Rachel Cohen
Environment and Outdoors ReporterExpertise: 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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The 4.5-mile-long trail connects Stanley to Redfish Lake within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. It opened last summer after nearly a decade of planning.
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The environmental organization sued the city earlier this month over three laws governing public protests and gatherings.
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They alleged negligence, accusing the entities of “placing their economic returns above the lives of pilots using the Burley Airport.”
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Southern Idaho saw a normal to above normal water year. It’s a different story, though, in North Idaho. The region saw one of its lowest snowpacks on record and is in a moderate to severe drought.
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The Andrus Center for Public Policy hosts an annual conference on the environment and public lands
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The group's youth organization, the Idaho Climate Justice League, plans to march from the Idaho State Capitol to Boise City Hall and read letters to the city, urging it to advance clean energy programs.
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About eight cows on a Cassia County dairy farm got sick after the farm imported cattle from a Texas operation, where animals later tested positive for bird flu.
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The state won't know until May or June whether the chemical deployed in the Snake River worked to kill all the mussels.
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This week DEQ submitted a $100 million grant proposal on behalf of Idaho to the Environmental Protection Agency in hopes of securing funding for some of these projects, which it emphasized will be voluntary.
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The cows started experiencing symptoms shortly after the farm received a shipment of cattle from an operation in Texas, where animals later tested positive.