Elise Schmelzer is the environment reporter at The Denver Post. She focuses on critical issues such as water, climate change, public lands, and wildlife, while also having experience in public safety reporting. Elise's work has been featured in numerous publications, including The Wichita Eagle and The Mercury News.
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Elise Schmelzer predominantly covers evolving stories, government announcements, breaking news, and legal policy regulation within the local Colorado area. Her primary focus is on government & politics and crime.
If you are reaching out to Elise with a pitch or as a potential source, it would be most effective to offer insights related to ongoing political developments in Colorado such as legislative changes, environmental policies (especially concerning wildlife), and other topics related to issues affecting the state. Additionally, if your expertise lies in criminal justice or law enforcement matters within the region of Colorado or Denver specifically, she may find those insights valuable based on her coverage attributes.
Considering her extensive reporting on local issues specific to Colorado and Denver regions surrounding wolf reintroduction efforts and natural resource management like water systems and oil/gas wells regulations coupled with hunger-related initiatives by organizations like Hunger Free Colorado make them relevant topics when reaching out for pitches.
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By: Elise Schmelzer
DENVER — Depending on who's talking, Colorado's wolves are an existential threat to ranching, an imperiled native species crucial to a healthy
By: Elise Schmelzer
The carcass of a heifer that was killed by a wolf lies in a field at Don and Kim Gittleson’s ranch on Jan. 25, 2022, near Walden. Ranchers have been among the most vocal critics of Colorado’s wolf reintroduction, calling for Colorado Parks and Wildlife to slow down the next releases of wolves. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
By: Elise Schmelzer
State lawmakers are wading into a conflict over a massive fence between the billionaire owner of a historic ranch property and local communities in southern Colorado.
By: Elise Schmelzer
State biologists began capturing wolves on Jan. 10 in British Columbia
By: Lauren Penington, Elise Schmelzer
Colorado wildlife officials released 15 wolves from Canada into the central mountains over the last week as part of the second wave of the state's historic, voter-mandated reintroduction of the native predator.
By: Elise Schmelzer, Lauren Penington
Colorado wildlife officials released 15 wolves from Canada into the central mountains over the last week as part of the second wave of the state's historic, voter-mandated reintroduction of the native predator.
By: Elise Schmelzer
Climate Jobs Colorado is a new organization dedicated to promoting union labor as part of the green energy movement, using union workers for climate work — like building solar panels or new p…
By: Elise Schmelzer
By: Elise Schmelzer
Since elementary school, Aidan Boyd has learned about how climate change will reshape Colorado's future — how aridification will dry streams and summers will become increasingly hot.
By: Elise Schmelzer
One of Colorado's reintroduced wolves wandered farther southeast over the last month, exploring territory not yet traveled by any of the state's
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