Scripps Environmental Journalism Fellowship /cmcinow/ en Dry goods /cmcinow/dry-goods <span>Dry goods</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-10-28T23:05:30-06:00" title="Saturday, October 28, 2023 - 23:05">Sat, 10/28/2023 - 23:05</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmcinow/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/32_dry_goods.jpg?h=1cbb7e81&amp;itok=KNjc1o74" width="1200" height="800" alt="Colorado River, drying up"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/cmcinow/taxonomy/term/90"> View </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmcinow/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Center for Environmental Journalism</a> <a href="/cmcinow/taxonomy/term/22" hreflang="en">Journalism</a> <a href="/cmcinow/taxonomy/term/167" hreflang="en">Photography</a> <a href="/cmcinow/taxonomy/term/283" hreflang="en">Scripps Environmental Journalism Fellowship</a> <a href="/cmcinow/taxonomy/term/284" hreflang="en">the Denver Post</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-hidden ucb-box-alignment-right ucb-box-style-none ucb-box-theme-lightgray"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title">&nbsp;</div><div class="ucb-box-content"><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmcinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/331_dry_goods.jpg?itok=J-Z6AgLf" width="1500" height="1046" alt="A farmhand irrigates a field of alfalfa in the Imperial Valley of Calipatria, California. The valley depends on the Colorado River for its surface water supply."> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmcinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/332_dry_goods.jpg?itok=nZ0UFyTa" width="1500" height="1038" alt="Eduardo Blancas, with Restauremos el Colorado—one of six NGOs in a coalition called Raise the River—paddles out to a restoration site near Chausse, Baja California. His NGO works with the U.S. and Mexican governments to secure water from the Colorado River to restore native wetland in the Colorado River Delta, in Mexico. "> </div> </div></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmcinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/333_dry_goods.jpg?itok=-br_NJG_" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Large rotating sprinklers water a field in Paragonah, Utah, that's used to grow feed for livestock. While new irrigation methods can offer less evaporation and water waste, many small farms and ranches cannot afford to make these updates."> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmcinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/334_dry_goods_0.jpg?itok=mqolANq7" width="1500" height="1116" alt="An aerial view of the Colorado River flowing through Gregg Basin, in Nevada, in spring 2023. The river deposits sediment along the banks before flowing into Lake Mead. "> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><p class="small-text"><strong>By Joe Arney</strong><br><strong>Photos by RJ Sangosti</strong></p><p>Photographer RJ Sangosti carved out a niche in environmental journalism because crime stories had a way of following him home when he was working general assignment for <em>The Denver Post</em>.</p><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-hidden ucb-box-alignment-right ucb-box-style-fill ucb-box-theme-white"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title">&nbsp;</div><div class="ucb-box-content"><p class="lead"><i class="fa-solid fa-quote-right fa-3x fa-pull-right ucb-icon-color-gold">&nbsp;</i>“I want to stop people, make them think, and elevate how we are conserving water and planning our growth in the West.<br>—RJ Sangosti</p></div></div></div><p>He’s still doing great work—but it’s still following him home.</p><p>Sangosti has been <a href="http://instagram.com/headwaters2delta/" rel="nofollow">documenting the Colorado River’s decline</a> at the <em>Post</em> and through other channels, including a <a href="/cej/ted-scripps-fellowships-environmental-journalism" rel="nofollow">Scripps Environmental Journalism Fellowship</a> at Ҵýƽ. He also has received grants from CMCI’s <a href="https://waterdesk.org" rel="nofollow">Water Desk</a> to travel and hire artists to showcase his work on the river.</p><p>That support emboldened him to approach the story of a local river as a national crisis—a key goal of the Water Desk, which is dedicated to improving journalism connected to the Colorado River, especially around changes driven by climate, population and politics.</p><p>“The fellowship made me aware that journalism is not just the one big story—it’s about helping people understand and tell stories about the river,” he said.</p><p>A Gunnison native who grew up fishing and playing in the Taylor River, Sangosti hopes his work creates a visual story of the river that inspires others, including widespread sharing of his photos through the <em>Post</em> and, one day, a comprehensive website with photos, charts, maps—even drawings from Indigenous people who live nearby.</p><p>“I want to stop people, make them think, and elevate how we are conserving water and planning our growth in the West,” he said.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>RJ Sangosti grew up on the water. Now, he’s documenting the decline of the Colorado River as a photojournalist for The Denver Post.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmcinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/32_dry_goods.jpg?itok=al6D7dNe" width="1500" height="1826" alt="dry land"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Sun, 29 Oct 2023 05:05:30 +0000 Anonymous 1017 at /cmcinow