Rachel Cohen
Mountain West News Bureau reporterRachel Cohen is the Mountain West News Bureau reporter for KUNC. She covers topics most important to the Western region. She spent five years at Boise State Public Radio, where she reported from Twin Falls and the Sun Valley area, and shared stories about the environment and public health.
As a National Science Health and Environment Reporting Fellow (SHERF), she studied the intersection of these topics and examined how climate change affects human health.
Her favorite part of working in public radio is getting to meet interesting people and talk about what matters to them. When not working, she enjoys hiking, skiing, checking out coffee shops and watching women’s soccer.
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The National Park Service started free entry days in 2009. The selection and number of days have varied, but Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been on the list ever since 2011. -
The Interior Department’s secretarial order directs federal land managers to find places with unnecessary barriers to hunting and fishing and expand public access to outdoor recreation. -
A growing body of research suggests transfusing it early while on-scene may increase a trauma patient’s chance of survival before reaching a hospital. -
Congress' budget proposal for the National Park Service rejects the major slashes requested by the Trump Administration last year. -
Starting on Jan. 1, international visitors to some of the most visited national parks will face price increases. Some businesses are concerned about a decline of visitors or spending, while others aren't anticipating large impacts. -
The new ‘dredge-and-fill’ rules address a gap by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett decision two years ago, which drastically shrunk the number of waterways eligible for federal protections. -
Many counties and school districts received less money for almost two years after Congress let the program expire. -
A consumer advocacy group is asking top insurance companies to adopt a list of nine protections aimed at increased transparency and fairness. -
In addition to a lack of snow, warmer temperatures have thwarted snowmaking. -
The narrowed pool of waters receiving federal protection under the rule could be severe for critical wetlands and streams in the arid West, many of which are seasonal or fed by groundwater.
