Dr Tara Martin

Today's federal budget puts nearly $90-billion toward capital spending, national defense, housing & economic growth. But one thing is missing: nature.

Instead, it incl:

❌ The possible end of the oil & gas emissions cap
❌ Cuts to ECCC & the DFO
❌ No new funding to protect or restore biodiversity

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⚠️ Ontario’s new Species Conservation Act could strip away protections for 106 at-risk species — incl the piping plover, monarch butterfly & yellow-banded bumble bee.

🗣️ Add your voice: wwf.ca/endangered-species-are-not-red-tape
Tell ON to protect species, not weaken the laws meant to safeguard them.

03.11.2025 21:46 — 👍 10    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 2

Nature requires investment: Applying priority threat management to support biodiversity and climate targets We worked with a diverse group of local experts to identify cost-effective and complementary management strategies that could help secure the persistence of species of conservation concern for the le....

NEW RESEARCH ALERT: Out today - Nature requires investment: Applying priority threat management to support biodiversity and climate targets - Camaclang - 2025 - Ecological Solutions and Evidence - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

03.11.2025 20:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

One week to get your applications in for our Blue Carbon Canada positions! Come join a collegial productive team with @taragmartin.bsky.social Sara Knox, Mary O’Connor, Graham Clark, me and our stellar set of PDFs and grad students! 🇨🇦 🌊 #dreamteam

23.04.2025 15:35 — 👍 6    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

We’re hiring! See details below.

14.04.2025 17:22 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Excited to share I'm finally a tenured Professor! It's been a long journey & I'm grateful to my colleagues far & wide for your support & my amazing team at the Conservation Decisions Lab. In a time of bonkers politics, job security facilitates the ability to speak truth to power.

#Tenure

06.03.2025 17:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Transforming marine conservation, one chapter at a time A new book co-authored by scholars, practitioners, and students champions a centuries-old vision for the future of marine conservation.

A new book co-authored by scholars, practitioners, and students champions a centuries-old vision for the future of marine conservation. Includes content from Dr. Andrea Reid; she leads UBC's Centre for Indigenous Fisheries. sustainability.stanford.edu/news/transfo... via @stanforddoerr.bsky.social

05.03.2025 23:42 — 👍 16    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0

Canada sued over delay in protecting endangered killer whales An 'imminent threat' assessment in November 2024 set a ticking legal clock that requires two ministers to recommend an emergency order to Cabinet — but they have yet to do so.

Six environmental groups are suing two federal ministers over a delay in issuing an emergency-order recommendation to protect B.C.’s endangered killer #whale population. www.biv.com/biv-rss-news... via @bivnews.bsky.social

29.01.2025 17:19 — 👍 18    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

It’s such a mild winter in the Pacific Northwest… Lomatium utriculatum in bloom already!

28.01.2025 15:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Spring is in the air and I’m dreaming of the flowers that await. #camasmeadows #salishsea #deerstewardship

25.01.2025 22:44 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Decrypting the Invasion of Non-native Cattails (Typha spp.) in the Fraser River Estuary, British Columbia, Using Morphological and Microsatellite Analyses - Estuaries and Coasts Hybrid cattail (Typha × glauca), a hybrid between native T. latifolia and introduced T. angustifolia, has been recently identified through macroscopic traits in the Fraser River Estuary (FRE), Canada....

NEW PAPER ALERT!

We provide the first genetic evidence of cattail hybridisation in British Columbia, and demonstrate that field-measureable traits are still useful for differentiating cattails at this point in time in the region.

link.springer.com/10.1007/s122...

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