Alex Hager
Reporter | [email protected]Alex Hager covers water for KJZZ. He has reported from each of the Colorado River basin’s seven states and Mexico while covering the cities, tribes, farms and ecosystems that rely on its water. His work has been featured on national programs such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Up First, Marketplace, The Indicator and Science Friday.
Hager has been on the water beat since 2021, most recently at KUNC in Colorado. Before that, he worked at Aspen Public Radio, where he covered the resort economy, the environment and the COVID-19 pandemic. He also reported on the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery for KDLG in Dillingham, Alaska. Hager has a journalism degree from Elon University.
When he’s away from his desk, Hager is an avid skier, hiker, mountain biker and baseball fan. He was born and raised in Connecticut.
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A desalination plant on the California coast could help Phoenix and Tucson deal with Colorado River cuts. -
A federal proposal for Colorado River management would disproportionately hurt Arizona, according to water officials. -
Much of Arizona's water supply starts as mountain snow. Scientists with the Salt River Project measure it to build forecasts. -
Brian Moorhead, an environmental scientist with SRP, said it’s cheaper and easier to use fish than humans when it comes to removing those plants. -
Arizona and the six other states that use the Colorado River do not have a new plan to share the shrinking water supply. -
Arizona and six other Western states that use the Colorado River appear poised to miss a deadline for a new water-sharing deal. -
Low snow totals across the Colorado River basin are threatening to shrink major reservoirs and making water managers anxious. -
Negotiators are focusing on a five-year agreement for sharing water from the shrinking river. Experts say that would provide some much-needed flexibility. -
Gov. Katie Hobbs and other Arizona officials said negotiations are moving in the right direction, but cited apparent hurdles. -
Leaders of the system which brings Colorado River water to Phoenix and Tucson say cutbacks outlined in federal plans would harm the area.
