We continue our series of stories about the Great Salt Lake today with 2 stories about Pelicans, a piece of new music, and a report from a couple of our summer collaborative research grants. First, Kara Kornhauser discusses her research related to pelicans and tar seeps near the Spiral Jetty on the shores of the lake. Next, I interview Connor Lockie about his new piece of music, "Mass for Pelicans," and we'll share that composition. Finally, Hikmet Loe and Scout Invie talk about the work they did this summer as part of their summer collaborative research project, "Landscape of Necessity" (https://medium.com/the-mountain-commons/landscape-of-necessity-d0e73b2787f4).
Photos and a video from the Tar Seeps
Tar Seeps https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/1/1fa521c0-f451-41ad-b95a-11b649737210/FRR2m1cZ.JPG
Pelicans walking across the tar seeps https://uploads.fireside.fm/images/1/1fa521c0-f451-41ad-b95a-11b649737210/rrhyBj1T.jpeg
Jeff Nichols and Brent Olson co-direct the Institute for Mountain Research (http://mountainresearch.org) and our 2018-2019 Mountain Fellows are Katie Saad and Naomi Shapiro. We owe a huge thank you to the Great Salt Lake Institute (https://www.westminstercollege.edu/campus-life/centers-and-institutes/great-salt-lake-institute). This week has additional music by Hyson (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hyson/) and our theme song is “Home” by Pixie and the Partygrass Boys (https://www.pixieandthepartygrassboys.com). As Naomi likes to say, “They are awesome and you should check them out.” Special Guest: Hikmet Loe.
