STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK

Think GNARly when a Utah environmental mediator offers suggestions for how community-driven solutions can mitigate the challenges facing growing communities.

Danya Rumore, director of the Environmental Dispute Resolution program at the University of Utah, will lead a discussion titled “GNARly Solutions: Conserving What We Love About the Wood River Valley at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, at Ketchum’s Community Library.

The talk is the third in the Wood River Land Trust’s 2025 “Think Globally, Act Locally” speaker series.

Rumore is the founder of the GNAR Initiative (Gateway and Natural Amenity Region Initiative). She will discuss ways the Wood River Valley might address challenges regarding habitat conservation, water availability, transportation mobility, community housing and livability.

“Planning influences whether a community’s design and development patterns will threaten or protect healthy open spaces, in turn affecting the quality of life for the people in it,” said Cece Osborn, community planning director for the Wood River Land Trust.

Rumore not only teaches courses on collaboration, negotiation and dispute resolution, but she is a nationally recognized expert who tells government agencies, NGOs, consultants and others how to run effective online meetings.

To see the presentation in person, reserve your seat at https://thecommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/12837691. The program will be livestreamed and available to watch later at https://vimeo.com/event/4813488.