Zak Podmore

Zak Podmore is a Utah-based writer and film producer. He's an editor-at-large for Canoe & Kayak magazine, and has also written for Outside, High Country News, and the Huffington Post. His first book, Confluence, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2019.

“Not a War Zone”: Veterans Visit the Texas Borderlands

A trip along the Rio Grande reveals President Trump’s one-sided war

By Zak Podmore March 20, 2019

In this story: military outdoors, borderlands, veterans

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Oil and Gas Drilling Threaten Indigenous Cultural Sites

Trump's "energy dominance" agenda puts Utah antiquities at risk

By Zak Podmore February 28, 2019

In this story: public lands

A detail of Procession Panel, a 15-foot-long petroglyph near Bluff, Utah, thought to represent a ceremonial gathering or migration story.

Native Americans Win Elections in Utah After Voicing Support for Bears Ears

Voters just elected the county’s first majority-Navajo leadership

By Zak Podmore November 15, 2018

In this story: monuments

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Make Colonizers Afraid Again

Indigenous activists are standing up to uranium

By Zak Podmore November 14, 2018

In this story: clean energy, clean water, nuclear, environmental justice, public lands

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