Kristen writes regularly about wildlife, science, adventure, sustainable agriculture and the outdoors from her home base in northern New York. She has written hundreds of articles, which have appeared in Glamour (including a profile on a Montana female game warden), USA Today (2020 cover story on Jared Allen; 2017 cover story on Remi Warren), Marie Claire (covered the Blaze Pink debacle), Smithsonian, Washington Post, Outside Magazine, National Geographic (first article was the viral piece: More Women Give Hunting A Shot and also covered Blaze Pink here, too) and a variety of others. She has also contributed original reporting for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Partners for Fish & Wildlife Program and other outdoors-related companies and organizations. She is a member of the Professional Outdoor Media Association and the Outdoor Writers Association of America.

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