Rachel Cohen
Environment and Outdoors ReporterRachel Cohen was a reporter for Boise State Public Radio from 2019 through May 2024.
Expertise: Environment, public health and local government reporting
Education: Middlebury College
Highlights
- The best part of my job is that I get to learn something new almost every day
- I love skiing and hiking in the Idaho outdoors
- National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellow (SHERF)
Experience
I cover environmental issues, outdoor recreation and local news for Boise State Public Radio. Beyond reporting, I contribute to the station’s digital strategy efforts and enjoy thinking about how our work can best reach and serve our audience.
I joined Boise State Public Radio in 2019 as a Report for America corps member, focusing on south central Idaho. Before moving here, I lived in several New England states and produced interviews at New Hampshire Public Radio. I got my start in public radio as an intern on NPR’s Science Desk in Washington, D.C.
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She told the crowd gathered at JUMP in downtown Boise that the collaborative spirit required to establish the city, isolated in the high mountain desert, can be applied to some of its main challenges of today, like housing. -
Three private property rights groups have filed amicus briefs, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lawsuit regarding a public access trail that crosses a Sawtooth Valley ranch. -
He coordinated the local medical response during the COVID-19 pandemic, provided healthcare overseas in Nepal and India, helped start a medical school program focused on climate change and summited Mount Everest. -
About a third of all wolf kills in Idaho in the last year would be prohibited going forward, under a court order issued in March. -
Pilot Brittney Infanger, of Salmon, died when her single-engine Cessna hit an exhaust stack on top of a potato plant while attempting to land at the runway. -
Three local non profit organizations focused on social services are hosting the event. -
Federal officials suspect the virus spreads through cows’ milk, but Leibsle highlighted uncertainties like which species of birds might be infecting cattle, the duration of the illness in animals and the length of virus shedding. -
A lawsuit over the Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s killing of three grizzly bears in Eastern Idaho has settled, and it could have implications beyond the state’s borders. -
Talks and exhibits are scheduled about geology, history, art, scientific research and the night sky. -
Recreation groups said the agency lacked accurate information about trails and roads.
