Michelle Nijhuis - Freelance science writing and environmental journalism

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	Freelance Journalist	Specializing in science, the environment, and the American West

A Puffin Comeback
Published by Smithsonian Magazine.
Atlantic puffins had nearly vanished from the Maine coast -- until a young biologist defied conventional wisdom to bring them back. Smithsonian's June 2010 cover story.

ABOUT MICHELLE
Michelle Nijhuis

I'm a science and environmental journalist in Colorado, and a contributing editor of High Country News. My work has also appeared in Smithsonian, National Geographic, The New York Times, Audubon, and the anthologies Best American Science Writing and Best American Science and Nature Writing.
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Prodigal Dogs
Published by High Country News.
On a huge ranch in northwestern Colorado, a wildlife biologist has found evidence that gray wolves have returned to the state, and are here to stay. An HCN exclusive! (The Knight Science Journalism Tracker calls the story "epic" and "enormous in soul.")

Shafted
Published by The Atlantic.
Runoff from abandoned mines poisons Colorado's rivers. So why are environmental groups trying to stop locals from cleaning it up?

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009
Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Edited by Elizabeth Kolbert, this anthology includes my Orion story "Taking Wildness in Hand." "New Yorker contributor Kolbert has pulled together a magnificent display of writing. There's not a weak piece in the bunch ... the collection is a joy to read and one to savor." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Listen to my interview with the founder of conservation biology, Michael Soule, on the return of wolves to Colorado

Watch a slideshow and hear an interview based on my High Country News essay "Township 13 South, Range 92 West, Section 35."

Listen to my 2008 commencement address at Reed College


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