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I’m Mitch Tobin, a science writer, multimedia journalist, and avid skier based in southwest Colorado. I’m also co-director of The Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for Environmental Journalism.
I created this newsletter because snow has shaped some of my life’s most joyful—and harrowing—moments, sometimes on the same day.
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