Lisa Welsh Email & Phone Number

I am interested in exploring how new policies that address water reallocation challenges can be designed to work within the context of existing water institutions to meet the parameters of efficiency, equity, and effectiveness. My specific research objectives are to:• document the rules embedded in policies used to allocate and reallocate water; • contribute to a better understanding of how water policy designs can integrate the technical and social aspects of water management; • analyze debates over using market mechanisms as the means to reallocate water; • investigate how environmental and lower economic-valued uses of water get balanced with more economically powerful uses of water.I also co-direct the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Graduate Certificate Program at Utah State University. I am interested in learning more about the role of the NEPA process in land and water management decisions. I also study best practices in preparing and writing NEPA documents.

Listed skills include Environmental Awareness, Water Management, Research, Water, and 1 others.