For the May 5 episode of The Climate Pod, I talked with host Brock Benefiel about continuing the American way of life in a wetter world. Listen here.

Every office of every towboat company I ever visited had a stack of Waterways Journals, which is why I subscribed to it for several years while I was writing Holding Back the River. I’m thrilled to now appear in its pages via this thoughtful review by David Murray.

Besides being well-written and offering a basinwide understanding of water-management issues affecting the Mississippi River, Kelley’s book is especially timely as Congress debates another huge infrastructure bill, a debate that could last all summer.

I talked with Brian Mackey, host of Illinois Public Media’s The 21st show, about decrepit locks and dams and about what will happen to the heartland if we don’t invest in America’s waterways. Listen here.

A new Holding Back the River-related essay in the New Orleans Advocate / Times-Picayune / Nola.com

I’d like to invite you to attend one of these online events to celebrate the release of my debut book, Holding Back the River –

Magers and Quinn Bookstore, 4/21, 7pm Central 

Archived here on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYha9DGpTd0

Oblong Books and Music, 4/22, 7pm Eastern

Archived here on YouTube – https://youtu.be/z5NMCY_5Roc

Hopefully you can buy the book at your local bookstore. It’s also available on Amazon and directly from the publisher.

My March 22, 2019 story for The New York Times about the challenges of managing the Missouri River.

For Undark Magazine, my June 25, 2018 story, Navigating a Sea of Superlatives in Pursuit of the Asian Carp.

Araby Kelley and I spent six years making Following Seas, a feature documentary film about one family’s quest to live a self-determined life, and the sacrifices they made to do so. The film was released by Journeyman Pictures and is available on Amazon, iTunes, and Vimeo.

I walked more than 30 miles of the Passaic River with landscape artist Matthew Jensen for an essay that appears in Park Wonder. The book also includes essays by Ian Frazier, Ruth Canstein Yablonsky, Karl Fenske, Hazel England, and an introduction by curator, Mary Birmingham.

From the January 14, 2017 show, hosted by Tom Hanks.

This segment was built around Need Better Morale in the Workplace? Simulate a Plane Crash, my story for New York Times Sunday Business, January 7, 2017.