Glad to see coverage of what I think is one of the most critical issues in the West that too few people are talking about. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/o...
Opinion | Why the Kids Won’t Farm
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Elizabeth A. Koebele
@eakoebele.bsky.social
🎰 Polisci/Hydro Prof at U. of Nevada, Reno ✍️ Editor @policy-politics.bsky.social 💧 Thinking about the Colorado River, water governance, the policy process, & bicycles.
Advice from Policy & Politics journal on how to choose the right journal for your research. Read the blog post by the editors here @eakoebele.bsky.social @allegrafullerton.bsky.social @cmweible.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/03/09/a...
What an honor to have served as opponent at Aasa Karimo’s defense @helsinki.fi — she did an amazing job, and I learned so much from her 🌟
Antti Gronow@anttigronow.bsky.social · 6mo agoAasa Karimo defending her PhD thesis "Beliefs and conflicts in Climate Policy Networks", with @eakoebele.bsky.social as the opponent and Tuomas Ylä-Anttila as the custos. @helsinki.fi
“We’re at a moment where we really need something different that responds to our current hydrology, our current demands, and we’re not seeing a development of that kind.” @eakoebele.bsky.social aspenjournalism.org/colorado-riv...
Colorado River crisis fails to force deal from states - Aspen Journalism
But the increasingly dire projections, this winter’s historically bad snowpack and the growing gap between supply and demand haven’t yet pushed the seven states that share the Colorado River to come t...
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My department is hiring a Lecturer/Teaching Assistant Professor in American Politics to administer our dual credit program and teach American Politics courses at UNR. Please share with your networks! nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...
Lecturer/Teaching Assistant Professor, Political Science
The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...
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A new article "How proximity and trust of policy narrators motivate their audience” by Elizabeth A. Shanahan, Rob A. DeLeo, @deseraicrow.bsky.social, Kristin Taylor, Thomas A. Birkland, Clifton M. Chow, Danielle Blanch-Hartigan, @hmink.bsky.social and @eakoebele.bsky.social is here: t.ly/KR9yN
#OpenAccess from @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social - How proximity and trust of policy narrators motivate their audience - https://cup.org/3LiPOn5 - E.A. Shanahan, R.A. DeLeo, @deseraicrow.bsky.social, K.Taylor, T.A. Birkland, C.M. Chow, D. Blanch-Hartigan, @hmink.bsky.social & @eakoebele.bsky.social
Stoked to talk about my work w/ @charliefthompson.bsky.social on sports betting, water, and the ACF for the first time tomorrow 🎰💧
The most insightful story you’ll read about yesterday’s missed deadline (i.e. the only one I’ve seen that actually talks to someone in the room!) @reviewjournal.com: www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...
Colorado River deadline passes without an agreement
Tuesday was the deadline for seven states to submit a framework for a deal to update the river’s operating guidelines that expire at the end of 2026.
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Colorado River talks hit crunch time. What's at stake for California water?
Western states in the Colorado River basin are racing a federal deadline to hash out how to share the overtapped river. As the clock ticks down, two questions looms large: Just how real is this deadli...
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I don’t know what it says about me, but I pulled off “Wicked Witch of the West(ern US)” for Halloween in about 30 minutes with stuff I already owned. I proceeded to get 0 real photos, but had to share with the western water crowd…
This is a very thoughtful analysis of the hydrological, institutional, political, and social "sticking points" in Colorado River discussions by Shannon Mullane for the @coloradosun.com ⬇️ coloradosun.com/2025/10/30/c...
What’s holding up the Colorado River negotiations? Experts break down the sticking points.
As the clock ticks down, onlookers have been increasingly frustrated and critical of the lack of progress in the closed-door negotiations.
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ily advocacy coalition framework fam 🖤 thanks to CU Denver for hosting me.
Come 2 my party 2morrow 🍾 ** note, my first post should have said Friday, not Saturday.
Elizabeth A. Koebele@eakoebele.bsky.social · 11mo agoAre you going to @apsa.bsky.social Vancouver and working on issues of science/technology/environmental politics (STEP)? If so, please attend the STEP reception on Saturday night! Details and RSVP here: forms.office.com/r/q27fRYT60G
NEW! What a pleasure to work with folks who are implementing the MLRP in California on this article, especially lead author Gopal Penny! It's critical that we come up with more creative solutions to protect people, agriculture, and the environment in a drying world. doi.org/10.3389/frwa...
Frontiers | Enhancing water security and landscape resilience through multibenefit land repurposing
Achieving water sustainability in many water-scarce regions will require reducing consumptive water use by converting irrigated agricultural land to less wat...
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New fun water rights challenge: who owns freshwater trapped in shallow offshore aquifers? And, assuming there is zero natural recharge, is it a good idea to tap it? How do we govern that? apnews.com/article/fres...
Scientists tap 'secret' fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world
Scientists conducting a first-of-its-kind drilling operation have extracted samples of fresh water hiding in massive reservoirs deep under the ocean.
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Are you going to @apsa.bsky.social Vancouver and working on issues of science/technology/environmental politics (STEP)? If so, please attend the STEP reception on Saturday night! Details and RSVP here: forms.office.com/r/q27fRYT60G
Microsoft Forms
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Now out in an issue of @epa-journal.bsky.social: "Estimating the effect of policy entrepreneurship on individual vaccination behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic." Thanks to fearless leader Kristin Taylor for making this one happen. dx.doi.org/10.1002/epa2...
European Policy Analysis | PSO Policy Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Most studies of policy entrepreneurship seek to understand how entrepreneurs influence the behavior of policy-makers in the agenda-setting or decision-making phases of the policy process. Recent scho...
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I deleted my previous post bc it had a news headline that has now thankfully been taken down for being false. All I will say (if you saw it) is that I have no idea what’s going on behind closed doors in the Colorado River negotiations, and agreeing to conserve does not equal taking cuts!
happy first day of school to me for the 35th consecutive year 🤓
…or the UB could collaborate with the LB on a plan where they share some cuts in the driest times and don’t face compact compliance threats? watereducationcolorado.org/fresh-water-...
Is Colorado ready for forced Colorado River cuts? State official says it might be time for a plan. - Water Education Colorado
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Colorado water officials announced Wednesday a rough plan to figure out how the state would handle an unwelcome specter in the Colorado River Basin: forced water cuts. Mandatory wa...
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"The Colorado River is remarkable in and of itself, it lays the foundation for remarkable habitats, and, apparently, can precipitate remarkable political alliances." - @sammyherdman.bsky.social coloradonewsline.com/2025/08/12/a...
A paradigm shift on the Colorado River is the only way to confront the water crisis | Colorado Newsline
A paradigm shift and bold policies are needed to preserve the remarkable Colorado River and life in the West.
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Enjoyed working on this edited volume with my @policy-politics.bsky.social colleagues and all of the amazing contributing authors. Check it out here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/transformati...
Can’t open this app anymore without singing this song, and I think that’s actually a good thing (plus, amazing Nevada shots in the vid). m.youtube.com/watch?v=rtIz...
Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky (Music Video)
YouTube video by Momma
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We've got a new one out this Friday @psjeditor.bsky.social: "Understanding the Impact of Institutions on Climate-Adaptive Policy Designs: A Study of Collective Action Inference in Urban Water Systems" led by the great Aaron Deslatte, w/ @jesselbarnes.bsky.social & others! doi.org/10.1111/psj....
<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library
Feedback is ubiquitous in complex systems and critical to the process of designing public policies to solve problems such as climate adaptation. However, well-known cognitive and institutional constr....
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Deep in the Nevada desert, a huge lithium mine could fuel electric vehicles and help slow global warming. But conservationists say it would drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. I visited Rhyolite Ridge and wrestled with a high-stakes climate dilemma: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Commentary: A climate-saving lithium mine could doom an endangered desert flower
The dilemma at Nevada's Rhyolite Ridge offers a preview of the hard choices ahead.
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We do not talk enough about groundwater, the quiet water crisis playing out across the globe. “Groundwater is the most precious natural resource in the dry parts of the world," said ASU's Jay Famiglietti. “And it is probably the least protected.” www.westernwaternotes.com/p/q-and-a-gr...
Q&A: Groundwater loss on a global scale
ASU's Jay Famiglietti on the alarming drying of Earth's land surface.
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Really excited to see new work that pushes the collaborative governance literature to be more realistic about how collaboration happens in practice and over time (by Carstensen & Sørensen in @policy-politics.bsky.social) policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/06/18/u...
Using bricolage and robustness theory to explain the dynamism of collaborative governance
by Martin B. Carstensen and Eva Sørensen In a recent article published in Policy & Politics, Martin B. Carstensen and Eva Sørensen explore how collaborative governance can be understood as a se…
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"The supply-driven model would generally mandate a flow past Lees Ferry to the Southwestern states equal to a rolling three-year average of the natural flow that the mountain snowmelt provides" #ColoradoRiver @brandonloomis.bsky.social www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
New Colorado River plan spreads the pain, shares water based on reality of shrinking flows
The Southwest and Rocky Mountain states are reviewing a plan that could split Colorado River water based on actual flows, not storage.
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