Lake Effect
Heard during Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
What does Great Salt Lake mean to you?
After reaching a historic low last summer, Great Salt Lake has been receiving much-needed attention as groups work to address its ongoing shrinkage. Our ongoing series Lake Effect shares stories from Utahns about how Great Salt Lake has affected them. This series will highlight individuals’ relationships with Utah’s inland sea.
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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. -
"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.” -
"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.” -
"It's endlessly fascinating, sometimes buggy and smelly, but an ever beautiful feature of this unique place that we call home." -
"The lake calls scientists, it calls artists, it calls poets. And it's just a very special place." -
University of Utah professor Jim Steenburgh looks at the Great Salt Lake as a barometer of climate change, and the effect humans have on our hydrologic system. -
Jaimi Butler has spent half her life studying the science, people and ecology of Great Salt Lake. -
Aimee Van Tatenhove and Ellis Juhlin have been reporting on Great Salt Lake since last summer. Now they're sharing their stories about the lake and what it means to them.
