Amanda Paulson lives in Boulder, Colo., and has been a staff writer for the Monitor since 2000, writing for national news and covering the Midwest and, since 2011, the Rocky Mountain region. She has reported on education reform, immigration, agriculture, and natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, the Boulder floods, wildfires, and the Sago Mine disaster. Since 2016, she has covered the environment for the Monitor, on topics ranging from climate change and public lands to oceans and rainforests. She recently spent a year as a fellow at the Scripps Center for Environmental Journalism in Boulder.