Graycen Wheeler
Water reporter | Report for America corps member
Published Work
2022
- After a month of yellow drinking water, Altus officials say they’ve addressed high manganese concentrations: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- California runs hot and cold on striped bass (UCSC Science Notes)
- Oklahoma Legislature allocates more than $440 million to water infrastructure projects, with clear focus on economic development: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- To develop a state flood plan, Oklahoma officials seek better understanding of community flooding hazards: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Oklahoma anglers get pass to take more small bass as new fishing rules go into effect: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Officials recommend boiling water in areas around Lake Eufaula State Park and Checotah in rural eastern Oklahoma: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Oklahoma Highway Patrol recovers sunken plane after crash that injured two: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Cherokee Nation, Indian Health Service invest nearly $12 million in water, sewer infrastructure: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Russ defeats Jolley in Republican runoff for State Treasurer: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- High manganese levels turned its water yellow, but Altus officials say it’s still safe to drink: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Hot air balloons take flight over Oklahoma for FireLake Fireflight Balloon Festival’s fifth year: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Pipeline leaks thousands of gallons of crude oil into a creek in north central Oklahoma: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Illegal and hazardous septic systems lead to emergency order from Department of Environmental Quality: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Strong attendance at Oklahoma’s state parks despite heat, drought and water issues: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Rural Oklahoma water projects waiting for pandemic relief funds should have news by this fall (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Grand River Dam Authority urges caution near toxic blue-green algal bloom: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Norman residents asked to conserve water following pump failure: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Free private well testing expands to three Oklahoma counties this summer, a dozen more in the fall (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Drummond wins Attorney General nod over Stitt-appointee O’Connor: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Communities in southeast Oklahoma run out of water as they wait for repairs: Web post & radio story (KOSU Radio/ Report for America)
- Energy storage in Moss Landing: A smoky challenge to a new chapter (Monterey Herald, Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- Center for Homeland Defense and Security celebrates 20th anniversary (Monterey Herald)
- New underwater robots help researchers study the Monterey Bay and beyond (Monterey Herald, San Jose Mercury News, East Bay Times)
- Local residents measure air quality for Monterey Bay Air District’s wildfire monitoring network (Monterey Herald, San Jose Mercury News, East Bay Times)
- Home construction goals set to quadruple in Santa Cruz County (Santa Cruz Local)
- Monterey Bay Aquarium shares a treasure trove of data about young white sharks (Monterey Herald)
- Ocean Arts Festival uses art and science to celebrate the sea (Monterey Herald, San Jose Mercury News, East Bay Times)
- Protecting Monterey’s baby hummingbirds (Monterey Herald)
- Monterey: Warm weather is on its way (Monterey Herald)
- How to get rent assistance in Santa Cruz County (Santa Cruz Local)
- These spiders hunt in packs. Watch how they do it (Science)
- Sifter: Coronavirus may be evolving in deer (Science)
- Pollinators like their flowers with a dash of salt (Science)
- Archerfish can distinguish non-animals from animals—even if they’ve never seen them before (Science)
- Sifter: How mosquitoes avoid pesticides designed to kill them (Science)
- Sifter: Viruses may play an unexplored role in the gut-brain axis (Science)
- What is annihilation? (Symmetry Magazine)
- Amazon losing far more carbon from forest degradation than deforestation (Mongabay)
- New artificial enamel is harder and more durable than the real thing (Science)
- A day in the life of two accelerator experts (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford Report)
- Dig this: Iconic clams make a comeback at Pismo Beach (San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald, Santa Cruz Sentinel, East Bay Times)
- How do squirrels bulk up while hibernating? (Science)
- Mother jaguars may flirt to save their cubs’ lives (Science)
- The truth behind pseudoscience: Cryptozoology (Good Times, Silicon Valley Metro)
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