Wyatt Myskow
Roy W. Howard investigative fellow
Wyatt Myskow covers environmental news in the Western U.S. from Phoenix as the Roy W. Howard investigative fellow. Wyatt graduated from Arizona State University with his bachelor’s degree in journalism and has previously reported for The Arizona Republic, The Chronicle of Higher Education and The State Press. He has covered local government, development news, education issues and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Feds Bet on Paying for Water Conservation to Protect the Colorado River
By Wyatt Myskow
As Drought Grips the Southwest, Water Utilities Find the Hunt For More Workers Challenging
By Wyatt Myskow
Q&A: After its Hottest Summer On Record, Phoenix’s Mayor Outlines the City’s Future
By Wyatt Myskow
Making Solar Energy as Clean as Can Be Means Fitting Square Panels Into the Circular Economy
By Emma Peterson, Wyatt Myskow
As the Colorado River Declines, Some Upstream Look to Use it Before They Lose it
By Wyatt Myskow
Green Groups Are Divided Over a Proposal to Boost the Nation’s Hydropower. Here’s Why
By Wyatt Myskow, Kristoffer Tigue
The Federal Bureau of Reclamation Announces Reduced Water Cuts for Colorado River States
By Wyatt Myskow
Phoenix is Enduring its Hottest Month on Record, But Mitigations Could Make the City’s Heat Waves Less Unbearable
By Wyatt Myskow
Solar Is Booming in the California Desert, if Water Issues Don’t Get in the Way
By Wyatt Myskow
Arizona Announces Phoenix Area Can’t Grow Further on Groundwater
By Wyatt Myskow
Fossil Fuel Companies and Cement Manufacturers Could Be to Blame for a More Than a Third of West’s Wildfires
By Wyatt Myskow
Amid Continuing Drought, Arizona Is Coming up With New Sources of Water—if Cities Can Afford Them
By Wyatt Myskow
Legislative Proposal in Colorado Aims to Tackle Urban Sprawl, a Housing Shortage and Climate Change All at Once
By Wyatt Myskow
Climate Change Wiped Out Thousands of the West’s Most Iconic Cactus. Can Planting More Help a Species that Takes a Century to Mature?
By Wyatt Myskow
Las Vegas Is Counting on Public Lands to Power its Growth. Is it a Good Idea?
By Wyatt Myskow
A Proposed Utah Railway Could Quadruple Oil Production in the Uinta Basin, if Colorado Communities Don’t Derail the Project
By Wyatt Myskow
