I expect they're ultimately just going to get tied up in court over this and not be able to execute any of it. Increased harvest, while an effective management tool in the right contexts, needs to lead with adherence to science and law and I'm not seeing that here.
This is, to put it mildly, a double standard. This guy was part of a government that encouraged online social media figures to engage in routine harassment of government employees to the point that many were fired or went into hiding. Some of it was done by Elon Musk, this guy's boss.
Happy #FieldworkFriday! The mountains around here are finally getting some snow! So when a critical relay station for Mt. St. Helens needed work, we had to bring out the big toys. It took a UTV with snow tracks (and a little bit of snow shoeing) to get to REDMT.
Working through my annual IT security and counterintelligence trainings, and it’s just hilarious that prominent people in our government are openly violating nearly all these regulations with no consequence, while im being told I could face prison time if i send an email wrong
This would fund the US Forest Service research branch for 36 years
For comparison's sake, the entire National Park Service costs $3 billion - a year.
A remarkable Columbia Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton kezeri) at home beneath a waterfall in Oregon Coast Range
#herps
Really neat coastal trail that made me feel like I was back in Florida for a while.
The many moods of the Oregon Coast
🙃🫠🙃🫠
An in situ Larch Mountain Salamander (Plethodon larselli) from last night
Opuntia just be doing whatever I guess
Too much to love on the coast
Who else loves canyon wrens?
#birds #wildlife #nature
This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.
Some exciting news to share: very soon, NOAA Research will be hiring new federal employees into science positions across the agency! A couple of notes:
1) They will only be open on USAJobs for seven days.
2) Multiple positions at different sites may be in one posting.
(1/2)
Crew leads: usaconservation.applicantpool.com/jobs/1286125...
Crew members: usaconservation.applicantpool.com/jobs/1286116...
Info and eligibility requirements for the ACE/EPIC program: www.usaconservation.org/epic/
HEY‼️ Come work with my team this summer! We're hiring 2 crew leads and at least 4 crew members to work on ecological research projects across OR, WA, and CA. Postings below 👇
welp, someone (not me!) finally put this database out into the wild... it's as bad as you thought it was, if not worse.
Obligatory acknowledgement of The Horrors aside, I saw my first (adult) great gray owl yesterday! Probably one half of the pair that had a nest in the same area last year. Such incredible birds 🦉
Yeah I guess if nearly ALL of the state goes. There will be a little bit of lag where the areas above the Cody Scarp will persist for a bit. Maybe the Lake Wales Ridge becomes the new Keys for a while until it goes under?
Nah I say we let Georgia and Alabama absorb what remains. Those parts of the state are so culturally similar anyway (speaking as someone who spent the first 18 years of my life in the Panhandle/Big Bend)
The cuts to existing programs and graduate research fellowships have a pattern: the Trump Administration is dismantling our ability to study ecology, biodiversity science, and climate research:
They’re putting Silicon Valley billionaires above studying Earth’s life support system.
How ‘bout that— somewhat unsettling Cold War era R&D find.
And yes wow the art 😬
MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now.
They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.
GO DONATE.
tcpipeline.org
This is genuinely horrific
June 8, 1980
Headwaters of the Green River, Skamania County
Closing this thread tonight on a brighter note — a first hint of life returning.
An avalanche lily pokes through the blast deposit. Others would follow.
Resilience in the face of impossible odds.
Cheers!
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PowerPose. I think that fits this pileated woodpecker. I photographed it in the woods behind my house. There are a pair of them that I see all the time. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #woodpeckers #birds
A sphinx moth came to slurp at a desert lily as we were watching the sunset over the Anza Borrego badlands.
