National Media Tap Westminster Scientists as Drought Grips the West

Updated September 8, 2021

As Great Salt Lake reached a historic low this summer, local and national media looked to Westminster scientists to explain the consequences. Westminster’s Great Salt Lake Institute offers opportunities for student research, develops high school and college curriculum on Great Salt Lake, and runs community field trips.

Media Contact

• Arikka Von

  Director of Strategic Communications

  • avon@westminstercollege.edu

  

  Arikka Von

  Role

  • Full-Time Staff
  • Director of Strategic Communications

  Degrees

  M.S.C. Westminster College
  B.A. University of Utah
  

  Pronouns

  She/Her/Hers

  Contact

  avon@westminstercollege.edu

  801.832.2682

  Office Location

  Bamberger Hall 107

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Great Salt Lake Institute Experts

• Bonnie Baxter, Ph.D., Great Salt Lake Institute director, biology professor
• Jaimi Butler, wildlife biologist, Great Salt Lake Institute coordinator

Media Coverage of the Drought

• “Great Salt Lake is shrinking fast. Scientists demand action before it becomes a toxic dustbin” (CNN)
• “Utah's Great Salt Lake Is Turning Into Dust” (NPR)
• “Wildlife, air quality at risk as Great Salt Lake nears low” (The Associated Press)
• “Great Salt Lake in 'dire state' as Western drought worsens” (Yahoo News)
• "Booming Utah’s Weak Link: Surging Air Pollution" (New York Times)
• “How bad is Utah's drought?” (KSL News Radio)
• “Low lake levels threaten the food chain in the Great Salt Lake” (KSL News Radio)
• “Birds throughout the hemisphere could pay for Utah’s water mistakes” (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• “‘It’s terrifying’: Researchers fear dire consequences of shrinking Great Salt Lake” (ABC 4 Utah)
• “Western Drought Dries Up Utah's Great Salt Lake Leaving it on "Critically Dire" State” (Nature World News)
• "Booming Utah’s Weak Link: Surging Air Pollution" (New York Times)