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A Crude Awakening in the Gulf of Mexico
Published by Smithsonian Magazine.

Scientists are just beginning to grasp how profoundly oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill has devastated the region.


Recently Published 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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A Puffin Comeback
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.
Dashed Line
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009
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 wolves and 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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