North Kitsap grad travels Rio Grande

The Rio Grande is disappearing. Slowly but surely, less and less water is flowing from the snow peaks of Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico. Just shy of a year ago, Colin McDonald travelled along the Rio Grande to learn more about the damages being done to this majestic river.

"The world is changing very quickly; the Rio Grande happens to be an easy place to see those changes," said McDonald.

McDonald graduated from North Kitsap High School in 2004 before attending Western Washington University. After graduating, McDonald began working for Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In 2007, he moved to the San Antonio Express-News covering water and environment. That's where this project came to life.