Hi there! I am a science writer working on a book I'm calling MELT from my home in the northern Rockies. You may have heard about some of the amazing finds melting out of ice patches around the world. Things like ancient skis, wooden masks, and human remains. Well, artifacts like these are what MELT is all about. Read more about MELT here.
Before I decided to write Melt, I wrote Natural Resource Condition Assessments for national parks across the southwestern U.S. These technical reports help national park managers understand the wildlife and habitats they manage. Some of the topics I've written about include how light pollution affects dark night skies in Bryce Canyon National Park, how invasive buffelgrass increases wildfire risk in Saguaro National Park, and how burrowing rodents affect archaeological sites in Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. I've also written articles for local Montana magazines including Outside Bozeman, Distinctly Montana, and Montana Quarterly.
Prior to writing science stories, I dedicated 15 years to studying birds and their habitats as a traveling ornithologist. I spent half of those years surveying and monitoring golden eagles, peregrine falcons, Swainson's hawks, and red-tails in Yellowstone National Park. While I loved chasing feathered critters through the forest and the sagebrush sea, I found that my interests were too broad to be contained within a single scientific field. I also found that after 15 years, I preferred writing about science rather than doing science. I'm still an avid birder, though, with a passion for hiking, backpacking, and skiing in the mountains. And just recently, I've rediscovered my long lost passion for photography. Now if only the birds would sit still for a minute, I might get a photo of one.
My professional affiliations include the National Association of Science Writers and Society of Environmental Journalists.
Before I decided to write Melt, I wrote Natural Resource Condition Assessments for national parks across the southwestern U.S. These technical reports help national park managers understand the wildlife and habitats they manage. Some of the topics I've written about include how light pollution affects dark night skies in Bryce Canyon National Park, how invasive buffelgrass increases wildfire risk in Saguaro National Park, and how burrowing rodents affect archaeological sites in Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. I've also written articles for local Montana magazines including Outside Bozeman, Distinctly Montana, and Montana Quarterly.
Prior to writing science stories, I dedicated 15 years to studying birds and their habitats as a traveling ornithologist. I spent half of those years surveying and monitoring golden eagles, peregrine falcons, Swainson's hawks, and red-tails in Yellowstone National Park. While I loved chasing feathered critters through the forest and the sagebrush sea, I found that my interests were too broad to be contained within a single scientific field. I also found that after 15 years, I preferred writing about science rather than doing science. I'm still an avid birder, though, with a passion for hiking, backpacking, and skiing in the mountains. And just recently, I've rediscovered my long lost passion for photography. Now if only the birds would sit still for a minute, I might get a photo of one.
My professional affiliations include the National Association of Science Writers and Society of Environmental Journalists.
