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• “On Pins and Needles,” Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, July-August 2024
• “A Slippery Mystery,” Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, March-April 2024
• “Wild Neighbors,” Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, September-October 2023
• “A Tree for All Seasons,” Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, March-April 2022
• “All Together Now!” Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, July-August 2021
• “Bringing in the Outdoors,” Minneapolis Star-Tribune (Outdoors Weekend), March 12, 2021
• “Standing Tall,” Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, March-April 2021
• "Hurrah for Muskrats!" Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, July-August 2020
• "So much more than flight and feathers," Minneapolis Star-Tribune (Outdoors Weekend), April 3, 2020
• "Bringing the Minnesota outdoors in," Minneapolis Star-Tribune (Outdoors Weekend), April 3, 2020.
• "Sustained by wild nature," Minneapolis Star-Tribune (Outdoors Weekend), March 19, 2020.
• "Songs of Spring," Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, March-April 2020
• "Enduring woods," Minneapolis Star-Tribune (Outdoors Weekend), January 17, 2020
• "Thunder on the Plains," Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, September-October 2019
• "Super Squirrels!" Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, March-April 2019
• "Little Stinkers," Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, January-February 2018
• "Niches for Everyone," Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, September-October 2014
• "Raptors in the Neighborhood," Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, July-August 2014
• "Awesome Opossums," Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, January-February 2014
• "Night Fliers," Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, May-June 2013
• "Big, Bold, and Blue," Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, March-April 2013
• "Riverhorses," Odyssey, May 2012
• "Beachfront Property: Bank Swallows Dig in at Fort Funston," Bay Nature, Summer 2005
• "Shadows in Flight: Encounters with Local Bats," Bay Nature, Summer 2001
Christine's first magazine article, "Shadows in Flight," (for Bay Nature, Summer 2001) was anthologized in American Nature Writing 2003, John A. Murray (Ed.), Fulcrum Publishing.
"[An] exemplary series of contemporary nature writing... a unique and radiant collection." –Booklist
"These writers bring their diverse experiences of nature to the reader in compelling ways. Here are a few examples…. Christine A. [Petersen] takes the reader with her as she uses radio telemetry to track the movements of big-eared and pallid bats. As October arrives, her experiences 'keep [her] bat-dreaming through the winter months.' …All of these essays are written with precision and passion. Together they provide ample evidence of the quality of nature writing in America today. These writers think deeply about themselves and their relationship to nature and clearly help their readers follow the same path toward awareness, appreciation, and understanding.” –Kliatt
