Since 2002, I have covered nearly every aspect of the Rio Grande, including water rights, politics, endangered species, climate change, drought, and water quality. Below, you can find a selection of my stories about the state’s largest river.
Drought Tests the Rio Grande
KUNM, April 5, 2013
Compact Complications: Water wars between Texas and New Mexico are nothing new–but the times are changing University of New Mexico, School of Law’s Utton Center, March 5, 2013
Rio Grande Series, Part 2: Rio Grande could join ‘ghost rivers’ of the Southwest
KUNM, Oct. 30, 2012
Rio Grande Series, Part 1: Rare fish not faring well in the Rio Grande
KUNM, Oct. 29, 2012
Tamarisk-munching Beetles Travel the Rio Grande
KUNM, Sept. 13, 2012
Low Flows on the Rio Grande
KUNM, Sept. 5, 2012
Over lunch, a commissioner and an engineer confront an elephant
KUNM’s Earth Air Waves Blog, August 29, 2012
New Mexico’s ‘Hard Choices’
KUNM, August 28, 2012
Drought dries New Mexico’s largest rivers
KUNM, August 22, 2012
Saving fish from a drying river
KUNM, July 19, 2012
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Will Santa Fe’s campaign to buy water rights kill the Rio Grande?
Santa Fe Reporter, June 27, 2012
Rivers Make Glad: An ode to the sometimes neglected, always underestimated, Rio Grande
Santa Fe Reporter, June 13, 2012
No Page Unturned: Five essential books for understanding New Mexico
Santa Fe Reporter, Feb. 1, 2012
Running Deep New Mexico Magazine, May 2011
She-Fish? Scientists want to know if Rio Grande contaminants are feminizing the endangered silvery minnow
Santa Fe Reporter, Aug. 25, 2010
The Big Suck: New Mexico’s water future is here—and there’s not a drop to spare
Santa Fe Reporter, April 4, 2007
Too much can be asked of a river
Writers on the Range, April 2, 2007
New Mexico’s water rebel
High Country News, Feb. 19, 2007
It’s What’s for Dinner
Alibi, Oct. 12-18, 2006
Up River: The silvery minnow stares down another dry summer
Alibi, July 20-25, 2006
Debunking the myth of the sand-burrowing minnow
Writers on the Range, July 17, 2006
You Gonna Drink That? A recent report shows that the Rio Grande is dirtier than we thought
Alibi, Dec. 1-7, 2005
The harder they spawn, the quicker they die
High Country News, Sept. 5, 2005
Frozen in time: Endangered species science
High Country News, June 27, 2005
Peace breaks out on the Rio Grande
High Country News, March 21, 2005
An icon of the Rio Grande has all but vanished in the wild: Consensus efforts and millions of dollars haven’t saved the silvery minnow
High Country News, Aug. 2, 2004
Congress overrules the courts
High Country News, Feb. 16, 2004
Why the Silvery Minnow Matters
AlterNet, Nov. 10, 2003
Are minnow scientists still under the gun?
High Country News, June 23, 2003
Truce remains elusive in Rio Grande water fight
High Country News, Aug 4, 2003
Southwest drought desiccates fish before farmers
High Country News, July 8, 2002