Michelle Nijhuis - Freelance science writing and environmental journalism

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

Prodigal Dogs
Published by High Country News.
On an enormous 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!

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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River of Riches
Published by Smithsonian Magazine.
An unsung Alabama waterway is one of the most biologically diverse places in the nation, home to rare flora and fauna. With gorgeous photographs by Beth Maynor Young.

Township 13 South, Range 92 West, Section 35
Published by High Country News.
Discovering a home of mysteries and restless souls.

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)

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

Listen to an interview about my Orion article "Taking Wildness in Hand" on KVNF Public Radio


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