I’ve spent more than 20 years reporting on water in the U.S. Southwest, yet never actually interrogated my obsession with water until working on a recent anthology for . To understand why I’m weird and watchful and wary, you can now order my latest book, “Water Bodies: Love Letters to the Most Abundant Substance on Earth.”

After working as a contract archaeologist and tribal consultant for six years, I began my journalism career at High Country News in 2002. Since then, I’ve worked for KUNM-FM, Tribal College Journal, New Mexico in Depth, and New Mexico Political Report, covering climate change, forest fires, water, and wildlife. I also spent many years freelancing for local, regional, and national outlets like Ms. Magazine, Audubon, The Progressive, Capital & Main, and the Santa Fe Reporter. I’m also the author of the 2020 book, “At the Precipice: New Mexico’s Changing Climate.”

I’m still senior producer of “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future” on NMPBS. You can watch that program on the PBS App or YouTube (or Channel 5, if you’re here in New Mexico). But after eight seasons of Our Land, I’m leaving NMPBS in early 2025, and returning to my first love: writing. (Not just scriptwriting!)

In terms of the most important stuff: I’d a zillion times rather be outside than looking at a computer. I’m a sucker for the printed word (as opposed to reading online or watching videos). And I love my daughter, our very bad dog, and my adopted home state of New Mexico.