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Josie Hughes

@jsphughes.bsky.social

Research Scientist, National Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Views my own.

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AI upskilling workshop for former US/state conservation scientists

Please share broadly to your networks so this can reach its intended audience! And we are also looking for volunteers to help instruct/mentor. Details here: cv4ecology.caltech.edu/ai-upskillin...

25.03.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Overwintering fires can occur in both peatlands and upland forests with varying ecological impacts - Nature Ecology & Evolution Field measurements of fires burning over winter at 20 sites in the Northwest Territories of Canada and in Alaska find that such fires occur in both peatlands and upland forests, and provide informatio...

New paper alert! Zombie fires overwinter, going underground to smolder through winter before reemerging. Until recently, we knew these fires occurred but knew little of their ecological or carbon impacts. Along with my amazing coauthors, we set out to change this. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

24.03.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 189    ๐Ÿ” 70    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Ecological Forecasting Initiative 2025 Conference, May 19th This 3.5-day in-person international Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) Conference meeting will bring together participants from academia, government agencies, industry, and the non-profit sector...

Registration is now open for the EFI2025 Conference on May 19-22 in Blacksburg, VA at bit.ly/efi2025!

Find the draft schedule, workshops & working group details, and the Conference Handbook with info about the venue, travel recommendations, and more on the website.

18.02.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Like birds and models? Dr. Erin Bayne and I are currently recruiting a 2 year postdoc to come work with us at the Boreal Avian Modelling project on boreal bird models and applications of those models. Full details are here tinyurl.com/4yxju63k. Feel free to get in touch with qs!

10.02.2025 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Global Ecology ๐ŸŒ starter pack vol 1 & 2 are full and curated !! โœจ๐Ÿ’š

Please share so they will fly into the blue sky ๐Ÿฆ‹๐ŸŒˆ

Vol1 ๐Ÿ‘‰ bsky.app/starter-pack...

Vol2 ๐Ÿ‘‰ bsky.app/starter-pack...

Will start a Vol. 3 soon, please reply if you want to be in !

๐ŸŒ๐Ÿงช๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฆค๐Ÿ๐Ÿฆ‘๐Ÿชด๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ๐ŸŒพ

12.02.2025 11:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I hereby create a community of people who love, respect, and admire boglands. They are mysterious, beautiful, and powerful to ecology, archaeology and climate. Yet these systems continue to be misunderstood and threatened. Who wants to join my bog fan club? Please share - bogs need friends right now

07.02.2025 21:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 336    ๐Ÿ” 91    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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โฌ‡๏ธ MY MISTAKE โฌ‡๏ธ

This person could be based at their Ontario *home office* or NCC's HQ in Toronto. #ConservationJobs

30.01.2025 01:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Call for nomination to participate in the IPBES workshop on scenarios and models incorporating Indigenous and local knowledge systems and Mother Earth-Centric perspectives โ€“ deadline for applications ...

IPBES task forces on
scenarios and models &
Indigenous and local knowledge
are organizing a
4 day workshop, May 2025
in the Philippines
to reflect on scenarios and models
that better account for different knowledge systems
www.ipbes.net/scenarios-mo...

to apply:
www.ipbes.net/scenarios-mo...

28.01.2025 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Starting a thread of starter packs in nature and clรฎmate

02.01.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Please add me! Thx

11.01.2025 12:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Share widely and raise your hand in the comments if you want to be added to the starter pack!

go.bsky.app/MY2BRVo
#SciComm
#OpenScience
#CdnGovernment

20.11.2024 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 166    ๐Ÿ” 63    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Join our amazing department!

07.01.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of first part of job ad which has the summary of job posting number, department, salary, etc. The same info is in the link.

Screenshot of first part of job ad which has the summary of job posting number, department, salary, etc. The same info is in the link.

JOB: Statistical Ecologist, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI)

* 2 years, full time
* Salary $69k-93k + benefits
* Remote &/or in-office (at U Alberta)
* Apply by 10 Jan abmi.ca/abmi-home/co...

#ConservationJobs #ScienceJobs

03.01.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A photo of flowers and lichen with a caption that says "Now Hiring Statistical Ecologist"

A photo of flowers and lichen with a caption that says "Now Hiring Statistical Ecologist"

Are you interested in how species distribution models are used in land use planning? Come work us! This is going to be a super cool position understanding how model reliability affects model applications. Creative! Collaborative! Quantitative!

Apply by Jan 10: ow.ly/gzPn50UsUQG

19.12.2024 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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