Ellis Juhlin
Science News ReporterEllis Juhlin is a science reporter here at Utah Public Radio and a Master's Student at Utah State. She studies Ferruginous Hawk nestlings and the factors that influence their health. She loves our natural world and being part of wildlife research. Now, getting to communicate that kind of research to the UPR listeners through this position makes her love what she does even more. In her free time, you can find her outside on a trail with her partner Matt and her goofy pups Dodger and Finley. They love living in a place where there are year-round adventures to be had!
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John Luft is the program manager for the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program, which manages the lake's brine shrimp fishery. He describes himself as a "sea monkey biologist."
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Ronald Woolley, president of Woolley Engineering Research, says it "wouldn't be cheap to do a pipeline from the Gulf of California, but it would be reasonable especially compared to the cost of not doing anything."
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"I think [the lakes are] just embedded in our cultural heritage. They've been around for a really long time. People really care about them and they want to see them there. They don't want to see them disappear."
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Alireza's song "Water to Survive/Save the Great Salt Lake" was inspired by a lawn sign in the Salt Lake area that read, "water to survive, not thrive."
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Doctors say more of their patients are seeking permanent sterilization procedures, but some patients are reporting that doctors are unwilling to operate on people of childbearing age.
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Each year, 6th grade teacher Josh Craner shows his students how Great Salt Lake is drying up. He hopes this class will inspire them to be part of the solution.
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"When you're out on the access road of the Union Pacific, in the middle of the lake or on the western edge of Antelope Island or whatever it is, really it's just you and that is awesome. At least for me.”
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"I tell people I would never do boat tours on any other lake. Great Salt Lake, it’s just so unique and so unlike any other lake in the world.”
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"It's endlessly fascinating, sometimes buggy and smelly, but an ever beautiful feature of this unique place that we call home."
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Burrowing owls have suffered from human development changing their habitat. A group of researchers have studied the relocation of these birds and have interesting insights on how to successfully find them new places to live.