Stories

A New Mexico Gila trout. / Ron Dungan

The Endangered Species Act at 50.

https://kjzz.org/content/1866574/whatever-cost-we-will-protect-them-marking-50-years-endangered-species-act

Cows, Apache National Forest. / Ron Dungan

Cattle and climate change

https://www.kjzz.org/2024-01-31/content-1869918-cattle-are-part-arizonas-history-climate-change-overgrazing-concerns-cloud-theirhttps://www.kjzz.org/2024-01-31/content-1869918-cattle-are-part-arizonas-history-climate-change-overgrazing-concerns-cloud-their

Eamon Harrity looks at the Huachuca Mountains in southern Arizona. / Ron Dungan

How the border wall affects wildlife

https://kjzz.org/content/1864360/nonprofits-cameras-reveal-how-border-wall-arizona-affects-wildlife-migration

University of Arizona assistant irrigation specialist Diaa Eldin Elshikha in a guayule field. / Ron Dungan

A desert plant that can make rubber

https://kjzz.org/content/1858257/desert-plant-can-be-used-make-rubber-and-grows-little-wate

Chris in the office. / Family photo

Goodbye to a teacher, mentor, friend

https://kjzz.org/content/1842080/chris-smith-taught-history-asu-now-hes-part-mill-avenue-history

A spring in Hack Canyon. / Ron Dungan

The long list of water contaminants

https://kjzz.org/content/1846861/quality-not-just-quantity-arizonas-water-concern-and-list-threats-long

Oak Creek. / Ron Dungan

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.

A single drop of water

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

A volunteer at the dogsled races. / Ron Dungan

The new world of dog sledding

htts://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/01/17/arizona-dog-sledders-clima

Kanab Creek. / Ron Dungan

Is uranium mining near 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/

Grand Canyon. / Ron Dungan

Is a gondola ride in 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/

Organ Pipe National Monument. / Ron Dungan

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/

My piece of the border project, which won a Pulitzer for explanatory reporting. Above: Organ Pipe National Monument. / Ron Dungan

On the border

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

A Trip Down the Matrimonial Runway

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. / Ron Dungan

Gila trout tales

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. The Maze. / Ron Dungan

Getting lost in The Maze

s://www.backpacker.com/trips/find-your-way-through-canyon-countrys://www.backpacker.com/trips/find-your-way-through-canyon-country

Grains used to brew beer at The Shop Beer Company. / Ron Dungan

Arizona Craft Beer Finds Its Way

https://www.kjzz.org/2020-10-30/content-1631717-arizona-craft-beer-finds-its-way-during-pandemic

A meadow along Canyon Creek, Tonto National Forest. / Ron Dungan

Arizona water stories

https://www.kunc.org/ron-dungan