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kanab12 copy.jpgIs uranium mining near the Grand Canyon safe? http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-best-reads/2017/03/08/uranium-mining-near-grand-canyon-safe-answer-may-water/98816536/

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Is a gondola ride in the Grand Canyon’s future? http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-best-reads/2017/04/12/gondola-ride-grand-canyons-future-project-stirs-concerns-threats-cultural-natural-resources/99699958/

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The last defiant act of Ed Abbey. http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/best-reads/2015/04/17/edward-abbey-last-act-defiance/25930091/

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My piece of the border project, which won a Pulitzer for explanatory reporting. https://www.usatoday.com/border-wall/story/us-mexico-border-history/510833001/

New York Times Vows story. Rebecca and Bennett were amazing people and it was a pleasure to meet them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/fashion/weddings/rebecca-mackinnon-bennett-freeman-marriage.html
Gila trout, Whitewater Creek, New Mexico. No, you probably won’t catch one this big, but fishing for Gila trout is pretty cool. Here’s the story. https://www.newmexico.org/nmmagazine/articles/post/tales-of-the-gila-trout/
A Backpacker story. My first. Another writer got the byline in the print version. Well, stuff happens. https://www.backpacker.com/trips/find-your-way-through-canyon-country
About six months ago I made the jump from print to radio, taking up a reporting job at KJZZ, an NPR affiliate. Most of my work has been in news — with a pandemic and election going on, there has been a lot of it. But every now and then I work on a feature, like this one on craft beer.

https://kjzz.org/content/1631717/arizona-craft-beer-finds-its-way-during-pandemic

A meadow along Canyon Creek, Tonto National Forest. https://www.kunc.org/ron-dungan

Stories

The opening piece of our water series, in which we try to look past the bathtub ring of Lake Powell. In this story, I follow a single drop of water on its journey to your tap.

Oak Creek. / Ron Dungan

https://kjzz.org/content/1792236/better-understand-arizonas-water-supply-we-retrace-its-origins

https://kjzz.org/content/1831459/while-covid-19-raged-archival-history-research-was-pushed-back-burner

The next time you're in the Marble Canyon and wonder if you can snag a permit to Coyote Buttes, you might be surprised to find that the answer is yes. No line. No early wake up call. / Ron Dungan

https://kjzz.org/content/1822075/blm-expands-use-reservation-app-coyote-buttes-south-area-permits

Apache trout. / USFWS
https://kjzz.org/content/1813132/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-recommend-delisting-endangered-apache-trout

My story for Here and Now.

A volunteer at the dog races. / Ron Dungan

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/01/17/arizona-dog-sledders-climate

A meadow along Canyon Creek, Tonto National Forest. / Ron Dungan
https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1629386/western-fires-burn-forest-management-easier-said-done
Shop Beer Company / Ron Dungan
https://kjzz.org/content/1631717/arizona-craft-beer-finds-its-way-during-pandemic
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge / Ron Dungan
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/best-reads/2015/04/17/edward-abbey-last-act-defiance/25930091/
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/fashion/weddings/rebecca-mackinnon-bennett-freeman-marriage.html?ref=oembed
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. / Ron Dungan

https://www.usatoday.com/border-wall/story/us-mexico-border-history/510833001/

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