Forestry Research on the Great Salt Lake by Joshua Dylan Harvey and Charlie Heinritz

First Paper: Moore, Johnnie N., (2016). Recent Desiccation of Western Great Basin Saline Lakes: Lessons from Lake Abert, Oregon, U.S.A. Science of the Total Environment Link

Second Paper: Baxter, B.K., Butler, J.K. (2020). Climate Change and Great Salt Lake. In: Baxter, B., Butler, J. (eds) Great Salt Lake Biology. Springer, Cham. Link

Accompanied by this podcast are some pictures Natalie Fawson took at antelope island.

Great Salt Lake’s Farmington Bay pictured from Antelope Island Road shows the exposed playa caused by anthropogenic water irrigation and climate change. March 13, 2024, Utah. Photograph by Natalie Fawson.

Pictured south of Antelope Island Road shows a storm blowing through the Great Salt Lake. This year has had an above average rainfall percipitation. March 13, 2024, Utah. Photograph by Natalie Fawson.

Pictured north of Antelope Island Road shows the lack of water covering the lakebed. This dessication, the removal of moisture, is exposing heavy metal pollutants to the atmosphere. March 13, 2024, Utah. Photograph by Natalie Fawson.