Zak 🦦 Podmore
@zakpodmore.bsky.social
Water, labor, outdoors / author of Life After Dead Pool: Lake Powell’s Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River / formerly at The Salt Lake Tribune, Canoe & Kayak magazine / zakpodmore.com
Thanks to @morgansjogren.bsky.social for the recent substack alerting me to the fact that our books (and lots of other Torrey House Press titles) are on the menu at Hells Backbone Grill in Boulder, Utah.
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thanks to @morgansjogren.bsky.social for the recent substack alerting me to the fact that our books (and lots of other Torrey House Press titles) are on the menu at Hells Backbone Grill in Boulder, Utah.
They’re back in southern Utah for the fiftieth anniversary
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
They’re back in southern Utah for the fiftieth anniversary
I don’t know what to do with the knowledge that both of my books initially sold better than The Great American Novel
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I don’t know what to do with the knowledge that both of my books initially sold better than The Great American Novel
Ryan Davis assuming a proper wide stance with the Roadhouse Band. SLC, Nov 2025
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Ryan Davis assuming a proper wide stance with the Roadhouse Band. SLC, Nov 2025
There’s a book on why American Rivers (aka American Reservoirs) is wrong here for anyone who is interested
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
There’s a book on why American Rivers (aka American Reservoirs) is wrong here for anyone who is interested
it’s funny to me that the voice used to bring “balance” to the piece is from the enviro group American Rivers, who says Glen Canyon will be sacrificed again in the name of hydropower and water management
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
it’s funny to me that the voice used to bring “balance” to the piece is from the enviro group American Rivers, who says Glen Canyon will be sacrificed again in the name of hydropower and water management
Post-tornado paddle
September 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Post-tornado paddle
Spotted from Bluff, UT
September 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Spotted from Bluff, UT
“A lake full of boats is better than a canyon full of air.”
— @brenorbrophy.com, channeling Floyd Dominy
— @brenorbrophy.com, channeling Floyd Dominy
September 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“A lake full of boats is better than a canyon full of air.”
— @brenorbrophy.com, channeling Floyd Dominy
— @brenorbrophy.com, channeling Floyd Dominy
Got to see Neil and MJ in the last three days, and even MJ playing Neil.
It’s gonna take a lot of love.
It’s gonna take a lot of love.
September 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Got to see Neil and MJ in the last three days, and even MJ playing Neil.
It’s gonna take a lot of love.
It’s gonna take a lot of love.
That’s a wrap. The train, the same one I boarded in Green River, arrived *ahead* of schedule.
Takeaway: no, we don’t have high-speed rail in the US. But we do have low-speed rail, and it’s by far the most civilized way to travel from rural southern Utah to Oakland.
Takeaway: no, we don’t have high-speed rail in the US. But we do have low-speed rail, and it’s by far the most civilized way to travel from rural southern Utah to Oakland.
August 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
That’s a wrap. The train, the same one I boarded in Green River, arrived *ahead* of schedule.
Takeaway: no, we don’t have high-speed rail in the US. But we do have low-speed rail, and it’s by far the most civilized way to travel from rural southern Utah to Oakland.
Takeaway: no, we don’t have high-speed rail in the US. But we do have low-speed rail, and it’s by far the most civilized way to travel from rural southern Utah to Oakland.
Kim Stanley Robinson, oracle of Davis, I salute you sir 🫡
August 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Kim Stanley Robinson, oracle of Davis, I salute you sir 🫡
Truckee, got my chips cashed in
August 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Truckee, got my chips cashed in
Reno’s famous ice & oil emporium
August 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reno’s famous ice & oil emporium
Good morning, Winnemucca, how are ya?
August 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Good morning, Winnemucca, how are ya?
See you in 23 hours, Berkeley
August 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
See you in 23 hours, Berkeley
Reclamation's updated reservoir projections were released today. Lake Powell could hit all-time lows next summer, threatening hydropower generation at the Glen Canyon Dam.
August 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reclamation's updated reservoir projections were released today. Lake Powell could hit all-time lows next summer, threatening hydropower generation at the Glen Canyon Dam.
Ironically, Imperial Valley farmers have a better solution for Glen and Grand Canyon health than these conservation groups: modify Glen Canyon Dam, prevent dead pool on Lake Powell, and restore Glen Canyon. savethecolorado.org/wp-content/u...
August 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Ironically, Imperial Valley farmers have a better solution for Glen and Grand Canyon health than these conservation groups: modify Glen Canyon Dam, prevent dead pool on Lake Powell, and restore Glen Canyon. savethecolorado.org/wp-content/u...
In their "cooperative conservation" proposal for CO River management, these "environmental" groups claim partially refilling Lake Powell would help Grand Canyon. They ignore the remarkable ecological recovery already underway in Glen Canyon. waterforcolorado.org/wp-content/u...
August 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In their "cooperative conservation" proposal for CO River management, these "environmental" groups claim partially refilling Lake Powell would help Grand Canyon. They ignore the remarkable ecological recovery already underway in Glen Canyon. waterforcolorado.org/wp-content/u...
Low water levels in Lake Powell allowed invasive, predatory smallmouth bass to pass through the Glen Canyon Dam and into the Grand Canyon several years ago, threatening endangered humpback chub. Warmer releases from the dam have also likely benefitted chub, according to new study. 1/2
August 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Low water levels in Lake Powell allowed invasive, predatory smallmouth bass to pass through the Glen Canyon Dam and into the Grand Canyon several years ago, threatening endangered humpback chub. Warmer releases from the dam have also likely benefitted chub, according to new study. 1/2
Thanks to Out West Books for the kind review in @coloradosun.com coloradosun.com/2025/07/27/o...
July 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Thanks to Out West Books for the kind review in @coloradosun.com coloradosun.com/2025/07/27/o...