The East Canyon Creek River Runs Through Us project is brought to you by the support
and efforts of the following partners:
USU Water Quality Extension Program - helps people understand the link between their everyday activities and land uses
and the quality of our water.
Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter - seeks to p
reserve the land and the human connection to the natural landscape, to educate the local
and broader communities about the value of nature, and to nurture both the ecosystem
and the people connected with it.
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources - strives to be a leader in discovery, innovative and lifelong learning to promote
healthy, diverse and enduring ecosystems upon which human communities depend.
The East Canyon Creek Watershed Committee - committed to protecting and enhancing the water quality in the East Canyon Creek
Watershed.
USU Department of Watershed Sciences - brings science to the management of watershed ecosystems
in Utah and the world.
USU Extension - extends the university to the people of Utah to improve the quality of life for individuals,
families, and communities.
Utah Division of Water Quality - protects and improves water quality from nonpoint sources through a voluntary,
incentive based approach.
Special thanks to:
Swaner and Utah Water Watch volunteers who help maintain and calibrate the equipment.
USU’s Water Quality Extension Team - Nancy Mesner, Tiffany Kinder, Eric Peterson,
Brian Greene, Dan Bone and Hope Braithwaite
Paul Fleming McCullagh (programmer) and Spencer Clayton (artist and designer) of USU’s
Web Programming and Design team
Jeff Horsburgh at USU’s Water Lab for data storage, analysis and graph updates
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources - Utah Conservation Data Center
Utah’s Master Naturalist Program - Mark Larese-Casanova
This project was funded by the following:
• USU’s College of Natural Resources, Department of Watershed Sciences
• USU Cooperative Extension
• Utah Division of Water Quality’s nonpoint source program
• USDA Water Quality grants
• Swaner EcoCenter
