The Colorado River on Friday's Access Utah

Utah Public Radio | By Sheri Quinn

Published November 1, 2013 at 10:27 AM MDT

Today on Access Utah, Jack Schmidt, professor in Utah State University’s Department of Watershed Sciences and head of the U.S. Geological Survey's Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, has long studied the Colorado River. He's among the team of scientists that designed a series of controlled releases of water from Glen Canyon Dam, starting in 1996, in an effort to restore habitats altered by the use of dams.

Today on this one hour Access Utah special report produced by Sheri Quinn and Elaine Taylor, Schmidt will discuss his research and conservation efforts on the river and talk about the tough decisions U.S. citizen’s face in determining how to manage the Colorado.

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Sheri's career in radio began at 7 years old in Los Angeles, California with a secret little radio tucked under her bed that she'd fall asleep with, while listening to The Dr. Demento Radio Show. She went on to produce the first science radio show in Utah in 1999 and has been reporting local, national and international stories ever since. After a stint as news director at KZYX on northern California's Lost Coast, she landed back at UPR in 2021.

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