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Epcor to resume cull of invasive goldfish in west Edmonton stormwater pond | CBC News Epcor is moving ahead with plans to eradicate invasive goldfish in a stormwater pond in the Glastonbury neighbourhood in Edmonton.

Yes. Edmonton has really been leading the way on this for a while. Great way to conserve water in drought conditions too. Although aquatic invasive species can be a problem. Epcor to resume cull of invasi...
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An urban pond in Edmonton Alberta. Blue sky with big clouds. Trees, reeds and houses reflecting on water surface. Two white pelicans can be seen swimming by in distance.

Well-managed urban stormwater ponds can be places of refuge and beauty. Here, a pair of pelicans has been in this naturalized stormwater pond for several weeks.

Info (set location to Edmonton): www.epcor.com/ca/en/ab/edm...

A large piece of driftwood with a tangled rope lies in the foreground on a rocky beach. In the background, two people are walking near the water's edge, with a forest and a body of water visible under a partly cloudy sky.

Feeling adventurous? Trade your hiking boots for beachcombing shoes 🌊 Nova Scotia's coastline is a rockhound's paradise, filled with geological treasures just waiting to be discovered. "Fundy Field Notes: A Very Amateur Guide to Rockhounding in Nova Scotia." museum.novascotia.ca/blog/fundy-f...

Following. Garden is full but looking for more ground cover.

So true. Hummingbirds instantly become little epee fencers when they see each other over our crocosmia blooms!

A very fuzzy caterpillar with yellow central band. There are 2 black ends w long tufts of white hairs. It is perched on a nibbled green leaf. It is impossible to see which side is the head or the bum.

A little wooly bear caterpillar nom-nomming its way in the N Saskatchewan River valley! 🌿🐛😋🧡🖤

Think this is Spotted Tussock Moth bugguide.net/node/view/5241

Oooh! Fish are excellent engineers and navigate their worlds in so many amazing ways! Looking forward to this book. Always happy to answer questions - especially fish foodwebs!

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Two photographs from the same building, Akademia Górniczo–Hutnicza, the mining academy in Krakow. From 1940s till 2010s.

One might think that Nazi crimes and palaeontology never overlapped, and yet... Have you ever wondered what happened to tens of palaeontologists & geologists in the Nazi-occupied Poland? How academics helped to bring down the fascist regime. And a curious story of Schindler-equivalent in geology. 🧵

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Hope to see more!

An orange and black butterfly on a shrub with many orange flowers.

One of our monarchs posing on the butterfly weed along with many bumblebees. Loving the orange on orange effect here! 🧡🦋🏵️

Its beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

I think it's a red as it's a small size and behaves similarly as other reds. 🤞

Love the little red parasol!

A white-furred squirrel perched on a rock in a green forest.

An albino squirrel at Frog Pond, Halifax. 🤩 🐿 🤍

Two magenta dahlias with small white petals in middle and a bright yellow centre. A common bumblebee is collecting pollen from one flower.

##bloomscrolling with the bumblebees.

Ohio farmland being reclaimed as wetlands to protect Great Lakes water quality. www.farmanddairy.com/news/northwe...

Note that lakes without swimming beaches aren't monitored. Same for beaches during the off-season when there are no lifeguards.

Blue-green algae blooms can occur year-round as those are natural native species. NB has a nice explainer: www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/...

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Blue-green algae identified in Halifax-area lake Elbow Lake has been added to the province’s list of sites where blue-green algae has been identified.

We're now entering peak cyanobacteria season. Please do pay attention and protect your pets.

HRM lakes with beaches are monitored for potentially toxic blue-green algae during when there's lifeguards on duty.

www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

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PFAS in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River | CBC News Toxic chemicals are flowing into the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River — and they’re showing up in drinking water.

An interactive article about PFAS in the Great Lakes.

Toxic chemicals are polluting ...
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Watching the hummingbirds side-eye us humans from the tomatoes between feeding trips. They rested more than usual, probably because of the wind.

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Thank you for sharing, this is actually timely...

What a dehydrated tobacco leaf looks like! I was curious to see how this method worked out. Leaf is very brittle and there is a nice herbal smell.

I will look into proper air curing methods in early Fall when the weather is drier (it's too humid now).

LOL. 😅 It's actually a part of my Environmental Science department's reconciliation work. We have a number of medicine and culturally important plants growing. We're figuring out drying methods for smudging and medicine offerings. Smell is amazing though!

Looking inside a dehydrator with 5 drying racks with a large green tobacco leaf arranged on each rack.

Dehydrator set up for tobacco leaves.

A large 1-foot tobacco leave on a drying rack.

Preparing one of my tobacco leaves for drying. Single leaf will barely fit!

A tiny white sage seedling growing in a pot. In the background there is a little sign saying "Sage (Salvia apiana)

Our little white sage seedling is growing up!