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Fabulous High Country News 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/fo…

From moose to marmots, microclimates could provide climate buffer. nature.ly/3J5gPFA by Christine Peterson

Such a great piece in High Country News on the tension between maintaining wildlife connectivity and growing development in Wyoming by Christine Peterson hcn.org/issues/56-4/fo…

Earlier springs cause problems for birds, Christine Peterson reports. nature.ly/4dujE18

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 Christine Peterson for National Geographic nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…

As the climate changes, grasshopper outbreaks may be worsening, and the go-to solutions may not be solutions at all. hcn.org/articles/when-…

Why amphibians face a tenuous future. Christine Peterson reports. blog.nature.org/2024/07/16/why…

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 Christine Peterson on this feature for Vox: vox.com/the-highlight/…

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 Christine Peterson wyofile.com/wildfires-blac…

People connect with few species in the West as deeply as grizzly bears, and 399 was the queen of them all. nytimes.com/2024/10/24/sci…

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. vox.com/down-to-earth/…

We all know that elk, songbirds, & salmon migrate. But I appreciated Christine Peterson'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!). vox.com/down-to-earth/…

Researchers, managers and landowners are striving to better understand and conserve the West’s remaining prairie dogs and the prairie that depends on them. buff.ly/49XviAh

"[T]heir ingenious tunnel systems and industrious prairie pruning make them one of the West’s primary ecosystem engineers." Christine Peterson High Country News #longreads longreads.com/2025/01/14/why…

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)? Christine Peterson considers for High Country News hcn.org/articles/a-mor…

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. buff.ly/sFDDlU7

American farmers first hit by DOGE freeze, picking up the work for free. buff.ly/uQyo3Ad

Advocates say the president’s proposed budget, along with a recent Congressional proposal to sell public lands, paints a dire picture of the future. buff.ly/eW9rdzO