Rachel Fritts

About

Rachel is an environmental journalist whose work has appeared in Pacific Standard, Ensia, Hakai Magazine, and others. She reports on stories about wildlife conservation and sustainable land and resource use.

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18 stories

Endangered black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes). Image courtesy of Kimberly Fraser/USFWS.

Black-footed ferrets riding out COVID-19 with a vaccine and a lot of TLC

Rachel Fritts 27 Sep 2021

California condor flying

Thanks to the Yurok Tribe, condors will return to the Pacific Northwest

Rachel Fritts 21 Sep 2021

Smallholder agriculture cuts into key Sumatran tiger habitat

Rachel Fritts 26 Jan 2021

Agriculture, mining, hunting push critically endangered gorillas to the brink

Rachel Fritts 16 Jul 2019

Huge rubber plantation in Cameroon halts deforestation following rebuke

Rachel Fritts 1 May 2019

Super-spreaders: How the curious life of a newt could ignite a pandemic

Rachel Fritts 13 Dec 2018

Tropical deforestation now emits more CO2 than the EU

Rachel Fritts 18 Oct 2018

What’s causing deforestation? New study reveals global drivers

Rachel Fritts 14 Sep 2018

Plantations can produce more palm oil if they keep riverbanks forested

Rachel Fritts 10 Sep 2018

As biomass energy gains traction, southern US forests feel the burn

Rachel Fritts 11 Jun 2018

Rubber plantation in Cameroon edges closer to UNESCO World Heritage Site

Rachel Fritts 6 Apr 2018

Estonia’s trees: Valued resource or squandered second chance?

Rachel Fritts 20 Oct 2017

Mothers vs. loggers: the destruction of Białowieża Forest splits Poland

Rachel Fritts 19 Jul 2017

A dangerous path: New highway could jeopardize tigers in India

Rachel Fritts 28 Jun 2017

Burning wood: Can the EU see the forest for the trees?

Rachel Fritts 16 May 2017

Sand mining ban lifted on beach in Suriname, causing public backlash

Rachel Fritts 27 Mar 2017

Nearly half of Mount Oku frogs are in danger of croaking, study finds

Rachel Fritts 7 Mar 2017

How acoustic monitoring gave us a last chance to save the vaquita

Rachel Fritts 22 Feb 2017

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

Mining activities threaten honey production in the Caatinga biome

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