Max is a journalist in Alaska who covers the state’s mining industry for Northern Journal. His writing has also been published in Grist, High Country News, Inside Climate News, Mother Jones, Wired, Preservation, Anchorage Daily News, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Max has reported on agriculture and oil development in rural Alaska; the Yukon River’s vanishing salmon; a microchip gold rush in Oregon; and urban ‘food forests’ and community fridges across the United States. Away from his desk, Max enjoys floating down rivers and taking long walks in wild places. Please don’t hesitate to reach out.