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Environment reporter

Elise Schmelzer

Elise Schmelzer is the environment reporter at The Denver Post and covers water, climate change, public lands and wildlife. She previously covered public聽safety for the Post. Before moving to Denver, she wrote for the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming, the Washington Post and the Colorado Springs Gazette. She studied journalism and Spanish literature at the University of Missouri. When she's not writing, she disappears into the mountains to hike and fish.

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A wolf track is seen in the snow at Don and Kim Gittleston鈥檚 ranch

The wolves are coming to Colorado, and the state has stockpiled explosives and deterrents. How are ranchers preparing?

December 6, 2023 at 9:46 a.m.

Colorado's ranching community, bracing for the reintroduction of wolves to the state as soon as this month, is weighing methods to protect livelihoods from the carnivore while facing new stresses.

Low water levels are seen at Government Point in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada on April 12, 2023. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

How should we manage the drying Colorado River? Here’s what’s at stake in negotiations for its long-term future

October 29, 2023 at 6:00 a.m.

An announcement last week of a short-term Colorado River management plan gives those working on the next batch of long-term plans for the river a breather, experts said. Now, those...

Jeri Fry, cofounder of Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste, or CCAT, right, shows the site of the Soil Conservation Service Dam on the Cotter Uranium Mill Superfund site to resident Ricardo Simmons, left, on October 17, 2023, in Ca帽on City, Colorado. Fry鈥檚 father, Lynn Boughton, was a whistleblower at the Cotter uranium processing mill. The Cotter Uranium Mill Superfund site near Ca帽on City has an estimated 5.8 million tons of radioactive waste buried within 2 miles of homes. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Nearly 40 years later, one of Colorado’s longest-running Superfund sites still has no radioactive waste cleanup plan

October 22, 2023 at 6:03 a.m.

Nearly 40 years after federal regulators designated a former uranium mill near Ca帽on City as a Superfund site and mandated its cleanup, there is still no plan for how to...

Reps. Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez and Ryan Armagost introduce a bill to the House Judiciary Committee at the Colorado Capitol building on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The House Judiciary committee heard a bill that would ban the arrest and criminal prosecution of kids ages 10-12 for any crimes other than homicide and instead handle criminal behavior among that age group outside of the juvenile court system. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

900 kids between age 10 and 12 are arrested in Colorado every year. Is that too young to be criminally prosecuted?

April 10, 2023 at 1:17 p.m.

How young is too young for handcuffs, arrest and prosecution? Colorado lawmakers will decide whether to ban the criminal prosecution of kids ages 10 to 12.

A photo included in Jonathan Grace's arrest affidavit allegedly shows him in a crowd of people attempting to force their way into the U.S. Capitol. (Courtesy of FBI)

Colorado man charged with civil disorder, physical violence at U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6

March 31, 2023 at 4:08 p.m.

A Colorado Springs man is facing federal criminal charges for allegedly trying to force his way into the U.S. Capitol past police officers on Jan. 6, 2021.

Denver police Chief Ron Thomas, center, is in community discussion on the East High School shooting, guns, youth violence, mental health and the Black community at New Hope Baptist Church Family Life Center in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Denver Police Department to put armed officers in East High, 12 other schools beginning next week

March 31, 2023 at 4:28 p.m.

The officers will remain on the campuses for at least the remainder of the school year. Denver Public Schools will convene a series of community meetings in the coming months...

A Denver police officer charged with felony theft is now being sued for excessive force in an unrelated case

March 30, 2023 at 12:16 p.m.

Michael Pineda is on unpaid administrative leave from the Denver Police Department because he is facing felony theft charges in a separate case, a department spokesman said.

Denver Public School busses lined up ...

Educator at Denver’s Bruce Randolph School arrested after being found with loaded gun on campus

March 28, 2023 at 10:58 a.m.

The arrest came as Denver's school district grapples with gun violence among its students.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, left, walks with Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas, center, at East High School in Denver on Wednesday, March 21, 2023. Police said a student shot two adult male faculty members, and that a known suspect had left the school. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Student who shot East High School administrators was on probation for weapons charge

March 23, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

The 17-year-old student who police say shot two East High School administrators Wednesday was on probation for a prior weapons charge, The Denver Post confirmed.

Inmate Aaron Davis uses a newly issued Securus Technologies tablet at the Downtown Detention Center in Denver on March 16, 2023. The Denver Sheriff Department partnered with Securus to provide inmates with tablets to support rehabilitative and reentry efforts. People in custody can access approved educational content, a law library, mental health resources, faith based programing and many other applications, for a cost, within a secure network including: music, games, movies and the ability to send supervised e-message and outbound phone calls to family and friends. The tablets were dispensed to all qualified inmates at the Downtown Detention Center Thursday and will be distributed to those incarcerated at the Denver County Jail. The operating system is built to function only through a secure, private infrastructure, allowing access to only approved apps etc. and do not allow access to the internet or social media. They do not have a camera and are equipped with shatterproof glass, security screws and a double shield to prevent misuse. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Denver jails introduce tablet computers to help people call family, study

March 23, 2023 at 6:03 a.m.

People in Denver's jails will no longer have to wait their turn to call family members after the sheriff's department introduced hundreds of tablets that also allow access to books,...

Denver East High School students Clara Little, 17, left, Rowan Hillhouse, 18, center, and Sofia Smith, 18, embrace after leaving the school in Denver, Colorado, after a shooting there on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Police said a student shot two adult male faculty members, and that a known suspect had left the school. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

2 administrators shot at Denver鈥檚 East High School; body found near suspect’s vehicle in Park County

March 23, 2023 at 4:28 p.m.

Denver police were responding to a shooting at East High School on Wednesday morning and said there were two adult victims and that a suspect had left the school.

DENVER, COLORADO - JULY 20: The seal of the Denver Police Department is reflected on a desk during a press conference at the department抖阴ap headquarters in Denver, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (Photo by Jintak Han/The Denver Post)

Former Denver police sergeant sentenced to probation for attempted child sex assault

March 20, 2023 at 3:51 p.m.

A former Denver police sergeant won't spend any time in jail after sexting with a person who he thought was a 14-year-old girl and trying to meet with her at...

Denver pays $1.6 million to settle six more lawsuits brought by protesters injured by police in 2020

March 14, 2023 at 4:35 p.m.

Denver police shot the seven protesters with pepper balls, rubber bullets and flash-bang devices even though the protesters were demonstrating peacefully, according to the six lawsuits.