Come for my story about Estonia's (failed) plans to mine oil shale in Utah, but stay for the amazing photos from Russel Albert Daniels who roadtripped with me last year to report on the state's oil and gas industry and its threat to the Colorado River. motherjones.com/politics/2023/…

Important reporting about drought and water quality in Colorado’s San Luis Valley from our grantee Melissa Bailey npr.org/sections/healt…

Are we going to be using the same water again and again and again? In San Francisco it's already required. My latest... Beyond the Yuck Factor: Cities Turn to ‘Extreme’ Water Recycling e360.yale.edu/features/on-si… via Yale Environment 360

Critics claim the proposed copper mine would wreak havoc on an already vulnerable ecosystem — one of the only areas in the US where jaguars roam — especially damaging the arroyos and streams. My latest for AZLuminaria, with funding support from The Water Desk.

California's Salton Sea is in the midst of a worsening crisis. For Undark Magazine, I wrote about how a multi-decade rift between science and policy in the region contributed to an ecological and public health disaster. Photos by Kitra undark.org/2023/07/03/sci…

Biden's signature infrastructure bill requires BLM to lease 2 million acres of public land every year for oil and gas drilling as a condition for allowing solar/wind on public land. Lots of that land is in the threatened Colorado River watershed in Utah. bit.ly/3Oeca6p

A novel partnership and a unique state program made the pivot possible, creating revenue for the Jicarilla Apache Nation, a potential solution to the state’s water obligations, and hope for a river and fishes on the brink. sfreporter.com/news/coverstor…

Three years ago, Chihuahua farmers occupied La Boquilla dam to protest water deliveries to the U.S. J. Omar Ornelas and I reported in Chihuahua on the conflict that threatens to boil over once again. Inside Climate News/El Paso Times w/ support from The Water Desk insideclimatenews.org/news/08102023/…

'It’s our reservoir': Tensions rise in Rio Grande basin as Mexico lags in US water deliveries.' Martha Pskowski and I traveled to the fertile fields of Delicias to report on the binational water issue. w/ support from The Water Desk shorturl.at/esAEG

The collision between govt. error & climate change that produced a colossal fire disaster in the forests of NM didn’t end once the flames were extinguished. The fire was a prelude to a water supply emergency that the city of #LasVegasNM still reckons with. ow.ly/I6uk50Q2GJO

Great work by our grantee New Mexico PBS exploring what lessons the Upper Gila River holds for the future—and the rest of the Colorado River Basin. portal.knme.org/video/listenin…

It’s finally here! The blood, sweat and tears of our work for the past several months! Thank you to the The Water Desk for the grant that allowed the travel to happen!

A severe wildfire leaves a long tail of damage to a watershed and the people who depend on it. More than a year after New Mexico's largest fire -- Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon -- how are things looking? Two stories from my time in the area...

My article about Texas/Tamaulipas’ Falcon Dam, the communities its creation displaced, and its resonance with today’s era of violent border infrastructure is up at The New York Review of Books: nybooks.com/online/2024/01…

Snow water resources and water security are threatened by climate change. Check out this article by The Water Desk, which summarizes and contextualizes the present-day and future climate impacts on Western US water from our Water Chapter in #NCA5. waterdesk.org/2024/04/nation…