Claire Carlson is a freelance journalist living in Portland, Oregon. She cut her teeth at The Daily Yonder covering rural environmental issues and considers this her beat — although the definition of what environmental or rural reporting means to her is up for debate. When not behind a keyboard, you can find Claire on a yoga mat or intentionally lost in the woods somewhere.
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