Amanda Eggert

Amanda Eggert is an environmental journalist based in Bozeman, Montana. In January 2021, she joined the staff of Montana Free Press, a nonprofit newsroom founded by John S. Adams, the journalist featured in the documentary Dark Money. Her stories about Montana's housing affordability challenges, land-use issues in central Montana's Crazy Mountains, and the intersection of drought and Montana's treasured cold-water fisheries have won awards. When not working, she enjoys exploring Montana's mountains and rivers with her husband, two young sons and collie mix, Athena. 

During her fellowship, Amanda will explore the decline of southwestern Montana's cold-water fisheries and the policy levers that can bring them out of their long-term slide.