Jake Powell

Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning (LAEP)

Extension Specialist | Associate Professor | ASLA


Jake Powell

Contact Information

Office Hours: M, W, F 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Tu, Th 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Office Location: FAV 226A
Phone: 435-797-4293
Email: jake.powell@usu.edu

Educational Background

Other, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, (Center for Watershed Stewardship), Pennsylvania State University, 2012
Nature Connection in Pennsylvania State Parks: Case Study Evaluations in Three Parks
BA, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, (Watershed Science), Utah State University, 2008

Licensures & Certifications

Permaculture Design Certification , Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 2022
Conservation Planner, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 2013
LEED AP, USGBC, 2009

Biography

Jake is a native of Utah, his professional career working in land planning and conservation has spanned the extents of the state and has fostered a deep connection to the people and landscapes that make Utah an inspiring place to live and work.

Teaching Interests

Jake’s teaching efforts aim to inspire students with an elevated understanding of both their potential and responsibility to use their training and education to make their world a better place. Jake works to help students and communities realize that collaborative planning and design efforts can address a variety of social, economic, and ecological challenges. His efforts are focused on empowering individuals and communities with the skills, tools, and confidence to use planning, design, and collaboration to bring about positive change.
Jake’s role as an Extension Specialist provides opportunities to engage citizens, communities, and practitioners in developing and disseminating educational materials and program as well as interdisciplinary, collaborative projects that utilize Landscape Architecture as a vehicle for positive change throughout the state.

Research Interests

Jake’s research interests include: grassroots watershed planning and implementation, artful rainwater design and stormwater management, water conservation through landscape design, large scale water management in the inter-mountain west, low impact development, trail and natural open space planning and design, and design elements that affect place attachment and nature connection. Jake works across the intermountain west with gateway communities through his efforts in the Gateway and Natural Amenity Region (GNAR) Initiative.

Awards

2022 Faculty Teaching Award of Merit , 2022

North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA)

2022 Individual Innovation and Creativity, 2022

National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals

Western Regional Winner: Innovation and Creativity: Individua, 2022

National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals

Campus RainWorks Challenge, Honorable mention award, Planning, 2022

Environmental Protection Administration (EPA)

New Specialist of the Year, 2021

Utah State University Extension

Community Engaged Faculty Presidential Award, 2020

Utah State University Center for Community Engagement


Publications | Abstracts

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

      Publications | Book Chapters

    • Powell, J., Rumore, D., Smith, J., Vaugeois, N., (2022). The GNAR Initiative: Empowering gateway communities through collaboration: Innovative and promising practices in sustainable tourism (volume 2)Innovative and promising practices in sustainable tourism (volume 2). VIUf Publications
    • Sleipness, O., Powell, J., Curtis, K., (2022). Public-Private Partnerships: A Framework for National Park Gateway Community Development: Transformations in Protected Area Management and Gateway Communities: Alternative Approaches to Tourism and Community Engagement. CAB International

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Publications | Fact Sheets

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Publications | Curriculum

      An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

      Publications | Journal Articles

      Academic Journal

      Professional Journal

        An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

        Publications | Technical Reports

        Research Reports

          An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

          Publications | Other

          Magazine/Trade Publications

            Newsletter

            Other

              An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

              Teaching

              , Fall 2023
              LAEP 1030 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture, Fall 2023
              USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2023
              LAEP 1030 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture, Spring 2023
              , Fall 2022
              LAEP 1030 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture, Fall 2022
              USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2022
              LAEP 1030 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture, Spring 2022
              , Fall 2021
              LAEP 1030 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture, Fall 2021
              LAEP 6110 - Landscape Ecology for Planning, Fall 2021
              USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2021
              LAEP 6100 - LAEP 6100, Regional Analysis and Planning, Spring 2021
              LAEP 1030 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture, Fall 2020
              LAEP 1030 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture, Fall 2020
              LAEP 3100, 6310 - Recreation/Open Space, Fall 2020
              LAEP 6310, 3100 - Recreation/Open Space, Fall 2020
              LAEP 6100 - Regional Landscape Analysis and Planning, Spring 2020
              LAEP 1030 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture, Fall 2019
              LAEP 6910 - Reading Seminar I, Spring 2019
              LAEP 6100 - Regional Landscape Analysis and Planning, Spring 2019
              LAEP 1030 - Introduction to Landscape Architecture, Fall 2018

              Extension

              Gateway and Natural Amenity Region Initiative, 2020 - Ongoing
              USU Extension Sustainability, 2011 - Ongoing
              Gateway and Natural Amenity Region (GNAR) Initiative, 2019 - 2025
              Landscape Architecture Professional Development, 2018 - 2025
              Recreation Infrastructure Development, Support, and Design, 2018 - 2025
              Water Resource Focused Education and Design, 2018 - 2025
              Community Outreach, Planning, and Design Assistance, 2018 - 2025

              Creative Works | Other

              • R-cubed, Other, International Student Design Competition - Faculty Advisor - 2020
              • A New Heart - Uniting a Divided Campus Through Innovative Green Infrastructure Design, Other, Design Competition Submission - 2018

              Graduate Students Mentored

              Corrine Bahr, Landscape & Environmental Plan, August 2022 - May 2024
              Kenzy Fogle, Landscape & Environmental Plan, January 2021 - May 2024
              Lilian Taft, Landscape & Environmental Plan, January 2021 - May 2023
              Ian Kola, Landscape & Environmental Plan, January 2020 - August 2022
              Devin MacFarlane, Landscape & Environmental Plan, July 2021 - May 2022
              Derek Jensen, Landscape & Environmental Plan, November 2020 - May 2022
              Corrine Bahr, Landscape & Environmental Plan, October 2019 - September 2021