⚡*If the government shutdown happens tomorrow and *if you work for the Park Service or the Forest Service (and get fired, or furloughed, or just want to talk), I'm reachable on Signal: kyliemohr.31

Important reporting from @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social: "“Part of what we do is making sure that our kids will be able to experience the same thing, that we’re protecting these places responsibly for the next generation. We are losing the ability to do that.” www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

“Part of what we do is making sure that our kids will be able to experience the same thing, that we’re protecting these places responsibly for the next generation,” one ranger told me. “We are losing the ability to do that.” My latest for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

🚨 WE. ARE. HIRING 🚨 In June I told you @sfgate.com's national parks expansion across the American West was SMASHING and now we're looking to add a contributing editor to the team to help us cover the 🌵 Southwest 🌵. Story on how well it's going + Quick 🧵 on the job👇 www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.

If you use LinkedIn, did you not realize you were *automatically opted in for training their #AI on your data* like me? Here's how to opt out: find your settings > data privacy > data for generative AI Turn 'off'

“This is one of the most costly and important climate impacts in the U.S.” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

RIP GOAT Be like Robert. Support badass journalism.

The app-ification of land access in the West, my latest for @highcountrynews.org: www.hcn.org/articles/acc...

fun story alert! www.sfgate.com/national-par...

🚨great weekend read alert 🚨 @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social went to check out the last fire lookout at Yellowstone that is still (sometimes) manned by a person instead of cameras. Check it out at @sfgate.com: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

You know you want to know about 🔥firenandos🔥 @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social looks into what created one in Utah for @highcountrynews.org complete with WILD VIDEO www.hcn.org/articles/how...

Thanks @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social and @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social for the interest and great write-up!!! ##ornithology

After a long day of hiking in Yellowstone, inhaling sulphur mist from hot springs and eating a smashed peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch, I wanted a drink. And not just any old gas station six-pack or a slug of my now-warm water bottle. I wanted a cocktail. www.sfgate.com/national-par...

When background checks don't work: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Update: plumbed toilets and potable water are now closed for the season on Logan Pass. www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Dornans is one of my favorite places in the whole damn world. (I wanted to have my rehearsal dinner there at one point!) Here's why. www.sfgate.com/national-par...

And this, my friends, is why it's always a good idea to carry bear spray. www.sfgate.com/national-par...

We're looking for another contributing editor to join the @sfgate.com national parks team, reporting on the Southwest! More info here: eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

"The sky glowed a deep red as the flames grew to 250 to 300 feet. Leaders began radioing their crews, telling them to move farther away to safety. And then, the fire and its inky black smoke column began to rotate." www.hcn.org/articles/how...

Tiny tech, tiny birds, long migrations! My latest for @highcountrynews.org: www.hcn.org/articles/the...

Montana friends/recent visitors to Glacier National Park: the New York Times is reporting the park isn't manning some entrance stations and is instead directing people to pay with a QR code. Has anyone witnessed this firsthand? Or have a photo?

Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure. grist.org/housing/two-... #Hawaii #Maui #Homes #Indigenous #Foreclosure #Wildfire #Wildfires #Disaster #Politics

Wildfire smoke far more dangerous to health than thought, say scientists www.theguardian.com/environment/...

My talented colleague and editor @ashleyharrell.bsky.social worked hard to break this news yesterday: 3 months after a large transgender pride flag appeared on El Capitan, park officials terminated 1 employee and put 2 others on leave. www.sfgate.com/california-p...

I have an op-ed in @statnews.com today (with the incomparable Dr. Burcin Ikiz!) on the longterm neurological toll of wildfires: www.statnews.com/2025/08/19/w... (short 🧵 follows; not a story of 'climate anxiety')

Nothing like being charged with attempting to sexually assault an 11 year old girl, and *still* getting a mountain named after you! Changes are coming to Mount Woodring: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Read this excerpt, and then, go out and buy Hotshot: A Life on Fire by @riverselby.bsky.social! 🔥 www.hcn.org/issues/57-8/...

The first story I edited in my capacity as a contributing editor for @highcountrynews.org is up! Consider this lovely piece by @goesbykim.bsky.social as a bit of a palate cleanser, with reeeeaaallly cool photos: www.hcn.org/articles/cou...

America’s wildfire strategy is falling apart when it’s needed most. www.vox.com/climate/4228...

A decade of data, gathered by University of Wyoming researchers, Wyoming Game and Fish biologists and U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management experts, helps illuminate mule deer family dynamics and possible solutions to the megafauna's decline.

“We were told, ‘Help is not on the way,’” said one employee, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their job. “I’ve never been told that before.” -my latest for @highcountrynews.org www.hcn.org/articles/hel...

So so excited that my book on microplastics and the rise of plastic has been picked up by Harper 🥹🥹 Thank you to agent extraordinaire Alice Whitwham at @cheneyagency.bsky.social, amazing editor Sarah Haugen at Harper, and family & friends for believing in this project.

"I wasn’t seen as a person; I was almost seen as an archetype. This is 'the girl' on the crew. And everything I did was interpreted through that difference." @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social talked to the authors of two new firefighting memoirs:

The Trump administration's new National Park Service head previously worked for Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs before founding Avalon Advisors in 2001, the “largest privately owned wealth management firm in Texas.” via @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Who's in charge of the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? Glad you asked: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

"The components for a bad fire season are all there — the landscape just needs a spark." — @jeva.bsky.social heatmap.news/climate/paci...

I fear fire season may actually be here in NW Montana? Last week - fire near Missoula that’s since chilled out. But now, this fire chunking outside Hamilton: share.watchduty.org/camera/15820...

good boys and girls www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

A little bit of good news! This spring, Montana became the first state in the country to establish a continuous source for wildlife crossings. 🥳 By: Sophie Tsairis montanafreepress.org/2025/07/22/m...

Mark my words: One of the biggest angles of almost every notable wildfire, including the one still burning in the Grand Canyon, is (perhaps paradoxically), water. Drinking water. Water quality. Flash flooding in burn scars. Hydrological impacts for years to come. Water, water, water.

The first (?) details emerging about how firefighters were trapped by the exploding Dragon Bravo fire www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

No, animals aren't migrating out of Yellowstone in record numbers. No, mountain lions and bears don't congregate the way trending AI-generated videos of these faux migrations show. And no, the Yellowstone super volcano isn't about to erupt. 🙄

Two books to add to your summer reading list! 🔥https://www.hcn.org/articles/two-hotshots-two-memoirs/

Ash is starting to fall on my computer as I write. The sky just got a lot more grey. #DragonBravoFire #GrandCanyonLodge

Resistance Rangers, a group of off duty rangers, is crowdsourcing impacts to national parks. If you see impacts of low staffing and budget cuts (overflowing trash, long lines, closed visitor centers, resource damage, etc.), submit here: forms.gle/Emq6PFCH7F9c... (and let me know, too!)

The Pacific Northwest is facing high wildfire danger this summer, and in response, every national park in the region has now instituted early-season fire restrictions. #parkchat Read about it at @sfgate.com: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Listening to a panel that includes Dr. Stephen Pyne - arguably the country's most important wildfire historian - and he just called for getting rid of the term the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). That's because it presumes the responsibility of wildfire for urban fires like LA, Lahaina, Marshall etc

Any such observations from Glacier, Grand Teton or Yellowstone? amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/...

Las Vegas, New Mexico residents feel left behind after a prescribed burn became the state's largest wildfire in 2022. Here's their story, through the lens of water. www.hcn.org/issues/57-7/...