Author Profile

Ashley Braun

Ashley Braun is a freelance science and environmental journalist based in Seattle, Washington. Her reporting has taken her from the United Nations climate summit in Morocco to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. She also works as an editor and fact checker.

Recent Work

Politics

The fight for consistent rights for Indigenous tribes in WA and beyond

A five-year battle over a bag of clams shows how a reliance on century-old treaties can lead authorities to treat members of some tribes differently than others.

Ashley Braun

Hakai Magazine

/ November 10, 2022

Two photos: Trees and brush along the shore, and a portrait of Larry Campbell

Environment

Indigenous sea gardens fed communities, preserved ecosystems

Coastal gardens once saw harvests that rivaled today's commercial fisheries without exploiting the land. Some Native communities are now reviving the tradition.

Ashley Braun

Hakai Magazine

/ August 3, 2022

A ferry approaches an orca, whose dorsal fin appears above the water

Environment

Washington launches program to cut underwater noise in Puget Sound

Quiet Sound plans to work with the Northwest shipping industry to make it easier for marine creatures to navigate, find food and communicate.

Ashley Braun

/ December 17, 2021 /

Updated at noon on Dec. 17

Environment

Urine trouble: High nitrogen levels in Puget Sound cause ecological worry

The Washington Department of Ecology is set to implement new 'nutrient waste' regulations to protect struggling marine life.

Ashley Braun

/ October 20, 2021

Environment

Inside the latest Indigenous push to stop a massive copper mine

For years, backers of the Pebble Mine above Bristol Bay seemed to be grinding ahead. Alaska Natives in the region have thrown new sand in those gears.

Ashley Braun

/ August 30, 2021 /

Updated at 12:35 p.m. on Aug. 30, 2021