

Judy Fahys
Reporter, Mountain West, National Environmental Reporting Network
Judy Fahys has reported on the West for decades from Washington, D.C., and Salt Lake City. After covering the environment, politics and business at the Salt Lake Tribune, she fell in love with audio storytelling as the environment and public lands reporter for NPR Utah/KUER. Previously, she spent an academic year as a Knight Science Journalism fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, High Country News and Outside magazine and aired on NPR. She serves on the board of the Society of Environmental Journalists.


Activists See Biden’s Day One Focus on Environmental Justice as a Critical Campaign Promise Kept
By Kristoffer Tigue, Agya K. Aning, Judy Fahys, Katie Surma

Biden Signs Sweeping Orders to Tackle Climate Change and Rollback Trump’s Anti-Environment Legacy
By Sabrina Shankman, Dan Gearino, David Hasemyer, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna

Billion-Dollar Disasters: The Costs, in Lives and Dollars, Have Never Been So High
By Judy Fahys

Biden Put Climate at the Heart of His Campaign. Now He’s Delivered Groundbreaking Nominees
By James Bruggers, David Hasemyer, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle

Congress Passed a Bipartisan Conservation Law. Then the Trump Administration Got in its Way
By Judy Fahys

If Aridification Choked the Southwest for Thousands of Years, What Does The Future Hold?
By Judy Fahys

The Polls Showed Democrats Poised to Reclaim the Senate. Then Came Election Day.
By James Bruggers, Judy Fahys

Energizing People Who Play Outside to Exercise Their Civic Muscles at the Ballot Box
By Judy Fahys

Clouds of Concern Linger as Wildfires Drag into Flu Season and Covid Numbers Swell
By Judy Fahys

A Judge's Ruling Ousted Federal Lands Chief. Now Some Want His Decisions Tossed, Too
By Judy Fahys

Senate 2020: In Colorado, Where Climate Matters, Hickenlooper is Favored to Unseat Gardner
By Judy Fahys

Senate 2020: With Record Heat, Climate is a Big Deal in Arizona, but It May Not Sway Voters
By Judy Fahys

Senate 2020: In Montana, Big Sky Country, Climate Change is Playing a Role in a Crucial Toss-Up Race
By Judy Fahys

States Are Doing What Big Government Won’t to Stop Climate Change, and Want Stimulus Funds to Help
By Evelyn Nieves, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle, Sabrina Shankman

Sagebrush Rebel Picked for Public Lands Post Sparks Controversy in Mountain West Elections
By Judy Fahys

As the Culture Wars Flare Amid the Pandemic, a Call to Speak ‘Science to Power’
By Judy Fahys
