Assistant or Associate Professor - Fungal Biology/Mycology
The Department of Plant Pathology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at the University of Georgia is recruiting for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Fu...
π UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. π www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...
21.08.2025 17:14 β π 20 π 34 π¬ 1 π 2
New paper: The role of fire on Earth
doi.org/10.1093/bios... BioScience @aibsbiology.bsky.social
Fire affects all major components of the Earth system: atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, anthroposphere, & biosphere. Fire is an intrinsic factor on our planet.
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25.08.2025 22:59 β π 71 π 30 π¬ 1 π 1
Great day monitoring T&E plants for a long-term demography study on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Also, hoola hoops make for fun quadrats πββοΈ
15.08.2025 21:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Eight tangible things you can do: 1. call congressional representatives 2. push universities to advocate against cuts 3. activate professional associations 4. attend a protest 5. follow researchers working in these areas 6. educate your neighbors and friends 7. join a group that supports science 8. demand federally funded research be free of partisan interference
Censoring mis/disinformation research is just the beginning. All scientific research in the US is under threat. Now is the time for scientists in all fields to act. Some small steps each of us can take:
26.04.2025 18:07 β π 187 π 80 π¬ 3 π 6
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17.04.2025 14:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 1
Sub-alpine Robinhood: Castilleja as drivers of ecosystem processes β Jordan Cleo Argrett
Microbiome folks! My powerhouse PhD student Jordan is looking for amplicon sequencing funding to understand the impacts of hemiparasitic plant litter on soil microbes. Any suggestions? He has independently funded his dissertation thus far and this is the last bit! TIA πππ¦ πΎπ§ͺ
shorturl.at/rkI8u
10.04.2025 15:52 β π 20 π 12 π¬ 3 π 0
Photo of a prescribed fire (Credit: Mark Ooi).
π₯π± From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: βUnderstanding novel ο¬re regimes using plant traitβbased approaches" π±π₯
Extreme #fire severity interacts with seed traits to moderate post-fire species assemblages
By @ryantangney.bsky.social, @markooiecol.bsky.social, et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany
24.03.2025 23:09 β π 15 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Musk says DOGE βrestoredβ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say thatβs not true.
USAIDβs initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
27.02.2025 15:18 β π 9071 π 4209 π¬ 189 π 172
I was fired from my dream job today (along with 3400 other FS staff). A job that I worked over 20 years to achieve. A job that would never get me rich, but one that I truly believed in. Essentially, I worked for the American people to monitor and manage all the animals on 500,000+ acres of land that is the Pisgah National Forest as the (only) Wildlife Biologist. A geography that contains a fantastic diversity of life near and dear to my heart. I work on all sorts of projects, from monitoring rare species, to improving habitat conditions for game animals, to restoring spruce-fir forest and wetlands, to prescribed fire.
For those of you advocating for a trimming of the work force, how many biologists should we have on that much land? We now have zero. And that's in the aftermath of a natural disaster of unprecedented scale and severity. Pisgah is ground zero for Hurricane Helene. One creek I visited recently had 55 landslides and a debris jam the size of a football field. For the last several months, Helene recovery is all I've worked on (from 1-40 reconstruction to evaluating how rare critters responded to the floods and landslides). Much of my work in the coming years would have been focused on making our floodplains more resilient, addressing fuel risks, and working to keep rare species on the landscape.
The legalese for firing me?
"The Agency finds, based on your performance, that you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the Agency would be in the public interest."
I have only had stellar performance reviews, and no infractions on file. My supervisor submitted the paperwork necessary to advance me to career status, based upon that satisfactory performance (my 12 month probation ends in 2 weeks). I also can't access my performance evaluations any longer as I'm now denied access to the online portal. On top of that, filing an appeal is futile because the Merit Systems Protection Board no longer has enough appointees to have a quorum to evaluate my claim.
What America do you want? I'm not opposed to finding efficiencies in our government. But the tools being leveraged today are hammers, not scalpels.
They are breaking the agencies tasked with critical work, not refining them. Without my and other critical positions filled, Pisgah National Forest will be unable to meet statutory law requirements as it navigates both Helene recovery and every day work (Rx fire, sylviculture projects, etc). Most importantly, we won't have the bandwidth or expertise to conceptualize and implement these recovery efforts when we are so understaffed. Our most dedicated public servants were fired right when we need them most. As an Asheville local grieving the aftermath of Helene, talk about a devastating sucker punch.
The only wildlife biologist for the Pisgah National Forest has been terminated. Here the employee takes a very happy selfie with a large venomous snake in the distant background, in a lush wooded environment with ferns and trees.
Forest Service employees have assisted with response to devastating landslides across the western North Carolina region. A landslide in the blue ridge mountains carves a ravine into a much green hillside while a Forest Service employee looks on.
Only wildlife biologist for 500K+ acres among terminations.
βI'm not opposed to finding efficiencies in our government. But the tools being leveraged today are hammers, not scalpels. They are breaking the agencies tasked with critical work, not refining them.β
βοΈ: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
20.02.2025 01:12 β π 45 π 4 π¬ 2 π 1
I was one of the probationary federal employees that lost their job on Friday. I was one month (+7 months of internship) into my career with USFWS.
Devastated is an understatement. This was my dream job. I loved my agency, our mission, and my position, deeply. Solidarity to all of my fed family. π
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Iβm also a probationary USFWS employee and was terminated yesterday, too. Devastated really doesnβt even begin to describe it. I was at NCTC this week when it all happened, too. My inbox is open if you ever want to talk. π
16.02.2025 00:30 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0
2024 Black History Month: Black Plant Scientists Spotlight | Plantae
An initiative originated by Kevin Cox Jr., PhD, Plantae carries on Kevinβs tremendous effort of bringing visibility to several exceptional scientists and their work across the science community.
Alright so to brighten the mood...
Who's ready for another iteration of 28 Days, 28 Black Plant Scientists/Botanists? πͺπΎπ±
For those that want more background here's a link from last yr. While I search through names myself, I'm happy to hear any nominations via DM/email!
plantae.org/2024-black-h...
24.01.2025 20:36 β π 57 π 27 π¬ 1 π 0
We are dedicated DOI employees who swore an oath to the constitution to protect the Nationβs natural resources and cultural heritage. Officially *unofficial* account.
Do not approach the wildlife. This bison bites back. #AltGov π¦¬
Resist! Conservation over corporations.
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Wildland Fire and Forestry Communicator.
Working in the woods since 1990.
Qualified California Burn Boss.
Intel = all public data.
Photos by me.
Fire is the best teacher.
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Co-lead of the Sierra-Sequoia Burn Cooperative, a partnership of four California Native American Tribes and other landowners, fire practitioners, and researchers. Co-editor of a fire anthology forthcoming from Oregon State University Press, spring 2026.
Cultural fire practitioner, network bridge, place based steward engaging locally, regionally, and nationally. Helping to bring fire back to the people through a collective co-visioning in the good fire movement.
Writer, communicator, creator of Life with Fire Podcast. Mostly writing, talking and thinking about wildfire resilience and land stewardship.
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Works at Stanford on equitable climate and energy law/policy with a big helping of wildfire and insurance.
Director, UC Merced Fire Resilience Center. Pyrogeographer. I study wildfire in the era of anthropogenic climate change. Former wildland firefighter. Opinions are my own. *she/her* π₯π₯π₯
Writer, fire guy (aka pyromantic), exploration historian, urban farmer. Recent books include "Pyrocene Park" and "Five Suns: A Fire History of Mexico."
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Watershed ecologist, π₯ lighter, π¦ protector.
Smoke microbiome postdoc 𧬠π₯οΈ
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π Colorado, USA
Research scientist | public land owner | facial hair enthusiast. Science interests: #Wildfire #Forests #GlobalChange
Research Ecologist | Colorado | wildlife & forest conservation, disturbance, landscape ecology | my views
Fire and Ecosystem ecologist | Associate Professor at UNR | I study fire regimes and their effects on plants, soils, & hydrology | formerly at WSU and UCSB | https://erinhanan.com | she/her π₯ π¦
Assistant Prof at Southern Oregon University. Studying plant ecology, restoration, and fire ecology. she/her
UC Extension Forest Advisor working in Santa Cruz Mtns, CA and surrounds. Forests. Fire. Ecology. Redwoods. Resilience. Spatial Analysis.
I also really love the ocean and being outdoors.
Fire Science | Ecology | Post-fire landscapes π²π₯π±π² π Opinions are my own. She/her π³οΈβπ
Retired BLM/NPS/USFS - Courtesy faculty with Oregon State's College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. Interested in wildland fire, incident management, climate change, history, public health, & crisis comms. Texas expat. Birthday: 318.51
Forest ecologist studying forest-fire-climate interactions.
www.hurteaulab.org www.firescenter.org
