About Miko Ruhlen

Miko Ruhlen, Associate Editor. Miko graduated from U.C. Berkeley and worked in California and the Columbia Gorge for well over a decade as an avian field biologist with non-profits, government agencies, and private consulting firms. She and her husband live in Hood River, Oregon. They own Hood River Hobbies and volunteer for local citizen science bird surveys and lead bird walks in their spare time.