17 MAY 2023 · In this episode, Dr. Ted Auch, https://www.fractracker.org/author/ted-auch/interviews Ms. Michelle Niujhuis, author of "https://www.amazon.com/Beloved-Beasts-Fighting-Life-Extinction/dp/1324001682/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MYWPUNA6RQJ3&keywords=beloved+beasts+michelle+nijhuis&qid=1684355039&sprefix=beloved+beasts%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-1." Niujhuis' book is a critical history of the modern conservation movement. It was named one of the best books of 2021 by the Chicago Tribune, Smithsonian, Booklist, and other publications.
Niujhuis is a project editor at https://www.theatlantic.com/author/michelle-nijhuis/, where she edits features for the https://www.theatlantic.com/projects/planet/ section and a series called https://www.theatlantic.com/projects/life-up-close/, and she's a regular contributor to the https://www.nybooks.com/contributors/michelle-nijhuis/. Her writing has also appeared in publications including National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine, and she's proud to be a longtime contributing editor of High Country News, a scrappy institution that produces some of the finest journalism in the American West. Niujhuis is the co-editor of https://michellenijhuis.com/the-science-writers-handbook, published by Da Capo Press, and the author of https://michellenijhuis.com/the-science-writers-essay-handbookhttps://www.amazon.com/Science-Writers-Essay-Handbook-Compelling/dp/0692654666
In this discussion, Niujhuis explains how she came to write "Beloved Beasts," how she evolved from being a field biologist to becoming a journalist covering issues relating to science and conservation, the politics behind conservation - particularly in the American West, and how the conservation movement has evolved over time.