(Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) This June 10, 2019, photo shows the Wasatch Range near Salt Lake City when the state's snowpack was about 150 percent higher than the historical average. Utah's snowpack has been augmented by an extensive cloud seeding program that's received state funds most years since 1973.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.