Daniel Rothberg

1 month ago | open.substack.com | Daniel Rothberg

Last week, several outlets reported on a federal budget amendment with a roughly 10,000-acre transfer of public land to a water district in Southern Utah, a move that, as the Las Vegas Review-Journal put it, “reviv[ed] concerns in the Colorado River Basin about a pipeline from the country’s second-biggest reservoir,” a.k.a Lake Powell. Environmental groups like the Great Basin Water Network were quick to flag the bill language, as were two congressional Democrats from Arizona and Nevada.

2 months ago | open.substack.com | Daniel Rothberg

Hello and back from a short hiatus. Wanted to start out with a little offering I spotted on Bluesky. I can’t seem to find the original post, but the lines are credited to William Stafford, an Oregon poet who spent much time at Lake Oswego. These are his words, engraved on stone near the lake:Water is always ready to learn. The river always finds the right way.

Mar 14, 2025 | reasonstobecheerful.world | Daniel Rothberg

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. During the hottest days of the year, sun glimmers off of an aqueduct as it moves water from the shrinking Colorado River to millions of residents in the sprawling cities of Southern California.

Mar 1, 2025 | thenevadaindependent.com | Daniel Rothberg

Editor's Note: This story was initially published in Western Water Notes, a Substack newsletter published by independent environmental reporter Daniel Rothberg. Nevada and the Great Basin lost Simeon Herskovits, one of its most passionate and dedicated public interest water attorneys, last week. Through his calm but assertive rhetorical style, Herskovits played a pivotal role in ensuring water officials weighed the impacts of their policymaking on the public interest and the environment.

Jan 14, 2025 | open.substack.com | Daniel Rothberg

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