Dr. Bonnie Baxter, professor of biology and director of the Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster University was invited to contribute an op-ed to The Salt Lake Tribune, looking ahead to the challenges–and opportunities–facing the Great Salt Lake heading into 2025.
As we turn the page to a new year, the elevation of Great Salt Lake has dropped to an elevation similar to 2021, when many lake researchers were sounding alarm bells about the crisis we were witnessing. Indeed, that trajectory led the lake to a historic low set the next year. Mother Nature bought us some time with the snowpack from 2023, but La Niña conditions this year predict a warmer and drier winter.
