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I had way too much fun making these monarch-inspired Valentine’s for my kiddo’s class, complete with packets of native wildflower seeds! Thinking of creative, outside-the-box ways to connect folks to ecology is my calling, I’m convinced. 🦋
This made me snort out loud. Who was in charge of the meat display?? 😅
World’s largest sage grouse lek and longest mule deer migration threatened by oil & gas lease sale in western Wyoming. wyofile.com/drilling-lea...
Public comments due Monday, 17Nov.
eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui...
Dino pants and seal skin boots 💅🏻🦖
Northern lights were OUT last night in southern WI! Made me feel like I was back home in Alaska.
Send this to Qianru!
“The arts may be uniquely poised to raise awareness, influence behavioral change, improve well-being, and assist with developing conservation tools and materials.”
Jarić et al on the mutual benefits of arts & conservation 🙌🏻
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Revisiting some caribou illustrations for the Fate of the Caribou Project today
(Also totally fangirling, didn’t think you’d actually reply 😬 but fr, we could make this happen!)
A few awesome options: Dr Anne Gunn, an absolute legend. Indigenous folks in Northwest Territories who are doing groundbreaking work combining traditional knowledge and on-the-land monitoring. Some awesome PhD candidates using new technologies like sound recording to study caribou. Shall I continue?
@ologies.bsky.social have you done a rangifology (caribou) episode yet? hmu and ill hook you up!
Just finished listening to the @ologies.bsky.social episode on fireflies while watching the fireflies start flashing in my yard while working on converting a chunk of lawn to native plants. It was magical and I will be calling them sparklebutts from now on.
More monarch caterpillars spied by my toddler! Maybe being so close to the ground helps him see them under milkweed leaves? @monarchjv.bsky.social We need to recruit more toddlers to the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project!
Parenting win: tonight my 2.5yo spied a tiny, TINY early instar monarch caterpillar that I completely missed when we were checking the milkweed patch. Kids are so cool.
Apply here (job title: "Post Doctoral Fellow - Future of Species Range Shifts"): careers.alaska.edu/jobs/post-do...
The principal investigators are Ophélie Couriot (UAF) and Heather Johnson (USGS), and the project will be part of the USGS Post-Doctoral Fellows Program. We are now accepting applications; the position will filled once a desirable candidate is identified.
From @wyo-migrations.bsky.social:
The USGS Alaska Science Center is offering a 2-year post-doc position co-hosted by UAF, working on projecting range shifts in the behavior and distributions of caribou in the Arctic. In-person or remote.
Photo Credit: Alexis Bonogofsky for USFWS
The Wisconsin Monarch Collaborative is an amazing organization that brings together leaders and experts from across industries to take action for WI’s monarchs. Please help if you can!
wimonarchs.org
Meet a few of Colorado's newest wolf pups. 🐾
In a landmark moment for wildlife recovery, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has confirmed three new wolf families, including these adorable new pups.
Learn more ➡️ biodiv.us/44GyZt7
Woman seeking the friends I had on Twitter before it burned to the ground.
You get: my incisive wit, ungulate facts, an ally
I get: a sense of connection to adult humans as I’m slowly beaten to ☠️ by my small children
