Sunday Science Salon: What’s Happening at the Jordan River

By Søren Simonsen, Executive Director, Jordan River Commission

The Jordan River is a unique river and watershed – 50 miles in length, connecting Utah’s two largest water bodies, Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake and flowing through the most populated and urbanized region of the state.

Over the past 150 years, agricultural and industrial activity, and development along the river corridor has not always been kind to this natural resource. It is one of Utah’s most impaired water bodies. However, recent decades have seen a new appreciation for the river corridor as a resource for open space, recreation, and conservation, and the public is increasingly supportive of its protection.

Join Jordan River Commission Executive Director Søren Simonsen whose background includes extensive cross-disciplinary work as a professional planner, elected and appointed official, urban designer, architect, educator and social entrepreneur as he discusses the work being done to conserve, preserve, restore, and improve the Jordan River Parkway.