UnDisciplined: The seagull and the snowpocalypse (Part 1)

By Matthew LaPlante,

Published December 15, 2024 at 2:42 PM MST

A much publicized warning released in the winter of 2023 said that the Great Salt Lake was at grave risk of disappearing in only five years. Two very wet winters later, it’s now very clear that the worst case scenario is not going to happen. So…what changed?

Correction: Dec. 20, 4:00 p.m.: This episode has been updated to correct the attribution of two quotes. The source of the quotes was Bonnie Baxter.

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Matthew LaPlante

Matthew LaPlante has reported on ritual infanticide in Northern Africa, insurgent warfare in the Middle East, the legacy of genocide in Southeast Asia, and gang violence in Central America. But a few years back, something occurred to him: Maybe the news doesn't have to be so brutally depressing all the time. These days, he balances his continuing work on more heartbreaking subjects with his work on UnDisciplined — Utah Public Radio's weekly program on science and discovery.

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Raegan Edelman

Raegan Edelman is a graduate of journalism and art history from Utah State University. She is the producer and guest host of UnDisciplined. Raegan is an avid lover of animals, particularly whales and wolves, and her work focuses on environmental science.

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Clarissa Casper

Clarissa Casper is UPR/ The Salt Lake Tribune's Northern Utah Reporter who recently graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Print Journalism and minors in Environmental Studies and English.

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