CMarie Fuhrman

CMarie Fuhrman is a Nature Writing and Poetry faculty member at Western Colorado University's School of Graduate Studies, where she serves as Associate Director and Poetry Director for the Graduate Program in Creative Writing. She teaches in the Nature Writing concentration and hosts Colorado Public Radio's Terra Firma program.

• M.F.A., University of Idaho, Creative Writing, 2019
• BA, University of Idaho, English and Creative Writing, 2015

Her research and creative work focuses on Indigenous ecological perspectives, Western landscape narratives, and anthology curation. As co-editor of Cascadia Field Guide and Native Voices, she amplifies Indigenous poetry and environmental advocacy through literary collaboration.

Recent publications span 2017-2020 across platforms like Taos Journal of International Poetry and Art, High Desert Journal, and Emergence Magazine. Themes include anthropocene ethics, land kinship, and Indigenous cosmology.

Notable accolades include:

• Award-winning column writing for The Inlander (2019-present)
• Former Idaho Writer-in-Residence

She founded the Elk River Writers Workshop and contributes to environmental humanities through books like Salmon Weather: Writing from the Land of No Return (2023), which explores Salmon River Mountain ecology and Indigenous curiosity in memoir form.