On patrol with CSKT's nocturnal bullfrog hunters.

This piece for @grist.org is on how drones are changing the future of wildfire management to fight fire smarter, not harder. Focusing on the capacities of the technology, it also takes a clear eyed look at limitations and communities that don’t have access to this tool.

grist.org/wildfires/ho...

This story for @audubon.org is on the world’s oldest known osprey, Iris, who has become an online sensation. She and her brood of offspring are living indicators of watershed health in Montana where there is a toxic legacy of mining and milling near rivers.

www.audubon.org/magazine/wor...

When federal cuts were announced after the change of administration, I reported this piece for @grist.org on how #NPS gateway communities feel the impacts disproportionately. I found out all the ways that economies, culture and identities are tied to Western #publiclands grist.org/economics/ye...

This was a fun and adventurous piece for a local publication in #Montana. Although not thought of as an invasive species, domestic cats that have been abandoned are turning into feral herds of hunters—impacting the biodiverse wildlife near the city of Missoula.

thepulp.org/missoulas-in...

A @highcountrynews.org feature for the Indigenous affairs desk. It focuses on the Nez Perce Tribe and their innovative push to build solar in the #PNW —working towards breaching dams that are killing salmon that are sacred to them and other tribes in the region.

www.hcn.org/issues/56-7/...

A sustainable blacksmith in Northern Montana is forging a new narrative - both literally and figuratively - on how we build our world. For Jeffrey Funk, it’s an imperative craft—“It used to be that every town had a blacksmith because they needed it.”

www.mtoutlaw.com/culture-funk...

A piece I wrote for @businessinsider.com on what I garnered would become the future of writing with ChatGPT released into the wild - having experienced it two years before it went public. Two years later, I feel my foresight was pretty well positioned! www.businessinsider.com/openai-gpt3-...

My first environmental journalism piece for @mongabay.com

The paramo generates 80% of the potable water for Colombia thanks to the frailajone, a plant that slowly creates rivers. These ecosystems are increasingly under threat from avocado farming.

news.mongabay.com/2022/11/avoc...

I am remaking my journalist social presence here on Blue Sky! Bear with me as I remake the running record of my contributions to the media landscape—and if you have interest in any/all of my work, you can check out my website at emilysenkosky.me #environmentaljournalism #freelancer #millenial