Alex Hager
Reporter, Colorado River BasinEmail: alex.hager@kunc.org
Alex is 萝莉少女's reporter covering the Colorado River Basin. He spent two years at Aspen Public Radio, mainly reporting on the resort economy, the environment and the COVID-19 pandemic. Before that, he covered the world鈥檚 largest sockeye salmon fishery for KDLG in Dillingham, Alaska.
Alex has a journalism degree from Elon University, where he spent four years working for the student newspaper and TV station. While at Elon, he also worked as a sports correspondent for the Burlington Times-News, covering ACC football and basketball as well as Carolina Panthers NFL football.
When he鈥檚 not in the office, Alex enjoys hiking, practicing Spanish, playing basketball, and reading poetry. He was born and raised in Connecticut.
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Water experts gathered at the University of Colorado, Boulder for talks about the future of the Colorado River. Top policymakers were notably absent. -
Researchers found massive depletion of the region's groundwater, adding more stress to the drought-stricken Colorado River. -
Parks for whitewater kayaking hold a special legal status, but some river experts say it's time for Colorado's water law to evolve. -
Manipulating the clouds to make it rain or snow might sound like science fiction 鈥� but farmers and ski resorts have used these techniques for years. 萝莉少女 water reporter Alex Hager discusses whether cloud seeding could help the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin. -
The Northern Integrated Supply Project, or NISP, is close to construction, but building costs are in the billions and some towns are cutting back on the share of water they'll store in its reservoirs. -
Top water negotiators declined to speak at an upcoming conference amid closed-door meetings about the future of the water supply for 40 million people. -
Drought conditions in the Rocky Mountains could further lower water levels at Lake Powell. -
The authors of a new memo say that states need to take shared water cutbacks to manage the Colorado River going forward. -
Utah is using a technology that can add more water to the state's supply. Others in the Colorado River basin are looking to expand. -
A judge halted construction to Denver Water's Gross Reservoir amid concerns over harm to the environment.
