Ryan Strother
botanist & writer
I’m a field botanist, science writer, and graduate student at the University of Wyoming.
Hedysarum boreale, Brooks Range, Alaska. July 2023.
Plot GL007 the Glacier Lakes Ecosystem Experiment Site. My graduate work focuses on alpine vegetation dynamics in the Snowy Range within the Medicine Bow Mountains.
Claytonia multiscapa, collected in Yellowstone National Park. May 2021.
Field Experience
In 2019 I was first trained as a botanist on Katahdin in Maine, and since then I’ve worked eight field seasons across Alaska, Wisconsin, Montana, and Wyoming.
Where I botanize
I have specific expertise recognizing the flora of alpine and arctic North America.
Writing:
I started my career as a science writer for the Sea Grant college program. I’ve published stories as a freelance environmental journalist, and worked as a copy writer, editor, and communications professional since 2014.
Selected bylines:
Tenants group calls on Bozeman to ban many short-term rentals
June 8, 2023 — Montana Free Press
Elk Crossing: How to save a herd
March 6, 2023 — Explore Big Sky
Arctic communities are living in a future nobody wants
May 28, 2020 — Engadget Magazine
Fishing bridges a divide for a Minnesota native in New York
June 1, 2018 — Minneapolis Star Tribune
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