Pete McBride

3 weeks ago | sierraclub.org | Pete McBride |Nick Paumgarten |Kevin Fedarko

As Lake Powell has dwindled, new sights have emerged. This includes Gregory Arch, which has been mostly submerged for the last 50 years. In 2006, veteran photographer and filmmaker Pete McBride embarked on a two-decade journey, starting in his home state of Colorado, to document the effects of a disappearing Colorado River.

3 weeks ago | sierraclub.org | Pete McBride |Nick Paumgarten |Kevin Fedarko

A photographer embarks on a journey to rediscover the river that helped make the West

3 weeks ago | sierraclub.org | Pete McBride |Nick Paumgarten |Kevin Fedarko

A photographer embarks on a journey to rediscover the river that helped make the West

Dec 6, 2024 | smithsonianmag.com | Laura Kiniry |Pete McBride

These top titles of the year whisk readers away on adventures and remind us of the many wonders in this world Travel can bring us from the far-flung corners of the planet to a tiny little perch right in our own backyard. It might inspire and enlighten us, awaken emotions inside us that we never knew existed, and even introduce us to entirely new ways of seeing the planet and our place within it. What’s more: In many cases, it doesn’t even require leaving home.

Mar 26, 2024 | smithsonianmag.com | Daniel Rothberg |Pete McBride

Anything goes in Las Vegas, except excessive water use. Two decades ago, the city began to grapple with a reality that many other cities in the Southwest were trying to put off: Eventually, it could run out of water. In contrast with cities like Phoenix or Los Angeles, which get water from a number of sources, Las Vegas still gets about 90 percent of its water from the Colorado River, and it has little other water to tap into.