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Wyatt Myskow

Reporter, Phoenix

Wyatt Myskow covers drought, biodiversity and the renewable energy transition throughout the Western U.S. Based in Phoenix, he previously reported for The Arizona Republic and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Wyatt has lived in the Southwest since birth and graduated from Arizona State University with his bachelor’s degree in journalism.

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A budget amendment in Nevada would pave the way for the development of public land near the Gold Butte National Monument. Credit: Bureau of Land Management

Locals Oppose ‘Insane’ Plan to Sell 500,000 Acres of Public Lands for Housing in Nevada and Utah

By Wyatt Myskow

Hector Denogean Sr. stands the Mammoth Miners Memorial in Southern Arizona. Denogean says he can’t support a new mine that may take more water out of the drying region. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

In Southern Arizona, Community Opposition to Mining Grows in Towns That Once Depended on the Industry

By Wyatt Myskow, Yana Kunichoff

President Donald Trump speaks alongside coal miners before signing executive orders about coal production at the White House on April 8 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment

By Kiley Bense, Bob Berwyn, Dennis Pillion, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Marianne Lavelle, Wyatt Myskow

USGS scientists take streamflow measurements along the Mississippi River in St. Louis. This information is critical in making flood predictions and response plans. Credit: Jennifer LaVista/USGS

USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Water Management

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view of Oak Flat in Arizona. Credit: EcoFlight

Oak Flat is Sacred to Western Apache. The Trump Administration Intends to Approve a Plan to Destroy It

By Wyatt Myskow

A grizzly bear, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Acts, walks among pine trees in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Jim Peaco/National Park Service

How the Trump Administration’s Interpretation of One Word—‘Harm’—Could Gut Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

By Kiley Price, Wyatt Myskow

Dry land is exposed on the banks of the Lake Oroville reservoir due to low water levels during the California drought emergency on May 25, 2021, in Oroville, Calif. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

New Poll Shows Americans View Water That’s Safe to Drink and Reliably Supplied as Top Issues

By Wyatt Myskow

Gov. Jared Polis presents his budget for 2025 at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Nov. 1, 2024. Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post

Can Colorado Keep Its Momentum on Climate Action as the Trump Administration Pulls Back Federal Support?

By Wyatt Myskow

The controversial Pinyon Plain Mine continues to operate within the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni—the Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument—on Aug. 27, 2024 near the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Trump Executive Order Streamlines Mining Permits. Environmentalists Fear What Comes Next

By Wyatt Myskow

Owen Crowlie and Trevor Lauber display their protest signs to visitors of Chiricahua National Monument on March 15 in Cochise County, Ariz. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

As Americans Protest Attacks on Public Lands, Trump Signals National Monuments May be Shrunk or Eliminated

By Wyatt Myskow

Cheridyn Egan washes a collard green at Borderlands Restoration Network’s Borderlands Earth Care Center on March 3 in Patagonia, Ariz. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

In Arizona’s Famed Sky Islands, Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze Stalls Crucial Conservation Work

By Wyatt Myskow

Workers install solar panels for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s solar and battery storage plant in the Mojave Desert of Kern County on Nov. 25, 2024. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze for Climate Work. Will the White House Comply?

By Wyatt Myskow

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, who leads a network of mayors focused on climate action, speaks before President Joe Biden at the Intel Ocotillo Campus on March 20, 2024 in Chandler, Ariz. Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

Mayors Across US Urge Congress Not to Repeal Clean Energy Tax Credits

By Wyatt Myskow

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks during a confirmation hearing to become Interior Secretary on Jan. 16 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Directive From New Interior Secretary Weakens Public Land Protections to Push Fossil Fuels

By Lisa Sorg, Wyatt Myskow

Former President Joe Biden is given a ceremonial sash after singing proclamations creating the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument at the White House on Jan. 14. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Conservation Won Big Under Biden. Environmentalists and Tribal Leaders Fear Trump Will Undo Those Gains

By Wyatt Myskow

Susan Nedell stands outside her home that is being rebuilt after it burned in the Marshall fire on Aug. 28, 2023 in Louisville, Colo. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Wildfire Rebuilds Are an Opportunity to Build More Resilient and Sustainable Homes. But That Comes With Controversy

By Wyatt Myskow

A firefighter sprays water on a house to protect it from the Eaton Fire in the Altadena neighborhood on Jan. 8, 2025 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Nick Ut/Getty Images

Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn

By Wyatt Myskow, Martha Pskowski

A view of bales in the Great Salt Lake basin. Credit: Brian Richter/Sustainable Waters

To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa

By Wyatt Myskow

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