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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...

A Colorado Parks and Wildlife map shows the watersheds (shaded purple) where collared gray wolves wandered between June 24 and July 22, 2025. (Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife)

Colorado’s wolves roam farther into northwest corner of state, new map shows

July 24, 2025 at 11:08 a.m.

At least one of Colorado's collared wolves moved deeper into the northwest corner of the state in July, a new map released Wednesday by state wildlife officials shows.

A group of zebra mussels is shown in this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (U.S. Department of Agriculture via AP, File)

The Colorado River is officially contaminated with invasive zebra mussels. Can the state stop the spread?

July 20, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The Colorado River from Glenwood Springs to the Utah border is now considered positive for zebra mussels, an invasive species known to devastate ecosystems and clog critical infrastructure.

This video still from a remote camera video shows a wolf pup from the King Mountain Pack and was taken in Routt County during the summer of 2025. At least four pups were born to the pack in 2025. (Video still via Colorado Parks and Wildlife)

WATCH: New Colorado wolf pups captured on video as CPW names three newly formed packs

July 17, 2025 at 7:27 p.m.

Colorado's newest wolf packs now have official names -- and they've produced at least four new pups that are now trotting around Routt County.

Crispy Trout Almondine with carrot, snap pea, quinoa, almond gremolata, pickled onion, garlic chili oil and cilantro at American Elm in Denver on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Trout remain a staple at Colorado restaurants though most fish come from outside the state

July 14, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Crusted in almonds and pan-fried. Cooked in a citrusy broth of tropical fruit. Slathered in hollandaise next to poached eggs and grits.

Electric components can be seen under the hood of a 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV 2LT during the 2023 Denver Auto Show at the Colorado Convention Center on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)

Electric vehicle credits are about to be slashed for Colorado buyers. Here’s what you should know.

July 14, 2025 at 11:01 a.m.

Incentives worth thousands of dollars to help people buy electric vehicles will begin expiring in the coming months amid federal policy changes and Colorado's budget struggles.

President Donald Trump signs his signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House

Here’s how the Trump tax bill will impact Colorado, from Medicaid to new tax breaks to energy credits

July 10, 2025 at 10:57 a.m.

The tax bill signed into law by President Donald Trump last week includes seismic implications for Colorado.

Cattle eat hay in a field near Kremmling, Colorado, on Jan. 17, 2025. Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado Department of Agriculture are preparing for its first dozen range riders to hit the ground in northwest Colorado -- a program it hopes will help reduce conflict between livestock and wolves. (Photo by Andrew Maciejewski/Summit Daily News)

Colorado’s Copper Creek wolf pack 鈥� with new pups in tow 鈥� is under scrutiny again after cattle killings

July 8, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Colorado's first wolf pack since the species' reintroduction in 2023 is once again under intense scrutiny after a series of cattle depredations in the Roaring Fork Valley.

The Colorado River flows near Kremmling, Colorado, on part of its 1,450 mile journey to the river鈥檚 end in Mexico on Sept. 4, 2024. Rain falls as the river flows downstream. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

A conceptual breakthrough has emerged for the Colorado River’s future. Here’s what it looks like.

July 5, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.

Chris Sydoriak, right, chants while holding a sign in support of the National Oceanic an Atmospheric Administration during a protest in front of the United States Department of Commerce offices that include NOAA, NIST and NTIA in Boulder on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Matthew Jonas/Daily Camera)

Trump’s NOAA budget proposes eliminating funding for six Colorado climate and science labs

July 2, 2025 at 5:55 p.m.

A Trump administration budget proposal for NOAA would slash funding for climate and earth sciences -- including shuttering four Boulder-based labs and ending federal funding for two other institutes.

Water flows back into the Colorado River after being used by the Shoshone Generating Station, a hydroelectric power plant east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, on Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Front Range concerns over purchase of Colorado River rights on Western Slope to get hearing

July 2, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

A dispute between influential Front Range water providers and a broad swath of the Western Slope over one of the most powerful water rights on the Colorado River will be...