Freelance outdoor writer. Bylines in @natgeo @outdoorlife @highcountrynews @WyoFile and others. (she/her)
Wyoming
Joined June 2011
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National parks are losing a lot: staffing, resource preservation, expertise. @PetersonOutside reports for @highcountrynews hcn.org/articles/the-nationa…
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Advocates say the president’s proposed budget, along with a recent Congressional proposal to sell public lands, paints a dire picture of the future.
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American farmers first hit by DOGE freeze, picking up the work for free.
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Scientists responsible for some of the most well-known fish and wildlife research projects in the West could be on the chopping block, another casualty of the Trump administration’s efforts to improve government efficiency.
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As a Colorado resident, I know of a lot of tumult about our wolves. Has Wyoming found a way to keep a healthy population & a truce amongst ranchers (despite its recent torture incident)? @PetersonOutside considers for @highcountrynews hcn.org/articles/a-more-hope…
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"[T]heir ingenious tunnel systems and industrious prairie pruning make them one of the West’s primary ecosystem engineers."
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ALT Headline: Why the West Needs Prairie Dogs Dek: “They’re among the region’s most despised species, but some tribes, researchers and landowners are racing to save them.” Tagline: Christine Peterson for High Country News. A logo in the bottom right reads “Longreads Editor’s Pick”
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Researchers, managers and landowners are striving to better understand and conserve the West’s remaining prairie dogs and the prairie that depends on them.
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We all know that elk, songbirds, & salmon migrate. But I appreciated @PetersonOutside's story on the importance of preserving the mobility of lesser-known migrants, too—from newts to snowshoe hares to foxes to squirrels (oh, to see a squirrel walkabout!).
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Hundreds of years ago, squirrels would embark on mass migrations. Such odysseys exist only on a long list of extinct migrations today.
Animals are losing their ability to roam. But its not too late to preserve some of the incredible feats we have left.
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People connect with few species in the West as deeply as grizzly bears, and 399 was the queen of them all.
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The destructive fires could have grave consequences for wildlife, including the burning of "best of the best" habitat for the already imperiled sage grouse. But biologists see possible benefits for other wildlife.
Reporting by @PetersonOutside wyofile.com/wildfires-blacke…
I wrote about an effort to use AI to map fences across the globe for @ScienceMagazine then had the chance to talk about it on their podcast. Give it a listen!
Uncounted kilometers of fences are strung across the globe.
In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, @petersonoutside joins @boron110 to discuss how #AI and aerial photos could help create fence inventories and eventually reopen spaces for native species. scim.ag/8ab
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As the planet continues to warm, wolverines could become marooned on a metaphoric island—surrounded by forbidding heat, inhospitable prairie, and habitat-destroying development.
Such a joy to work with @PetersonOutside on this feature for @voxdotcom: vox.com/the-highlight/358197…
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As the climate changes, grasshopper outbreaks may be worsening, and the go-to solutions may not be solutions at all.
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Today (and all days, actually) I'm sending all my loving vibes to the eastern newt, which eats mosquitoes during every stage of its life cycle. by @PetersonOutside for @NatGeo
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Earlier springs cause problems for birds, @PetersonOutside reports. nature.ly/4dujE18
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Such a great piece in @highcountrynews on the tension between maintaining wildlife connectivity and growing development in Wyoming by @PetersonOutside
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Fabulous @highcountrynews story about the hundreds of miles that mule deer, pronghorn and elk travel across the American West in search of food, and efforts to protect these increasingly tenuous migration routes from energy development and suburban sprawl: hcn.org/issues/56-4/for-thes…
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From moose to marmots, microclimates could provide climate buffer. nature.ly/3J5gPFA by @PetersonOutside
