Zak Podmore

The Overton Arm Has Shifted

The Glen Canyon Dam is failing and we need to stop pretending it’s worth saving

May 23 • Zak Podmore

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April 2026

Why river lovers should oppose water cuts for California farmers

...and why they should support cuts in Colorado and Utah

Apr 19 • Zak Podmore

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January 2026

Elected officials in southeast Utah take first step toward accepting nuclear waste

A regional association of governments is preparing an application for the Department of Energy

Jan 27 • Zak Podmore

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Mothers for Nuclear targets Utah's San Juan County for radioactive waste dump

The California-based nonprofit was funded by a Biden-era grant

Jan 20 • Zak Podmore

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A brief history of federal lift ticket regulation

Remembering a time when the US Forest Service fought price gouging on our publicly owned ski slopes

Jan 15 • Zak Podmore

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On the picket line with the Telluride Ski Patrol union

Telluride’s billionaire owner shut down the resort on Dec. 27

Jan 9 • Zak Podmore

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December 2025

New Colorado River proposal seeks inspiration from the New Deal

Thoughts on a welcome development in Southwestern water policy: a plan to expand public ownership.

Dec 18, 2025 • Zak Podmore

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November 2024

We're not going back. But maybe we should.

Thoughts on Bob Marshall, public lands, fascism, and the New Deal.

Nov 9, 2024 • Zak Podmore

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October 2024

The Glen Canyon Dam needs a redesign

My new op-ed on why we should prepare to empty Lake Powell now (plus upcoming book events)

Oct 1, 2024 • Zak Podmore

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August 2024

Life After Dead Pool is out today!

My new book on Lake Powell's decline and Glen Canyon's rebirth is now available

Aug 27, 2024 • Zak Podmore

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February 2021

Why Moab is so noisy, hedge funds eye Colorado River water and a uranium quid pro quo

February's southeast Utah news highlights from the Canyon Echo.

Feb 28, 2021 • Zak Podmore

Bears Ears under review (again), Seldom Seen Sleight and southern Utah's radioactive past

January highlights from the Canyon Echo newsletter

Feb 2, 2021 • Zak Podmore

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