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
Morgan's substack: wildwords.substack.com/p/books-on-t...
Books on the Dinner Menu
A Vocabulary for Hunger
wildwords.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Morgan's substack: wildwords.substack.com/p/books-on-t...
Isn’t the importance Gmail’s automated categorizing system for contacts you frequently reply to? The yellow tab next to emails from real people vs newsletters etc
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Isn’t the importance Gmail’s automated categorizing system for contacts you frequently reply to? The yellow tab next to emails from real people vs newsletters etc
The lights, not the band
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
The lights, not the band
i.e. slightly better than “pitiful”
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
i.e. slightly better than “pitiful”
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
American Rivers has been inexplicably pro-Glen Canyon Dam for a long time americanrivers.medium.com/why-filling-...
Why Filling Lake Mead First is a bad idea
Letter to a Drowned Canyon is a beautiful expose on the situation facing Lake Powell and the greater Colorado River. We have some thoughts.
americanrivers.medium.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
American Rivers has been inexplicably pro-Glen Canyon Dam for a long time americanrivers.medium.com/why-filling-...
That’s nonsense. Overuse of water and climate change are the reasons Glen Canyon is recovering! There is no policy designed to support beaver populations. Obviously if water managers could refill Lake Powell they would, but there’s not enough water
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
That’s nonsense. Overuse of water and climate change are the reasons Glen Canyon is recovering! There is no policy designed to support beaver populations. Obviously if water managers could refill Lake Powell they would, but there’s not enough water
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
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A12. #ParkChat Book Club is reading Confluence by @zakpodmore.bsky.social. The book is more than just a story of the Colorado River and its tributaries. It touches on Indigenous stories, family, water rights, and adventures. Our second meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 18th at 5 PM Pacific. DM me for deets.
October 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A12. #ParkChat Book Club is reading Confluence by @zakpodmore.bsky.social. The book is more than just a story of the Colorado River and its tributaries. It touches on Indigenous stories, family, water rights, and adventures. Our second meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 18th at 5 PM Pacific. DM me for deets.