Jill Baron

Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program

Ecosystems Mission Area of USGS getting some much needed attention.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...

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Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science · National Wildlife Federation We need YOU as we rally in support of critical federal government services at risk of being lost forever. The U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area is responsible for many of the programs tha...

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Pillen Admits He and Other Farmers ‘Messed Up,’ Expects New State Agency to Improve Water Management In marking the merger of two water-focused state agencies, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday said he and other farmers “messed up” in managing water resources. “What’s really, really important is ...

“I’m a farmer. We don’t want to admit that we messed up, but we did. We’ve over-applied fertilizer, we’ve over-applied water, and we drove nitrates down into the ground, and we have nitrates in groundwater.”

www.agriculture.com/pillen-admit...

Critical Zone Connections Webinar Series - Spring 2025 International Critical Zone Network of Networks CZ Connections Webinar Series, Spring 2025: Critical Zone Research Networks Driving Collaboration and Discovery Part 1, April 15 - May 13, 12:00 PM ...

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Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US White House orders closure of USGS water science centers, which shares data with weather service for flood warnings

Trump has ordered closure of ~½ of USGS Water Sci Centers that monitor US waters for flooding & drought, measure levels & quality in ground & surface water with 1000s of gages, & do sci studies (in coop w/local-to-federal agencies) allowing successful water mgmt.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Honored to be the Fobes Ronald lecturer at Iowa State University this week. Great university, great students, and an abiding interest in nitrogen - what could be better?

Using Plant Invasions to Compare Occurrence‐ and Abundance‐Based Calculations of Biotic Homogenisation: Are Results Complementary or Contradictory? Aim Beta diversity quantifies the similarity of ecological assemblages. Its increase, known as biotic homogenisation, can be a consequence of biological invasions. However, species occurrence (prese...

Two thought-provoking new papers on the role of plant invasions on biotic homogenization, brought to you by the Powell Center: Global Ecology and Biogeography: Buonaiuto et al. doi.org/10.1111/geb.... and Bradley et al. doi.org/10.1111/geb....

YOU did not offend. The article did. Not sure why EOS posted it.

Yeah, I was offended

Live updates: Pope Francis dies at 88 Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff who ministered to poor people with a message of mercy, has died. Francis stressed humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset with scandal and indiffer...

Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of compassion, courage, and a continuing call to protect our common home and all who share it with us.

In his 2023 exhortation, Laudato Deum, he spoke out strongly against those who reject what science tells us about climate and deny their own responsibility. 🧵

OMG I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!! It will be in my head all day #SewerStar

Vaccines Cause Adults! One of my favorite signs from yesterday’s Fort Collins Stand Up for Science rally.

Gebetic Diversity paper doi link is broken. Here is citation (withoout offending doi:) Schmidt, C., Karachaliou, E., Vandergast, and others (2025), A Survey of Mammal and Fish Genetic Diversity Across the Global Protected Area Network. Conservation Letters., 18: e13092.

I submitted an error report to DOI and told the authors. It truly is not functional. Will repost when they fix. Sorry.

Hmm. Will try to fix.

New paper by Schmidt et al. (doi.org/10.1111/conl...) genetic diversity finds mammal populations more genetically diverse near multiple protected areas. Older marine protected areas had more genetically diverse fish populations. Brought to you by the Powell Center (powellcenter@usgs.gov)

500 Women Scientists logo "Science is under attack. We must fight back. Our lives depend on it" What does NSF do? the National Science Foundation Created by Congress in 1950 as an independent agency to support the US scientific enterprise 93% of $9.06 billion budget went to grants & awards (FY24) NSF supports 353,000 scientist, engineers & students across all 50 state and territories (FY 24) NSF funds $1.4 billion in STEM education (FY 24) NSF has funded 248 Nobel Prize winners source: nsf-gov.resources.nsf.gov/

nearly 11% of the NSF workforce was fired today.
this WILL slow scientific progress.
this is hurting families.

we need to educate folks about all the GOOD that the gov't can do! To help @500womensci.bsky.social has made social media cards for what #NSF funds in each state: bit.ly/NSF_bystate

Proud to be a long-time member of 500 Women Scientists AND a public servant.

Dear Public Health Workers, you are the Anti-Body to misinformation!

Thank you Federal Workers. You're out of this world!

Dear Public Health Workers, our love for you is CONTAGIOUS!

Dear EPA Workers, you are Air-Replacable!

New report: Sustainable Nitrogen Management in agrifood systems🌱

Nitrogen is vital for life, but mismanagement harms ecosystems, degrades soils, and drives climate change.

Discover solutions to boost productivity, cut pollution, and secure food systems.🌍

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Where is the Ecological Society of America?!

Where is the Ecological Society of America?!!

It's official: Sandra Díaz & Eduardo Brondízio Win the 2025 Tyler Prize!

💬 "The climate crisis, biodiversity loss & inequalities are all connected." – Díaz & Brondízio

Let’s celebrate these changemakers!
#TylerPrize #Biodiversity #Sustainability #ClimateAction #GlobalSouth

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