Skip To Main Content
Paul Tolme on Muck Rack

Paul Tolme

  • Writer and Editor, Freelance
  • Content Strategist and Media Relations Manager, Cascade Bicycle Club
Boulder
As seen in: The Seattle Times, Outside Magazine, REI Co-op Journal, Pinkbike, National Wildlife Magazine, 5280 Magazine, Adventure Cyclist Magazine, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, Singletracks, Ski Magazine and
Covers:  Climate and environment, skiing, bicycling, outdoor adventure

Get in touch with Paul

Contact Paul, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Paul Tolme’s Biography

Read Full Bio →

Paul Tolmé is an award-winning environmental journalist and outdoors writer whose career began as an editor for his college newspaper and continued upon graduation to the Associated Press, where he worked for a decade as a political, environmental and business writer. In 2000, Tolmé left the AP to accept a prestigious fellowship with the Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado in Boulder, after which he began his new career as a magazine writer specializ…

Paul Tolme’s Journalist Portfolio

See all →
Sacred Ground

Sacred Ground

Sixty years after its birth, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a haven for wildlife and native peoples-a…

View article →
Breaking the Prairie

Breaking the Prairie

Wildlife habitat in the Prairie Pothole Region is falling to the plow as the United States expands production…

View article →
We Need to Talk-About Climate Change - REI Co-op Journal

We Need to Talk-About Climate Change - REI Co-op Journal

Eric Fine's journey from mountaineer to climate communicator began on the slopes of Cerro Tronador, an 11,453…

View article →
Shedding a Tear for the Cryosphere

Shedding a Tear for the Cryosphere

A sample of my stories for Elevation Outdoors Magazine, including "Farewell Cryosphere," about the threat to …

View article →
Citizen Skier

Citizen Skier

A profile of the executive director of Protect Our Winters and its efforts to mobilize the snowsports communi…

View article →
Meltdown: The Skiing Industry and Climate Change - 5280

Meltdown: The Skiing Industry and Climate Change - 5280

Skiers are witnessing global warming firsthand. Can Aspen's climate hawk find the answers to save the snow? *…

View article →

Articles

Cycology: Bicycling Rx

|
By Paul Tolme
| Adventures NW Verified
According to studies, Americans spend an average of more than four–and-a-half hours on their phones daily, and more than half of adults get fewer than five hours outside in nature per week, Theorists call these hours spent indoors staring at screens “ultra-processed time“. Like the nutrient-poor junk food that Americans eat too much of, ultraprocessed time fails to nourish our brains. There is a simple solution: Put your phone down. Go outside. Go for a bike ride.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Cycology: Cycle Highways

|
By Paul Tolme
| Adventures NW Verified
Saturday, April 25, marks the return of a historic Seattle bike ride that gives people the opportunity to bicycle on a car-free highway. First held in 2016, the Emerald City Ride starts in the Stadium District of Seattle and proceeds onto SR-99 for a short distance before bringing participants up and over the West Seattle Bridge, which rises more than 140 feet over the Duwamish River.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Cycology: Balance Bike

|
By Paul Tolme
| Adventures NW Verified
I turn 60 this winter, which means I’ve been riding bikes for 55 years and change now. More than any other activity, bicycling has shaped my life—physically, mentally, socially, economically, professionally, and even spiritually through the connection to nature that bikes enable. Aside from the danger of biking on roadways, my relationship with bicycles, the most efficient transportation machine ever invented, has been utterly positive.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 52 articles