Teal Lehto (@westernwatergirl) -- Water Rights Activist, Digital Content Creator & Founder/Captain of the US JR Women's Raft Racing Team

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Listen to her Podcast: Confessions of a Western Water Girl. *shoutout to Ed Abbey

Learn More about Teal & Our Western Water Crisis HERE!

• NPR Interview by Luke Runyon
• Build Cast episode with Robby Schwarz
• Bulb Chat episode with Alexander Haizman
• Digging in the dirt episode with Kevin Gallagher
  • PBS Episode
  • BBC Interview
• Read the Teton Gravity Article here

MAKE A CHANGE!

1. Educate yourself on where your water comes from
2. Understand who's managing it
3. Pressure your local municipality to come up with plans for how to reduce your consumption for the future!!

IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT TEAL'S:

Personal & Professional Timeline

Rafting

• Raft Racing
  • Animas Amazons Team & San Juan Sirens
    • Green Machine Boat
• Favorite River/Favorite Rapid
  • Dolores River / Snaggletooth Rapid in 1983

Mentors

• Growing up- Mia & Jen Raft Racing Coaches
• College- Dr. Gigi Richard Colorado Water Congress & Faculty Advisor to H2Org
  • H2Org Club - Student Water Organization
    • More on the Dolores River
• Professional Career- Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA)
  • Luke Ruyon: Reporter for KUNC
  • John Entsminger: General Manager & Director of SNWA
  • Colby Pellegrino: Deputy General Manager
• Writing Mentor- Heather Hansman
• TikTok- Armchair Engineer

Shoutouts

• Ladies of Whitewater FB Page
• Diversify Whitewater
• Rica Fulton
• Jen Pelz
  • Jen's Website
• Freeflow Institute
  • Apply for the American Whitewater Scholarship

Highlights & In the Media

• REI CO-OP Studio Film: Spirit of the Peaks
  • Connor Ryan aka @Sacredstoke
    • Native Outdoors
• CRWUA Stakeholder Meeting- (Colorado River Water Users Association Annual Conference)
  • Teal's Post on TikTok about it

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