I’m an award-winning freelance journalist and High Country News correspondent.

My work focuses on wildfire, conservation, lands and climate change in the West.

My editorial bylines also include National Geographic, The Atlantic, E&E News/POLITICO, Hakai Magazine, Deseret Magazine, CBS News, Vox, NPR, CNN and more. My work also appears in WIRED, Mother Jones, Slate, Grist, Scientific American, Undark, Popular Science and InvestigateWest.

​I'm a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Outdoor Writers Association of America. I also speak on radio programs and at university classes and offer additional writing and editing services.

Deseret Magazine

High Country News

Hakai Magazine

Features

Investigations

Field reporting

News, Reportage & Analysis

Why 4 hunters in Wyoming were charged with trespassing on land they never touched

Wildfires are coming...for New Jersey?

Cougars are ambushing and killing wolves — and no one knows why

Heat Could Make Recovery a Temporary State

Protecting neighborhoods from

future flames

A chronic polluter closes its doors.

What’s next?

Fire risk map ignites controversy

Should a haven for grizzlies be

off-limits to hikers?

Wind turbines proposed near

a Japanese American incarceration

camp prompt outrage

Additional Writing Services

As a copywriter, I work with clients in the sustainability and outdoor industries to:

• review outdoor gear in all four seasons
  
• write blog posts, how-to guides and articles
  
• create customized website copy
  
• edit and existing brand materials
  

Photos on this website were taken by Katie Cooney and Peter Bohler