Life After Dead Pool: Lake Powell's Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado Ri

Description: Life After Dead Pool by Zak Podmore Award-winning journalist Zak Podmore brings to life the magnificent terrain and complex politics of the Colorado River, its dying reservoirs--and the surprising revelation that the inevitable loss of Lake Powell could be a turning point for more a sustainable future. "A chronicle of both personal and ecological redemption by a gifted writer and observer, as well as a stirring affirmation that, even in a world suffering from terminal burnout, seeds can take root, flowers can clossom, and hope abides."--KEVIN FEDARKO, The Emerald Mile and A Walk in the ParkAfter decades of drought, the American West is stretched to the breaking point. A changing climate and design flaws in the Glen Canyon Dam have pushed the once-massive Lake Powell reservoir to the brink of collapse--putting at risk millions of people who depend on the Colorado River for water, agriculture, and electricity. Now, as Glen Canyon reemerges, its surprising ecological rebirth reminds us that natures capacity to heal may well outpace our own imaginations. Environmental journalist Zak Podmore explores the complex challenges ahead and reframes the inevitable loss of Lake Powell as a turning point for a more sustainable future. Through an arresting mix of science and storytelling, Life After Dead Pool debunks the notion that the Wests water challenges are unsolvable and invites us to secure a future where the Colorado River once again runs free. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Zak Podmore is an award-winning author and journalist who has spent more than a decade writing about water and conservation issues in the western United States. He is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political on Rivers of the New West, and his work has appeared in Outside, USA Today, National Geographic Traveler, The Salt Lake Tribune, and elsewhere. He lives in Bluff, Utah. Review "A chronicle of both personal and ecological redemption by a gifted writer and observer, as well as a stirring affirmation that, even in a world suffering from terminal burnout, seeds can take root, flowers can clossom, and hope abides."--KEVIN FEDARKO, The Emerald Mile and A Walk in the Park"Life After Dead Pool is a fascinating account of how climate change and drought are forcing a radical reimagining of western water management. Investigative journalist Zak Podmore gives us solace, insight, and maybe even hope.--DAVID QUAMMEN, Spillover and The Heartbeat of the Wild"Written in time with Lake Powells water level decline, Life After Dead Pool is Zak Podmores clear-eyed but hopeful assessment of the potential restoration of Glen Canyon. A captivating vision of regional transformation."--FOREWORD REVIEWS "Life After Dead Pool teases apart complicated issues at the Glen Canyon Dam: water management, Indigenous rights, and political, economic, and ecological concerns, all in the context of history and culture. With captivating storytelling, lively characters, and in-depth research, Podmore engages with these questions, offering surprising conclusions, a refreshing approach, and solutions outside of a traditional binary."--SHELF AWARENESS"Zak Podmore, an inveterate explorer of the American Southwest, has crafted an intimate look at the dramatic changes unfolding in the canyons of Lake Powell. In so doing he engagingly challenges most of the historical and contemporary wisdom of Southwestern water policy. None of the prominent stakeholders--the states, agricultural interests, federal land managers, environmentalists, economic boosters--escape scrutiny. But Zak is no simple critic. He outlines a number of exciting future policy paths with realistic optimism.." --FORMER U.S. SENATOR MARK UDALL"An invaluable chapter in the history of the Colorado River."--DAVID EVERETT, Back of Beyond Books"Zak Podmore offers a plan both visionary and practical, on how the river can, once again, redeem the region."--DAVID GESSNER, All the Wild That Remains and A Travelers Guide to the End of the World"Both a cure and instigator for sandstone and river-induced canyon-itis, Podmore explores a future without Glen Canyon Dam through the lens of a journalist and the soul of an adventurer. The future of water management in the west starts with asking tough questions, and Podmore investigates the issues centerpiece."--MORGAN SJOGREN, Path of Light"By taking us into the lost and reemerging landscapes of Glen Canyon, Podmore deepens our understanding and calls us to action to protect the greatest resource we have in the desert--water."--CALVIN CROSBY, The Kings English Bookshop owner "In a world everywherefraying at the seams, Zak Podmore studies a colossal human mistake and finds reasons for hope. I admired this book and you will too." --PHILIP CONNORS, A Song for the River "Life After Dead Pool is impeccably clean writing and reporting. In balancing the thrill of a canyons resurrection with the challenge of managing a dwindling river, Podmore leaves us in the best place possible in a fraught world. Fully informed, welcomed into an engaged community of researchers, and sitting in a circle in the Cathedral in the Desert, singing.--STEPHEN TRIMBLE, editor of Red Rock Stories and The Capitol Reef Reader"Podmore shares a fascinating history and offers us a hopeful and practical solution to a natural ecosystem that is miraculously emerging from the depths."--ANNETTE MCGIVNEY, Pure Land"Beautifully written and thoughtfully organized, Podmores exceptional book should be required reading for anyone who has even briefly reflected on what Glen Canyon was before the dam was built, what it is now, and what it could be in the future."--ERIKA M. BSUMEK, The Foundations of Glen Canyon Dam: Infrastructures of Dispossession on the Colorado Plateau"Podmores viewpoint on the current condition of the Colorado River Basin is one only gained through years of watching the Basin change with his own eyes. Life After Dead Pool is a gift to readers."--EVAN SCHERTZ, Marias Bookshop owner Promotional -Co-op available -Pre-pub review coverage from major trade outlets Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, etc) -Galleys to national and local review media -Inclusion in IndieBound Advance Access program and Edelweiss -Electronic postcard sent to publisher and author contacts announcing publication and any relevant reviews -Simultaneous release and promotion with eBook -Promotion through authors website, zakpodmore.com and twitter zak_podmore, and social media and publishers website and social media -Publicity and promotion in conjunction with virtual and in-person readings and events -announcement on The Salt Lake Tribune which the author is affiliated Details ISBN194881496X Author Zak Podmore Publisher Torrey House Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781948814966 Format Paperback Imprint Torrey House Press Subtitle Lake Powells Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River Audience General Publication Date 2024-08-27 Pages 312 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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