Jim O'Donnell

which is just nuts.

The mighty Rio Grande...the BIG BIG river...in #ABQ this afternoon. #NMwx #NMwater (pic courtesy of my lovely wife). #NewMexico #Rivers

A former investment banker is now running the national parks The new acting assistant secretary has no conservation experience.

Who's in charge of the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? Glad you asked: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Thank you for being good citizens.
#charactermatters #defendDemocracy #resist #strongertogether #passiveresistance #ifnotnow,when? #ifnotyou,who? #onlyLOVEisREAL

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Drones find signs of Native American town under Kansas pasture | Science News An earthwork buried under a cattle ranch may be part of one of the largest Native American settlements ever established north of Mexico.

Drones find signs of Native American town under Kansas pasture | Science News www.sciencenews.org/article/dron... || #archaeology #kansas

Prehistoric Mounds and Archeological Sites of Kansas Little investment was made in systematic preservation of Kansas Indian Mounds, and many indigenous gravesites were destroyed by pioneers in the name of progress.

Prehistoric Mounds and Archeological Sites of Kansas midwesterndeathtrip.com/prehistoric-... || #archaeology #Kansas

That's what I'm thinking....and that it might open up the portal....

Russian stuff burning makes me happy

NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists

The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX

Creative river thinker I've got....technical knowhow not.

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Is it messed up to eat a piece of chicken AND an egg in the same meal?

20+ folks came out yesterday in 92F heat to remove about 1.5 miles of old barbed wire fencing within our National Monument. The fencing was negatively impacting wildlife movement & getting in the way of great mountain biking trails. #RGDN #Taos #NMwx #NewMexico #PublicLands

Gross

This important work is brought to you by the AWESOME folks @amigosbravos.bsky.social

If you can, throw them some clams so we can keep doing this work!

#NewMexico #NMwx #NMwater

Thank you!

Beavers were brought to the desert to save a dying river. 6 years later, here are the results. ​Their engineering feats are pretty dam incredible.

Nature is its own remedy. Stop interfering with it. And by reviving the river the beavers not only saved the lives of countless other species they revived the local economy and quality of life by providing recreational opportunities.

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Author/archaeologist Jim O'Donnell @jimodonnell2.bsky.social talks water issues in the West, specifically Fountain Creek and environs, at today's Mesa Verde Writing Festival in Mancos. Check out his book Fountain Creek: Big Lessons from a Little Creek #mancoslitfest

Amen to that!

Colorado ranchers need to understand their cattle are not the center of the universe.

Awesome people doing awesome stuff.

Another restoration day today along the Rio Fernando near #Taos #NewMexico.

Bit by bit we are healing this creek.

#NMwx #NMwater #Rivers

The Last Word On Nothing | Spirits at Home and Abroad www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/07/23/s...

Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young trees, and it is finally paying off for quaking aspen.

Return of wolves to Yellowstone has led to a surge in aspen trees unseen for 80 years | Live Science www.livescience.com/animals/land...

Wildlife Crossings Save Lives in New Mexico Wildlife crossings in New Mexico protect elk, deer, and bears while reducing collisions on highways.

I wrote a short article for #NewMexico Magazine about #Wildlife cooridors in our state. #NMwx

Wildlife Corridors Help New Mexico www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/wi...

Fountain Creek is 'the poster child of the Anthropocene': Author Jim O'Donnell on water, society and the nature of rivers O'Donnell had a lifelong dream of following the path of Zebulon Pike. But the siren song of the Fountain had other ideas.

If you can, please join me at the Mesa Verde Literary Festival in Mancos, #Colorado this coming weekend. You know what I'll be talking about! #NatureWriting #Rivers #FountainBook

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My lovely wife and I backpacked a 22 mile section of the Continental Divide trail here in northern #NewMexico over the weekend. Gorgeous, empty country. #NMwx

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Wonderful to hear Jim talk about his book, Fountain Creek! Thanks for pushing back on the question about how to 'use' a river. Wildlife might have a word, too.

Happy to! Thread: www.scientificamerican.com/article/drou... 🧵