Feature and news writing
Fire, lost then found, in the Smokies
In Southern Appalachia, a story of fire, humans, and ecology through time. | Smokies Life
Park gets behind the mule
In the backcountry of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, pack mules make the impossible possible. | Smokies Life
Empowering women, one bike ride at a time
A look inside Moab local Julie Cornelius’s nonprofit, World Ride | Moab Sun News
Plant life makes a comeback after 2016 wildfire
In the southeastern US, the 2016 fire season was one for the books. How are forests faring in the aftermath of this tumultuous season? | Asheville Citizen Times
Getting to the bottom of a keystone quandary
Sea otters, once hunted to near extinction in the northern Pacific Ocean, may be returning to Lake Clark National Park and Preserve’s coast. What would that mean for the ecosystem? | NPS.gov
SeeBird: Fostering the next generation of stewards
A partnership between the Alaska SeaLife Center and Seward High School is helping to raise Alaska’s next generation of stewards. | NPS.gov
Learning more through collaborative archeology
Coastal erosion is threatening archeological sites in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. Can joining forces help? | NPS.gov
Changing climate, changing access
New research examines how climate change is impacting Indigenous communities’ access to subsistence coastal resources in and around Western Arctic National Parklands. | NPS.gov
Tackling marine debris in Kenai Fjords
Picture a remote, national park coastline off the Gulf of Alaska. Wilderness—surrounded by towering mountains, narrow fjords, steep headlands, and rocky islands. Does your picture contain man-made materials or trash? It probably doesn’t. But should it? | NPS.gov
Podcasts
Collections | Gathering sochan
I’m the co-founder of Smoky Signal, a National Park Service podcast about the science behind the Smokies. In this episode, I explore how citizens of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians are renewing connections to their traditional homelands in the park, with the help of a certain plant species. | Smoky Signal podcast
Institutional writing
Katmai National Park & Preserve Marine Science Primer
Based on extensive research and interviews with subject matter experts, I developed this comprehensive training tool for Alaska’s Katmai NPP.
Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center 2021 Report
In collaboration with OASLC leadership, I overhauled the content strategy for the organization’s Annual Reports and authored their 2021 report.
NPS.gov webpage: Chimney Tops 2 Fire Repeat Photography
I developed this educational NPS webpage highlighting research on wildfire recovery in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The page, which includes interactive before/after images, was picked up by several local media outlets.