The Water Desk
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Independent water journalism initiative at @CUBoulder @CU_CEJ that focuses on Western water issues.
Colorado, USA
Joined October 2018
We’re thrilled to share the news that @LukeRunyon has joined The Water Desk as our new co-director!.
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For the past 12 years, Luke has been a journalist at NPR stations, reporting and editing stories on the West’s environmental issues.
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RT @pflug_justin: Snow water resources and water security are threatened by climate change. Check out this article by @TheWaterDesk, which….
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The latest National Climate Assessment warns of a shrinking snowpack and serious downstream consequences.
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RT @ce_tracey: My article about Texas/Tamaulipas’ Falcon Dam, the communities its creation displaced, and its resonance with today’s era of….
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On the map Falcon Reservoir widens the course of the Rio Grande for sixty miles, its waters spreading into Texas and Tamaulipas. But from many
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RT @waltonwater: 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….
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RT @AngelaWChen: It’s finally here! The blood, sweat and tears of our work for the past several months! . Thank you to the @TheWaterDesk fo….
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Great work by our grantee @NMPBS exploring what lessons the Upper Gila River holds for the future—and the rest of the Colorado River Basin.
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NM puts our rivers to work. Rarely do we remember that rivers are their own creatures.
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RT @circleofblue: The collision between govt. error & climate change that produced a colossal fire disaster in the forests of NM didn’t end….
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RT @fotornelas: 'It’s our reservoir': Tensions rise in Rio Grande basin as Mexico lags in US water deliveries.' @psskow and I traveled to t….
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RT @psskow: Three years ago, Chihuahua farmers occupied La Boquilla dam to protest water deliveries to the U.S. @fotornelas and I reported….
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This story, reported with a grant from The Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder, is published in partnership with the El Paso Times. DELICIAS, Mexico—By late August, the usual monsoon...
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Be sure to check out Luke’s fantastic podcast, Thirst Gap.
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Thirst Gap is a six-part podcast series about how the Southwest is adapting to water shortages as climate change causes the region to warm up and dry out. The series zooms in on people and places...
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RT @SantaFeReporter: A novel partnership and a unique state program made the pivot possible, creating revenue for the Jicarilla Apache Nati….
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Cover Stories
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RT @smencimer: Biden's signature infrastructure bill requires BLM to lease 2 million acres of public land every year for oil and gas drilli….
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I went to Mordor to find out.
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RT @FletcherReveley: California's Salton Sea is in the midst of a worsening crisis. For @undarkmag, I wrote about how a multi-decade rift b….
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California's Salton Sea offers a tableau of dead wildlife, toxic dust, and neglect. It was long in the making.
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Congratulations to this fantastic group of journalists!.@JeremyJ_Miller.@megmyscofski.@ProkopDani.@Dee_Sea_.@psskow.@fotornelas.@svannotes .@KRGV_Christian.@JeremyWShockley.@jerd_smith.@waltonwater.
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Thanks to the Thornburg Foundation and Santa Fe Community Foundation for supporting this program. The Water Desk maintains strict editorial independence from its funders and the University of Colorado.
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The Water Desk launched in 2019 thanks to a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. We are seeking additional funding to build and sustain the initiative.
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We’re excited to award a total of $48,430 to these journalists and media outlets to support their coverage of water issues in New Mexico and the Rio Grande Basin.
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RT @jbwashing: Critics claim the proposed copper mine would wreak havoc on an already vulnerable ecosystem — one of the only areas in the U….
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RT @JimRobbins19: Are we going to be using the same water again and again and again? In San Francisco it's already required. My latest. B….
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San Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, propon...
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Important reporting about drought and water quality in Colorado’s San Luis Valley from our grantee @mmbaily.
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RT @smencimer: Come for my story about Estonia's (failed) plans to mine oil shale in Utah, but stay for the amazing photos from @RusselADan….
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The state's fixation on oil and gas development threatens the Colorado River watershed.
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