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Zak Podmore

Southeast Utah reporter

Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.

Scientists in Moab are working to understand how climate change will impact desert biocrusts

By Zak Podmore | December 5, 2022, 4:04 p.m.

Cultural sites are being revealed by a dwindling Lake Powell

By Zak Podmore | October 24, 2022, 11:58 a.m.

Woman and her dog are walking the length of the Colorado River from source to sea

By Zak Podmore | October 14, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

The Ute Indian Tribe calls Biden’s newest national monument an ‘unlawful act of genocide’

By Zak Podmore | October 13, 2022, 9:07 p.m.

As Congress splits over Sen. Manchin’s permitting reform bill, Utah scholars ask lawmakers to look at the data

By Zak Podmore | September 21, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

Colorado River water keeps alfalfa fields green in Utah’s desert

By Zak Podmore | September 16, 2022, 4:14 p.m.

Is this the death of Lake Powell?

By Zak Podmore | August 31, 2022, 7:44 p.m.

Photographing Glen Canyon — Again

By Zak Podmore | August 31, 2022, 7:43 p.m.

The Daily Buzz: Why the feds want to study Glen Canyon Dam modifications

By Zak Podmore | August 17, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

Feds want to study Glen Canyon Dam modifications, as states’ deadline for Colorado River water cuts expires

By Zak Podmore | August 18, 2022, 5:14 p.m.

Filling Lake Powell to maximize recreation benefits would require biggest water cuts in history, pro-reservoir group says in new report

By Zak Podmore | August 15, 2022, 7:08 p.m.

Potential loss of hydropower at Lake Powell is not the biggest worry, according to new report

By Zak Podmore | August 3, 2022, 8:08 p.m.

Lake Powell and Lake Mead could collapse without more water cuts along the Colorado River, a new paper explains

By Zak Podmore | July 22, 2022, 5:58 p.m.

He worked to clean up sites contaminated with uranium in San Juan County. When he got sick, it took years to get compensation.

By Zak Podmore | July 1, 2022, 8:53 p.m.

Fill Lake Powell? Coalition calling for more water to be stored in the reservoir faces tough road ahead.

By Zak Podmore | June 27, 2022, 9:08 p.m.

‘The system is at a tipping point’: Feds say unprecedented cuts needed to balance Colorado River water budget, prop up Lake Powell

By Zak Podmore | June 19, 2022, 12:00 a.m.

What will happen if the Glen Canyon Dam stops generating power?

By Zak Podmore | June 3, 2022, 10:48 p.m.

Only 25 years ago, draining Lake Powell was dismissed as ‘looney’ — then the megadrought started

By Zak Podmore | May 18, 2022, 2:47 p.m.

Deltas of sediment are pushing into Glen Canyon as Lake Powell disappears

By Zak Podmore | May 3, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

Solitude settles with former ski patroller who says he was fired after bringing up safety, wage concerns

By Zak Podmore | April 22, 2022, 12:00 p.m.