Alex Hager is KUNC's reporter covering the Colorado River. He has reported from each of the basin’s seven states and Mexico while covering the cities, tribes, farms and ecosystems that rely on its water. His work has been featured on national programs such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Up First, Marketplace, The Indicator and Science Friday.

Alex came to KUNC from Aspen Public Radio, where he covered the resort economy, the environment and the COVID-19 pandemic. Before that, he reported on the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery for KDLG in Dillingham, Alaska. Alex has a journalism degree from Elon University, where he worked for the student newspaper and TV station.

When he’s away from his desk, Alex is an avid skier, hiker and mountain biker. He was born and raised in Connecticut.

Teal Lehto says she is “Just a girl who’s obsessed with water in a really dry place” Durango’s Teal Lehto is a water rights activist in Colorado and the founder of Western Water Girl, a social media account that educates people on water conservation in the Colorado River Basin.

Franklin Cruz is a queer latin dancer, poet and environmental nerd born in Idaho, raised Texan and polished in Denver. Born from an immigrant family their work has placed them in science museums, as an emcee for dance & poetry competitions, conferences and environmental spaces. A Tedx Mile High performer and Nature of Cities residency, he worked throughout the southwest, Peru, Puerto Rico for universities and environmental leadership camps. Their work encompasses self love, immigration, culture, conservation and more.  Franklin always aims to address intersectional liberation, confronting our complicity to privilege and oppression and the lesson of specificity over simplicity. (Instagram @fcruz_unido)