Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Zak Podmore
Fri September 26, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Glen Canyon Rises: The rebirth of America’s lost National Park
In his new book Life After Dead Pool, Utah-based journalist Zak Podmore brings to life the magnificent terrain of canyon country and its complex water politics, presenting an ultimately hopeful portrait of a Colorado River on the brink of rebirth.
In the words of The New York Times, Podmore
shows how climate change in the Southwest offers the “opportunity for a more sustainable future.”
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 two books published by Torrey
House Press, Confluence (2019) and Life After Dead Pool: Lake Powell’s Last Days and the Rebirth of the
Colorado River (2024). Zak is the recipient of the Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers award and was the
Entrada Institute’s writer-in-residence in 2023. Until recently, Zak was the southern Utah reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. He lives in Bluff, Utah.
You can learn more about Zak at www.zakpodmore.com
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