Outdoors + Environment

I’ve been a professional outdoor writer since 2015 when I got my first clip in Mountain Magazine. Since then I’ve written for a number of magazines from hook-and-bullet stalwarts Field & Stream and Outdoor Life to general publications such as Men’s Journal. I’m especially passionate about investigating the connections—and tensions— between nature and social issues. I’m a lifelong angler, skier, backpacker, and novice hunter. Regardless of the subject, I strive to report each story with balance, thoroughness, and empathy. As an editor, I strive to develop focus and clarity while preserving writers’ voices and perspectives.

Features

What is Good for the Fish is Good for the People

Field & Stream

Our River: Meet the Hunters and Anglers Fighting to Save the Klamath River Basin

Field & Stream

Tag and Release: How Everyday Anglers Are Fighting for Yellowstone’s Iconic Trout

Field & Stream

How a Colorado Nonprofit is Helping Men Fight Mental Illness by Taking Them Fishing

Field & Stream

Above the Shadows: By climbing the Seven Summits, Erin Parisi hopes to elevate the trans community

Westword

Wolf Man: The fight to bring gray wolves back to Colorado.

Westword.

Make a Stab: Spearfishing for Striped Bass in New York Harbor

Field & Stream

Conservation News

“They’re Gonna Die”: Drought Dooms Trout in Colorado’s Dolores River—and Probably Beyond

State officials expect "total mortality" of the trout population in at least half of the Lower Dolores tailwater. They also expect similar problems region-wide

Scientists Plan to Use Gene Editing to Bring Tasmanian Tigers Back from Extinction

Field & Stream

5 Threatened National Monuments to Backpack While You Still Can

Backpacker

A State-By-State Hunting and Fishing Guide to the Mega-Drought in the West

Field & Stream

New Study Advocates Reintroducing Jaguars in Arizona and New Mexico

Field & Stream

Wyoming Bill Proposes Year-Round Open Season on Mountain Lions

Field & Stream

Outdoor Gear Coverage & HOw-To

10 Best Towns for Trout Fishing in the U.S.

Field & Stream

How to Kayak Fish for California Halibut

Field & Stream

9 Ways to Find Unknown Fishing Hotspots

Field & Stream

The Old Town BigWater PDL 132 Is the Ultimate Saltwater Fishing Kayak

Field & Stream

Is the All-Electric Polaris RANGER XP Kinetic Ultimate the Hunting UTV of the Future?

Field & Stream

Music + Art

I covered Denver’s burgeoning music regularly for several years as a regular contributor to Denver Westword, as well as several other regional publications. Some of my favorite stories from this time are below.