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

START HERE!  

Support  on Patreon

Follow  & Interact on TikTok

Connect & Share in Instagram

Inquire on her Website

Message to [e-mail] (she wants to hear from you!)

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
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