Michael Sakas is a climate/environment reporter for CPR News. She joined Colorado Public Radio in 2016 after receiving one of CPR’s year-long fellowships.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in English education; Michael is currently working on her master’s degree in technical communication at Colorado State University.
Professional background:
Michael came to Colorado Public Radio in 2016 after receiving one of the organization’s year-long fellowships. Through that program, she worked in various areas of the newsroom learning and honing her reporting skills before earning a permanent position as general assignment reporter and producer.
Michael got her start in journalism at the radio station at Colorado State University where she worked on-air shifts and was later named station manager. During her tenure as a student at CSU, she served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper and led the school’s reporting efforts during the Aurora theater shooting.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation move means more Colorado River water will flow to Arizona and Nevada next year while states negotiate new rules. Colorado has been largely unaffected by the fed’s restrictions.
Legislators created the task force of different water users to make recommendations for policies and tools to respond to the drought-depleted Colorado River.
Cutting back on farms' water use is the biggest way we can live in a drier West. This is the story of how one Indigenous farm manager is working to make farms more efficient.
As climate change diminishes flows in the Colorado River, regional leaders are negotiating its future and Indigenous people want that to include establishing their full access to the water.