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Jake Bolster

Reporter, Wyoming and the West

Jake Bolster reports on Wyoming and the West for Inside Climate News. Previously, he worked as a freelancer, covering climate change, energy, and the environment across the United States. He holds a Masters in Journalism from Columbia University.

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People stand at the bottom of a boat ramp that now ends hundreds of feet above the water levels of Lake Powell on Aug. 18 near Page, Ariz. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

The Biggest Carbon Polluters Are to Blame for Half of U.S. Western Water Lost to Climate Change, ‘Groundbreaking’ Paper Says

By Jake Bolster

A view of Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Credit: Avery Locklear/NPS

Primary Effort ‘Changed the Conversation’ Around Wyoming’s Public Lands

By Jake Bolster

The Bobcat Draw Badlands Wilderness Study Area in Washakie County, Wyoming, encompasses 17,150 acres of land managed by the federal government. Credit: Bob Wick/BLM

Public Lands Are at the Forefront of Wyoming’s Primaries

By Jake Bolster

Cash Cow

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Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir expansion project in Boulder County, Colorado, is seen on April 9, 2025. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Can a Dam Expansion Hold Back Climate Considerations on the Colorado River?

By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster

Janna Martin Gliatto moves cattle from one pasture to another near Montague, Calif. Martin Gliatto started working with Working Circle in 2022 to protect her ranch from wolves.

Can New Ranching Practices Help Cattle, Cowboys and Wolves Coexist?

Story and photos by Jake Bolster

Deaths at Sloth World

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Visitors view the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell from the Carl Hayden Visitor Center on Thursday in Page, Ariz. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Federal Plan Makes Steep Colorado River Water Cuts to Arizona, California and Nevada

By Jake Bolster

A Texas-Sized Water Crisis

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Tanya Trujillo, then assistant secretary of the Interior for water and science, speaks during an event in California in 2023. Credit: Bureau of Reclamation

As Colorado River States Struggle to Reach Agreement, New Mexico Brings on a Fresh Voice

By Jake Bolster

An emergency exit for Signal Peak Energy’s longwall coal mine in Musselshell County, Montana. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Planning for Life After Coal Cost a Montana County Commissioner His Seat

By Jake Bolster

After record-low snowpack across the Colorado River Basin, water levels remain low at Lake Powell on April 30, near Page, Ariz. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn

By Jake Bolster

Tree limbs fall atop a snow-covered car in Boulder, Colo., during one of the largest May snowstorms in decades on May 6. Credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images

New Paper Shows Surges of Concentrated Precipitation Can Lead to Dryer Landscapes

By Jake Bolster

A substation at the coal-fired Naughton power plant in Kemmerer, Wyo. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

Wyoming’s Largest Utility Joins a New Western Day Ahead Market for Electricity

By Jake Bolster

A view of Dry Fork, one of the nation’s newest coal-fired power plants, in Gillette, Wyo. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Western Lawmakers Move To Weaken Clean Air Act and Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawsuits

By Jake Bolster

Bison graze near the North Entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Jacob W. Frank/NPS

Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says

By Jake Bolster

An air tanker works to slow the spread of the Dollar Lake Fire as it burns through Wyoming in August 2025. Credit: Kris Bruington/BLM

The Warm, Dry Winter Has Left Firefighters in Wyoming Nervous

By Jake Bolster

Crews work in the forest at the site of the Spring Pine Fire near Bastrop State Park on Monday in Bastrop, Texas. Credit: Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

This Year’s US Wildfires Have Already Set Records That Could Foreshadow a Smoky, Fiery Summer

By Jake Bolster

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