Erik Schneider

Hrafnamynd Listening Party from Patricia Wolf Listening Party from Patricia Wolf.

In a little under an hour, Balmat will be hosting a listening party for @patriciawolf.bsky.social and her phenomenal new album Hrafnamynd, which comes out tomorrow—RSVP at at the link below, and tune in at 7:30pm CET / 1:30pm ET / 10:30am PT
patriciawolf.bandcamp.com/merch/hrafna...

We should stop destroying the homes and territories of wild animals, in my opinion

A Wild Home on the Bones of the City North America’s largest and most urban double-crested cormorant colony shows how people can share space with an unfairly reviled species.

North America's largest cormorant colony is an example of wild resilience in the heart of one of the world's most diverse cities. My latest for @biographic.bsky.social explores a longstanding effort to give this long-reviled species a safe space to thrive www.biographic.com/a-wild-home-...

Starting to think that weakening NEPA isn't going to be a net win for the environment

Trump administration may close Maryland refuge popular with birders Patuxent Research Refuge’s North Tract in Laurel has cut visiting hours. Could the Trump administration could close it entirely?

If a forest closes, does it make a sound?

Running for office on a platform of banning fireworks, outdoor cats, and balloons.

Good news.

And you know they will use this crisis to try to drill for even more fossil fuels.

Especially when the proposals are corporate deregulation and trickle down economics.

Oregon's Silent Spring This year, birders were universal in noticing something unsettling: a stark lack of migrants. While a few individuals may have arrived on time, or close to it, the overall numbers were just a fraction...

If spring migration in Portland felt quiet this year, you weren’t imagining it. New data from BirdCast shows a steep drop in migrant songbird numbers across Oregon & much of the West, raising big questions about what’s happening on the wintering grounds. birdallianceoregon.org/blog/oregons...

Making it easier to harm the environment will never be progressive.

Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here's What's Being Done to Save Them Both In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive

You can’t understand bird declines without also understanding insect declines.

Grateful our work on insect-bird interactions was highlighted by Smithsonian Mag. If you love birds, think about whether your actions are helping the insects they need to survive.

www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)

Translated: In a party-line vote, Republicans just voted to weaken the Senate filibuster by using a gimmick to hide the cost of Trump's ~$4 trillion tax-and-spending bill.

The opposition to the public lands sell off has reached the Joe Rogan level.

From the Sierra Club to Joe Rogan, everybody is pissed off about Republicans' public lands sell off.

This is the broadest coalition I've seen around public lands in my lifetime, so keep making sure your voices are heard because we're winning.

Tell Congress to reject these cuts and fund essential bird conservation science.

👌had this Western Pond Hawk at our place yesterday

Audubon Alert: Save Irreplaceable Bird Science Programs Urge Congress to invest in the science that protects birds and people by fully funding the Bird Banding Lab and Breeding Bird Survey.

Funding for critical programs that support bird conservation science is at serious risk.

Take action by asking your Members of Congress to support the Bird Banding Lab and Breeding Bird Survey.

Debris From SpaceX Explosion, Landing in Mexico, Draws Investigation Mexican environmental activists say detritus raining down from Elon Musk’s rocket company has caused die-offs of marine life.

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico is considering taking legal action after one of SpaceX’s giant Starship rockets disintegrated in June in a giant fireball. The explosion rained down detritus on beaches in northern Mexico and, environmental groups say, caused die-offs of marine life.

Public Land Advocates: Mike Lee's New Land Sale Plan Is 'Just a Different Pile of Dog Sh*t' Senator Mike Lee's latest proposal would still put up to 1.225 million acres of public land on the auction block in 11 Western states.

Republicans seem hell bent on trying to sell public lands. Members need to stand up and stop this giveaway of our natural heritage. The latest Lee proposal is just one more attempt to see if Congress blinks. (1/2)

www.outdoorlife.com/conservation...

One mention of eminent domain, nothing on nationalize.

By the way Klein and Thompson use the word “sprawl” just once in the book, and it’s part of a critique of a city for trying to prevent it by setting an urban growth boundary. There’s no references to urban “infill” or “density”.

Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests The USDA announced it would begin the process of rolling back protections for nearly 59 million roadless acres of the National Forest system.

There are way too many things to be upset about these days, but I believe the destruction of public lands should be near the top of the list: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

to call this a crime against humanity is true but inadequate — it’s a crime against all creation

BREAKING: Trump's USDA just announced plans to repeal the Roadless Rule, a longstanding policy that has long protected National Forests from logging and harmful road building.

The Public Lands Sell Off Bill

Needless to say, lands that are not currently designated as a National Park, Wildlife Refuge, or Wilderness, are often just as valuable or even more so, and at greater risk.

One of the funders is on board with the toxic public lands sell-off.

(Also, there's nothing in the bill that says the lands must "have no ecological or recreational value".)

Tree Swallow fledgling on its first day out in the world.