James Lamping

Interested in landscape modeling and are looking to use LANDIS-II? The LANDIS community is hosting a virtual workshop in May!

A great place to publish PNW-focused research just got better. Thanks to BioOne’s Subscribe to Open (S2O) program, @nwscience.bsky.social l will publish 2026 articles as open access, with authors paying only standard page charges.

Deadline for abstract extended to March 2nd

What the National Center for Atmospheric Research means to the atmospheric sciences Born out of a time of great need for the federal government, NCAR plays a role with few analogues.

Great piece out today in Physics Today on historical origins, contemporary relevance, & fundamental irreplaceability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which remains at imminent risk of dismantling for partisan political reasons.

Some really great speakers this year and up to $1000 towards student travel!

There is No Scientific Justification to Revoke the Endangerment Finding The U.S. EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will limit the government's ability to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org

My colleagues Calvin Farris (NPS) and Ellis Margolis (USGS) led a landmark study in paleofire reconstruction. In addition to showing that fire management can restore past fire regimes, the demonstrated methods are a first in dendrochronology. 1/6 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

dplyr 1.2.0 dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re...

dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited!

- `filter_out()` for dropping rows

- `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools

These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats!

tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...

To our senators: what contingency plans exist if a U.S. administration attempts territorial expansion in Greenland and triggers a diplomatic rupture with Europe?

To the public: what actions can we take to signal to our allies that this is not actually what we want? The midterms seem pretty far out.

NWSA is offering up to $1000 to cover travel costs for students presenting at our meeting this March. Great opportunity to show off the regional research you have been working on.

I volunteer as an adaptive equipment tech for both ski and bike programs. During the winter I get to work with at Hoodoo, fitting athletes with adaptive ski equipment and helping dial in setups for their specific needs. It’s a great organization ran by amazing people serving awesome athletes.

James's Fundraising Page at Ski for All

I’m doing a fundraiser again this year for Oregon Adaptive Sports.

Donations help raise funds that support adaptive equipment, instructors, transportation, and scholarships so everyone can access outdoor recreation year-round.

Donate here:
oregonadaptivesports.rallybound.org/ski-for-all/...

man holding sign "Closing NCAR will harm the American public" outside the AGU 2025 annual meeting in New Orleans (contains QR code)

Seen at #AGU2025 in New Orleans

1/3

In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍

This has big implications for carbon offset programs!

Next slide, please ...

Reading Jurassic Park for the first time and realizing it’s basically a novel warning data scientists about how bad assumptions lead to false statistical outcomes.

Join us for the 96th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Scientific Association!

Registration is now open for our 2026 Annual Meeting, Resilient Science, held March 23–27, 2026 at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA.

So, why not #Switch2 @microsoft.com ? Surely it can handle an #Unreal update of Combat Evolved.

Thinking of all my federal colleagues today, holding our government together by a thread while preparing for a potential shutdown from which they may or may not return. You all deserve so much better, and so do we.

Dang… looks like I’m not going to be buying #FC26 or any future EA games.

Anyone hear any updates for the MCC Switch 2 port? I’m dying over here. #halo #MCC #Switch2

Our paper takes a close look at managing designated wilderness in an era of unprecedented change. Please check it out.

A great achievement by lead author @clareboe.bsky.social!
🧪🌍🔥

Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands The U.S. Department of Agriculture is initiating an environmental impact statement (EIS) and rulemaking concerning management of inventoried roadless areas on approximately 44.7 million acres of Natio...

Today is the last day to comment on proposed rescission of the Roadless Rule!

The 58 million acres of forest protected by the Roadless Rule store vast amounts of carbon, provide vital habitat for fish and wildlife species, and are more resilient to wildfire (despite false claims).

Comment here 👇🏼

An emotional and very true telling of what was lost with the Garnet Fire.

It be pretty great if the upper treatment plots didn’t end up burning.

Love to live near the last of the legends

As the Flat Fire finally dies down and my family is getting back into their house, I find myself continuously visiting Watch Duty to monitor the Garnet Fire. I’ve been lucky to spend a few summers collecting data in the old growth mixed conifer forests of the Teakettle Experimental Area.

Screenshot of a map of the Garnet Fire perimeter in Fresno County, California

Glad to see the efforts to keep the #GarnetFire out of the Teakettle Forest, one of the last old-growth forest areas in the southern Sierra and the site of a planned, collaborative 3800-acre prescribed burn that will include objectives to steward the area’s black oak orchards. @mhurteau.bsky.social

Best @melissalucash.bsky.social lab meetings are ones where we scheme how we are going to tackle #LANDIS-II related tasks as a team. In this case we are calibrating tree growth for a few different projects and landscapes.

Agreed.

Congrats on the new job! They are lucky to have you over there in reinsurance