Alex Hager, KJZZ
Alex Hager covers water for KJZZ. He has reported from each of the Colorado River basin’s seven states and Mexico while covering the cities, tribes, farms and ecosystems that rely on its water. His work has been featured on national programs such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Up First, Marketplace, The Indicator and Science Friday. Hager has been on the water beat since 2021, most recently at KUNC in Colorado. Before that, he worked at Aspen Public Radio, where he covered the resort economy, the environment and the COVID-19 pandemic. He also reported on the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery for KDLG in Dillingham, Alaska. Hager has a journalism degree from Elon University.
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Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water -
This spring's landmark deal to keep more water in the Colorado River will send farmers money to use less water. In the district that uses the most water, there is some deep skepticism.
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This spring's landmark deal to keep more water in the Colorado River will send farmers money to use less water. In the district that uses that most water there is some deep skepticism.
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Climate change is predicted to shrink the Colorado River. But right now, there's more snow melt than the river has seen in decades. That's good for fish, birds and people who enjoy rafting.
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It's surprisingly hard to calculate how much water is held in the Rocky Mountain snowpack. Water managers along the Colorado river are trying to figure it out with the help of scientists.
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A conservation group says pollution and climate change are among the pressures on rivers. A stretch of the Colorado River that flows through Grand Canyon National Park is the most endangered river.
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Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer "water cremation," in which bodies are dissolved in a chemical solution. Some see it as more eco-friendly and less traumatic than consumption by flame.
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The seven states that share the Colorado River are moving forward in the face of cutbacks announced Tuesday.
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The seven states that share the Colorado River face a Tuesday deadline to agree to voluntary water cutbacks, or have federal cuts imposed. Six states have agreed to a plan, but California did not.
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The seven states that share the Colorado River have until Tuesday to agree to voluntary water cutbacks, or have federal cuts imposed on them.
