About
Christine Peterson is a freelance writer based in southeast Wyoming covering hunting, fishing, outdoor recreation, wildlife and the environment for Outdoor Life, High Country News, National Geographic and others.
Experience
Peterson started her journalism career in 2002 as an intern at Wyoming’s state newspaper, the Casper Star-Tribune. She spent over a decade writing about the outdoors and environment and as managing editor before leaving in 2018 to be a full-time freelance writer. Since then, she’s waded through complex water law that dictates how we fish, researched the bizarre nuance of hunting regulations and explored the impacts of drought on mule deer and trout in the West.
Education
Peterson graduated from The University of Wyoming with bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Economics.
