Work for the JRC!
The Jordan River Commission (JRC) is currently searching for a 2/3 time to full-time Program and Policy Planner. Check out the position description if you’re interested in being part of a growing organization that is working to improve, enhance, and protect one of the Wasatch Front’s most unique natural resources.
Best Practices Training Series
* Streambank Soil Bioengineering * Water Trail Planning * Conservation Subdivision Design * Invasive Vegetation Management * Innovative Stormwater Management * Transfer of Development Rights * Trail Planning and Maintenance * Green Infrastructure * Stormwater System Maintenance * These are just a few of the topics you’ll learn about in the JRC’s upcoming Best Practices for Riverfront Communities Training Series. Learn about the JRC’s Best Practices for Riverfront […]
Your help is needed!
If you read our newspaper insert on Sunday, you might have noticed a story about plastic water bottles piling up at the Burnham Dam on the Legacy Nature Preserve. The Legacy Nature Preserve is not open to the general public, but professional photographer Charles Uibel took some great photos to allow others to see […]
Our River – Our Future
Subscribers to the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune should look for our new educational newspaper insert on November 17, 2013. The content of this insert was developed through a partnership with the Center for Documentary Expression and Art, and the work of 60 energetic Jordan High School students. We’re so proud of their great work, […]
Jordan River by Patty Kimball
En plein air is a French expression which means “in the open air,” and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors. Artists have long painted outdoors, but in the mid-19th century working in natural light became particularly important to the Impressionism. The popularity of painting en plein air increased in the 1870s with the introduction of paints […]
Second Annual Awards Gala
Thank you to our event sponsors! Table Sponsors It is time for the Jordan River Commission’s Second Annual Awards Gala! This year the Commission will be honoring: Former Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon Salt Lake County Councilman David Wilde Utah County Commissioner Larry Ellertson, and Local non-profit Splore. In addition to thanking the […]