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Speaker Profile

Michelle Nijhuis

Journalist and author, High Country News

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VIRTUAL APPEARANCE

Michelle Nijhuis is the author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction, a history of the modern conservation movement. A project editor at The Atlantic, she is also a longtime contributing editor of High Country News and a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. After 15 years off the electrical grid in rural Colorado, she and her family now live in White Salmon, Washington.

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Scheduled Appearances

Environment

Our Biodiversity Crisis

Crosscut Festival 2023
Thu May 4, 2023 | 2:00pm

Last summer, 60 experts who co-authored a study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment said that for the long-term habitation of the planet, biodiversity loss was equally as critical than the challenge of climate change. America’s wildlife is in crisis - one we can reverse, though, if we look to solutions within reach rather than those that are far off. 

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Bruce Stein
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Featuring: Bruce A. Stein, Paula Swedeen , Michelle Nijhuis

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About the Festival

The Crosscut Ideas Festival is a celebration of big ideas and a gathering for bold thinkers. Newsmakers, changemakers and innovators come together to take a fresh look at the biggest issues of our time. Over one week, the Crosscut Ideas Festival hosts fireside conversations and panels, meetups, art installations, workshops, and interactive experiences.

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Celebrate the best of PNW community and culture while supporting public media. Enjoy a night of entertainment with a culinary tour of the region curated by premier chefs and restaurateurs, Hear from The Daily host Michael Barbaro, and bid on a unique items in a PBS and Northwest-themed auction.