-water/ (What snowpack does for water supply)
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/does-cloud-seeding-really-work-experiment-above-idaho-suggests-humans-can-turbocharge (Cloud-seeding for more snowpack)
https://deq.utah.gov/water-quality/harmful-algal-blooms-home Utah’s Algal Bloom
https://watered.utah.gov/# Water cleaning process
Sources for: Land Use
https://utah.com/bureau-land-management
https://www.blm.gov/about/what-we-manage/utah
https://research.libraries.wsu.edu/xmlui/handle/2376/12887 (can the president reduce the size of a national monument?)
https://research.libraries.wsu.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/2376/12869/Presidential%20Proclamation%20Modifying%20the%20Bears%20Ears%20National%20Monument%20%20whitehouse.gov.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (This is the government report on why they reduced the size of Bears Ears)
Sources for: Traffic
https://itif.org/publications/2019/04/22/policymakers-guide-road-user-charges (How fee systems have worked for other states, and could look in the future)
http://unifiedplan.org//wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Utah_Unified_Plan_Web_2015-2040.pdf: Pages 3-18 and 64-70 How UDOT, and others are working together to provide transportation solutions for Utah’s growth. More roads, trains, and I-15 expansion
http://www.rideuta.com/-/media/Files/About-UTA/Reports/2040_Strategic_Plan_01_2018.ashx?la=en (U.T.A.’s transit development)
Sources for: Air Quality
https://www.breatheutah.org/issues/common-questions Simple facts about air quality
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B5J4OmJMAvWZFbmFhxQNrbgbqwx_jq-zj3kxsueaD3U/edit
http://unifiedplan.org/air-quality/: Air quality and its relation to cars and providing alternate modes of travel.
https://www.ucair.org/blog/what-is-inversion-and-why-is-it-a-big-deal/ Inversion information
https://air.utah.gov Check current air quality conditions
https://deq.utah.gov/water-quality/harmful-algal-blooms-home Recapturing carbon emissions
Sources for Animal Conservation
What are invasive species and then click on species profiles for each: https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/what-are-invasive-species
Endangered species in Utah: https://animals.mom.me/utahs-endangered-species-7708.html
What will Utah County look like in 2050?
What bills are going to congress this year?
Sources for: Natural Resources.
http://energy.utah.gov/category/conventional-energy/ (What is Conventional Energy)
http://energy.utah.gov/category/unconventional-energy/ (What is Unconventional Energy)
http://energy.utah.gov/category/renewable-energy/ (What is Renewable Energy)
https://energy.utah.gov/energy-efficiency-home/ (How can we be more energy efficient)
Sources for: Drinking Water
https://www.kued.org/whatson/kued-productions/utahs-uncertain-water-future (Where does our water go)
https://yourutahyourfuture.org/topics/water/item/59-background-water-in-utah (How Can Utah Sustain its Water Supply)
https://yourutahyourfuture.org/topics/water/item/62-your-utah-your-future-scenarios-choices-for-the-future (What Utah is doing with water conservation)
https://www.watercalculator.org/water-use/importance-mountain-snowpack-water/ (What snowpack does for water supply)
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/does-cloud-seeding-really-work-experiment-above-idaho-suggests-humans-can-turbocharge (Cloud-seeding for more snowpack)
https://deq.utah.gov/water-quality/harmful-algal-blooms-home Utah’s Algal Bloom
https://watered.utah.gov/# Water cleaning process
Sources for: Land Use
https://utah.com/bureau-land-management
https://www.blm.gov/about/what-we-manage/utah
https://research.libraries.wsu.edu/xmlui/handle/2376/12887 (can the president reduce the size of a national monument?)
https://research.libraries.wsu.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/2376/12869/Presidential%20Proclamation%20Modifying%20the%20Bears%20Ears%20National%20Monument%20%20whitehouse.gov.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (This is the government report on why they reduced the size of Bears Ears)
Sources for: Traffic
https://itif.org/publications/2019/04/22/policymakers-guide-road-user-charges (How fee systems have worked for other states, and could look in the future)
http://unifiedplan.org//wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Utah_Unified_Plan_Web_2015-2040.pdf: Pages 3-18 and 64-70 How UDOT, and others are working together to provide transportation solutions for Utah’s growth. More roads, trains, and I-15 expansion
http://www.rideuta.com/-/media/Files/About-UTA/Reports/2040_Strategic_Plan_01_2018.ashx?la=en (U.T.A.’s transit development)
Sources for: Air Quality
https://www.breatheutah.org/issues/common-questions Simple facts about air quality
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B5J4OmJMAvWZFbmFhxQNrbgbqwx_jq-zj3kxsueaD3U/edit
http://unifiedplan.org/air-quality/: Air quality and its relation to cars and providing alternate modes of travel.
https://www.ucair.org/blog/what-is-inversion-and-why-is-it-a-big-deal/ Inversion information
https://air.utah.gov Check current air quality conditions
https://deq.utah.gov/water-quality/harmful-algal-blooms-home Recapturing carbon emissions
Sources for Animal Conservation
What are invasive species and then click on species profiles for each: https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/what-are-invasive-species
Endangered species in Utah: https://animals.mom.me/utahs-endangered-species-7708.html