Stoked to talk about my work w/ @charliefthompson.bsky.social on sports betting, water, and the ACF for the first time tomorrow 🎰💧

The most insightful story you’ll read about yesterday’s missed deadline (i.e. the only one I’ve seen that actually talks to someone in the room!) @reviewjournal.com: www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...

I don’t know what it says about me, but I pulled off “Wicked Witch of the West(ern US)” for Halloween in about 30 minutes with stuff I already owned. I proceeded to get 0 real photos, but had to share with the western water crowd…

This is a very thoughtful analysis of the hydrological, institutional, political, and social "sticking points" in Colorado River discussions by Shannon Mullane for the @coloradosun.com ⬇️ coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/c...

ily advocacy coalition framework fam 🖤 thanks to CU Denver for hosting me.

Come 2 my party 2morrow 🍾 ** note, my first post should have said Friday, not Saturday.

NEW! What a pleasure to work with folks who are implementing the MLRP in California on this article, especially lead author Gopal Penny! It's critical that we come up with more creative solutions to protect people, agriculture, and the environment in a drying world. doi.org/10.3389/frwa...

New fun water rights challenge: who owns freshwater trapped in shallow offshore aquifers? And, assuming there is zero natural recharge, is it a good idea to tap it? How do we govern that? apnews.com/article/fres...

Are you going to @apsa.bsky.social Vancouver and working on issues of science/technology/environmental politics (STEP)? If so, please attend the STEP reception on Saturday night! Details and RSVP here: forms.office.com/r/q27fRYT60G

Now out in an issue of @epa-journal.bsky.social: "Estimating the effect of policy entrepreneurship on individual vaccination behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic." Thanks to fearless leader Kristin Taylor for making this one happen. dx.doi.org/10.1002/epa2...

I deleted my previous post bc it had a news headline that has now thankfully been taken down for being false. All I will say (if you saw it) is that I have no idea what’s going on behind closed doors in the Colorado River negotiations, and agreeing to conserve does not equal taking cuts!

happy first day of school to me for the 35th consecutive year 🤓

…or the UB could collaborate with the LB on a plan where they share some cuts in the driest times and don’t face compact compliance threats? watereducationcolorado.org/fresh-water-...

"The Colorado River is remarkable in and of itself, it lays the foundation for remarkable habitats, and, apparently, can precipitate remarkable political alliances." - @sammyherdman.bsky.social coloradonewsline.com/2025/08/12/a...

the homeland 😍

Enjoyed working on this edited volume with my @policy-politics.bsky.social colleagues and all of the amazing contributing authors. Check it out here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/transformati...

Can’t open this app anymore without singing this song, and I think that’s actually a good thing (plus, amazing Nevada shots in the vid). m.youtube.com/watch?v=rtIz...

We've got a new one out this Friday @psjeditor.bsky.social: "Understanding the Impact of Institutions on Climate-Adaptive Policy Designs: A Study of Collective Action Inference in Urban Water Systems" led by the great Aaron Deslatte, w/ @jesselbarnes.bsky.social & others! doi.org/10.1111/psj....

Deep in the Nevada desert, a huge lithium mine could fuel electric vehicles and help slow global warming. But conservationists say it would drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. I visited Rhyolite Ridge and wrestled with a high-stakes climate dilemma: www.latimes.com/environment/...

We do not talk enough about groundwater, the quiet water crisis playing out across the globe. “Groundwater is the most precious natural resource in the dry parts of the world," said ASU's Jay Famiglietti. “And it is probably the least protected.” www.westernwaternotes.com/p/q-and-a-gr...

Really excited to see new work that pushes the collaborative governance literature to be more realistic about how collaboration happens in practice and over time (by Carstensen & Sørensen in @policy-politics.bsky.social) policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/06/18/u...

"The supply-driven model would generally mandate a flow past Lees Ferry to the Southwestern states equal to a rolling three-year average of the natural flow that the mountain snowmelt provides" #ColoradoRiver @brandonloomis.bsky.social www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Big news for the #ColoradoRiver Basin: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

I'm happy to have contributed to this new ACF book in a small way. Check out our chapter on antecedents of policy change, led by the fantastic @allegrafullerton.bsky.social!

“Governor Lombardo’s signature sends a signal that this program is worth the investment for stabilizing groundwater systems throughout the state.” -Kyle Roerink, @greatbasinwater.bsky.social www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

I’m def not the best in any business, but I do indeed love Cynar more than anyone I know. Thanks, Sam - I can’t wait to mix one up!

NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don't.

Excited to read this paper and see work on these issues in general. The work I pitched on the Salton Sea/Imperial Valley has been in grant review purgatory for over a year now, but I’m still holding on to a little hope… I think?

💯 “These resources are more interconnected than our laws lead us to think, and as a result of that, we need to be finding ways to more explicitly consider them in seven-state negotiations,” Koebele said.

Chatted with @wyattmyskow.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org about some policy implications of major groundwater depletion in the #ColoradoRiver basin, as identified in a new study out of @arizonastateuni.bsky.social ⬇️ insideclimatenews.org/news/0206202...

Floating solar is not perfect but has serious potential in the CO River basin, according to several studies. Read my latest to hear how western water managers view the tech—and check out my first batch of film for @insideclimatenews.org!

Another new one this week out in @psjeditor.bsky.social: "Narrative Power in the Narrative Policy Framework," led by Liz Shanahan. Our goal in this Perspective is to advance the conceptualization and measurement of power in policy narratives. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

So excited to see this #openaccess paper, led by rockstar @unevadareno.bsky.social GPHS grad (now NV DWR employee) Lauren Bartels, out in the wild. #groundwater #hydrogeology #managedaquiferrecharge #MAR #groundwaterbanking #urbanwater link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Nice summary update on #water funding in Colorado, including from a new effort that follows Prop DD (2019) and Prop JJ (2024) to tax "free" sports bets (HB 1311) in the state 🎰 coloradosun.com/2025/05/19/c...

Thanks to @pbsnews.org for inviting me to discuss the #NationalClimateAssessment #NCA6, why it's important for protecting America, and what might be at risk given all appointed authors have been released from their roles. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

“Those English poets used the vales and streams to douse their lusts into verse. But the desert offers something that no forest brook or valley ever can: distance.” A fun, weird read about human-plant merging, set in so many places I love in the Mojave, that a friend so poignantly recommended…

Chatted with @alanhalaly.bsky.social for @reviewjournal.com about the @nrdc.org petition for strengthened federal administration of “beneficial use” in the #ColoradoRiver. www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

exactly the words i needed today.

some positive news, kind of? apnews.com/article/mexi...

I’m heartbroken for the NCA and for all of the amazing authors, like @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social, who already put in so much effort during trying times to work on the assessment.

ty @ginagilson.bsky.social for capturing me in my natural habitat 🎲🎰✨

Always a pleasure to talk water with @wyattmyskow.bsky.social, this time about new polling on American’s attitudes about water challenges, infrastructure improvements, political support, and more ⬇️ insideclimatenews.org/news/0204202...

Grateful to have been involved in the last few years of the @iahs-aish.bsky.social “Panta Rhei Decade” efforts, including this newly published piece reflecting on what we’ve learned about change in hydrology and society through our research over the decade 💧 doi.org/10.1080/0262...

Two proposals to buy back water rights could help Nevada's overtapped basins, but won’t solve the water shortage in the nation’s driest state. Here are the details: thenevadaindependent.com/article/in-t...

Grateful to have participated in this research for the State of the Bay Delta Science report - which features an article on governance issues for the first time! - w/ Jess Rudnick, @taheikkila.bsky.social, Tiffany Morrison, & Chelsea Batavia. Article version out now ⬇️ doi.org/10.15447/sfe...

In “Does Outsourcing Reduce Public Scrutiny toward Elected Officials?: Insights from US Municipal Water Management,” @jesselbarnes.bsky.social, @eakoebele.bsky.social, & Deslatte find that outsourcing municipal water services may not reduce scrutiny toward elected officials. doi.org/10.1111/padm...

New work in out now in @journalpa.bsky.social on water services outsourcing, led by the fantastic @jesselbarnes.bsky.social ⬇️

Latest update on California's steady but extremely slow progress in restoring the Salton Sea: there's a Salton Sea Conservancy now. calmatters.org/environment/...

My former hydrogeology student and general rockstar Lauren Bartels on the news talking about groundwater monitoring in Nevada 🤩⬇️ www.kolotv.com/2025/03/07/n...