M. BLAKE BUTLER: I have been a member of NiCHE since 2020 and am currently an editor and book review co-editor. Outside of NiCHE, I am a member of the Protect Our Winters (Canada) Science Alliance and am employed as a historian and project manager with Know History, Inc., a historical services firm based in Ottawa. I have been a member of the research team supporting the Yukon Residential Schools Missing Children Project since February 2023. My personal research examines Canadian and environmental histories, with an emphasis on winter-based topics. My doctoral dissertation explored the history of snow in Vancouver between the mid-nineteenth century and the end of the twentieth century. | JESSE RITNER is an Assistant Professor of History at Georgia College & State University. He has been an editor at NiCHE since January 2025 and is a member of the Protect Our Winters (United States) Science Alliance. He currently writing a book project titled Snowguns: How Snowmaking, Carbon Emissions, and Cheap Labor Built the U.S. Ski Industry, which examines issues of climate, justice, technology, and capitalism.