Elizabeth Miller

independent journalist covering the environment, energy development, and outdoor sports

[New Mexico In Depth @NMInDepth]

New Mexico has returned $5 million Land and Water Conservation Fund dollars to the federal government, @WroteElizabeth reports. #nmleg #LWCF

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[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

@cestmoiLanglois Or in Switzerland, as @ThisAmerLife recently reported: https://t.co/MQTepYpqsO

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

@TulikaBose_ @bbb_us @Expedia Definitely used a BBB complaint to get https://t.co/S0w1HsiYNm to actually pursue a refund I was due. Not even sure the BBB had to intervene. I filed with the state BBB where corporate headquarters was based. Hope that helps!

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

Today marks the deadline to comment on a nationwide effort to draft new definitions for old growth and mature forests — and it could make a big difference for reversing the trend of losing old growth. More here: https://t.co/SOdyltZkEP

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

@chris_koci @WstrnPriorities @bioGraphic Definitely sad, and likely a story we'll see repeating in various landscapes over decades to come. Hope someone is also working on protecting or replanting Joshua trees.

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

@semi_rad A former chef once told me a kitchen trick for weak coffee is to turn the machine off, pour the brewed coffee back in to the used grounds, let them sit for a few minutes, then turn the machine back on… it’s not terrible.

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

Appreciate the @TontoForest @SaguaroNPS @NationalForests and @audubonsociety staff who shared their time for my many questions. And huge thanks to @bioGraphic for saying yes to this pitch and to @cestmoiLanglois for encouraging evocative sentences into the story.

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

Saguaros take years to grow to an inch tall, so when wildfire runs through Arizona's desert, the change could last a lifetime. Here's a crew working to see if they can bring back the desert we knew:
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[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

A passion project pays off as Denali opens to guided ski mountaineering trips and @MountainTrip sees its first two teams successfully summit and ski down this year.
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[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

#MidnightFire north of Ojo Caliete early this evening. #NMwx #nmfire

[NM Fire Info @NMFireInfo]

Fire Investigators Determine Cause of Calf Canyon Fire https://t.co/DLfPdodu7F

[Santa Fe National Forest @SantafeNF]

#CerroPelado Fire PIO Mike Lindbery was at Cochiti Lake earlier today and shot this video of a pair of Canadair CL-415 "Super Scoopers" operated by Aero_Flite skimming across the lake surface to refill with water.

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

Reporting on the #CalfCanyon #HermitsPeakFire and this is the view from the evacuee shelter at Old Memorial Middle School in Las Vegas. #NMFire

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

Firefighters get some brief reprieve but this weekend's forecast has fire officials anticipating up to 15,000 homes at risk. #nmwx #NMFire #HermitsPeakFire #CalfCanyon
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[Capital Weather @capitalweather]

How big is the #CalfCanyonFire? Bigger than DC. Map by @islivingston ... 2/x

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

@krqevallez @NMFireInfo Yes.

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

New wildfire start in Nogal Canyon in Lincoln National Forest this afternoon in very windy conditions. @NMFireInfo #NMwx #NMFire

[Undark Magazine @undarkmag]

Hoopa Valley tribe’s work illustrates how Indigenous-led science can support conservation efforts at a time when Congress is considering increasing its funding for tribes to conduct wildlife research.

📝 @WroteElizabeth

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[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

Climate change is eroding work to clean up the Snake River. Is Summit County snowmaking making it worse? https://t.co/kvxJfecgcQ

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

That conversation circled back to two fundamental (and familiar) guides: don't pay your sources, and don't change the story, but consider what risks your sources take, the power dynamics, and what you can give back to a community — even if it's your work to record their story.

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

Have had such an inspiring couple of days with the #NatGeoStorySummit with @InsideNatGeo this week. A few standouts in a sea of peaks...

[Elizabeth Miller @WroteElizabeth]

I'm taken by the idea of investing in particular places, pursuing passions, telling stories, and I'm deeply grateful to those storytellers who took time this week to talk about the ethics and boundaries around being a human while being a journalist.