Elizabeth Miller is an independent journalist who has written about environmental issues around the American West for publications including Backpacker, Outside, ScientificAmerican, and The Washington Post. She’s been anthologized in Best American Travel Writing and won awards or grant support from the Society of Professional Journalists, National Geographic Society’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists, and Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources.
Twenty-five years ago, land managers unleashed a beetle to control an invasive tree sucking rivers dry. But water levels haven’t risen—and the real villains are still causing trouble.