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! 🧪🌍🔥

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.

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.

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.

With all the news of Pebble making a comeback with open software and a new watch, I dug this fun relic out for its first firmware update in 7 years.

Whitebark pine trees grow in some of the harshest and most spectacular mountain ecosystems of North America. Remarkably, the existence of these impressive trees depends on an ancient relationship with the bird that plants their seeds: Clark's Nutcracker. This video from @cornellbirds.bsky.social...

Fun to see that my ship is still out there making trouble :) www.navytimes.com/news/your-na...

Increasingly understanding "energy dominance" to mean energy authoritarianism. Rooftop and community solar helps democratize energy production, putting money in consumer pockets instead of centralized utilities. Illegally cutting these grants disempowers lower-income communities, in every sense.

Motherfucking wind farms…

We have a new paper that is the result of a working group on nature-based climate solutions using forests. We identify challenges in quantifying net cooling, durability, additionality, and leakage and provide solutions and research needs for each of the challenges. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Oh good, I was looking for some new fiction! Adding this report to tonight’s light reading list.

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I seriously love my public library! They didn’t have a book I wanted to read, so I filled out a suggestion form on their phone app. Two weeks later I got a notice that the book was purchased and ready for pick up at my local branch.

NPR CEO statement on congress' decision to claw back $1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc

The US Global Change Research Program's website, including all its sub-domains that host the National Climate Assessments and related reports, is now offline. The 1990 Global Change Research Act (see below) mandates its research findings be available to all federal agencies & departments.

Public access being stripped from tax payer funded research. This data belongs to the American public.

Sad ending for an amazing resource.

Another day testing the limits of resilience. The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels. Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels. The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.

Keep the pressure on, even if this is dropped from the reconciliation bill. Selling off our Crown Jewels is their goal. #PublicLands

HUD Secretary: " What's the worst possible way we can show the public that we actually couldn't care less about responsible government spending and fostering US science and innovation? AH! Displace NSF and build an executive suite with a personal gym!!!" *jumping high-fives all around*

The House narrowly approved legislation Thursday to eliminate the next two years of federal funding for public media outlets. The measure passed 214 to 212, with two Republican lawmakers switching their votes from "no" to "yes" to push it over the finish line.

Kevin Heatley, former Crater Lake leader, joined OPB’s “Think Out Loud” to explain why he started working there, how Trump directives affected the park, and why he decided to leave: "I cannot, in good conscience, manage an operation that I know is moving in the wrong direction."

Great team, some nice maps, and some new insights on forest structure throughout the coastal regions of BC and Southeast AK!

A great thread on the national treasure that is Forest Service research.

I made friends in Ohio this past weekend. Lots of friends.

This much needed commentary explains why forest carbon offsets programs are 🐂💩. "... carbon storage as a nature-based solution will merely serve as a feel-good action and a distraction from meaningful efforts to reduce fossil based carbon loading of the atmosphere" 🔥🧪🌏

Upcoming @uoregon.bsky.social seminar. 🌍🌲

What's the skinny from our new paper on forest carbon credits? They are of LOW quality! Our report outlines strategies to improve them @cleanaircatf.bsky.social 🌲🌍

Got to get out into Yosemite and sniff a Jeffrey pine this weekend (sniffed a lot of them honestly). Also met a new friend!

New paper alert -- Gavin Jones strikes again! Key findings: • Fire-driven complete loss of mature forest habitat in California is possible by 2100 under 'business as usual'. • Active forest restoration could slow or reverse trends of mature forest loss. 🧪🌍🔥

Crazy how long this conversation has been going on

Please check out our new review in BioScience! We describe how spatial climate analogs can be used in climate change research, impact assessment, decision-making, and communication. #MacroEcology #ClimateChange #GlobalChange 1/4

It looks like the Trump administration isn't going to wait for the FY26 budget to decimate the National Park Service and the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area. Thousands of job cuts (1,500 in NPS and 1,000 in USGS) are planned via reduction in force within 10 days. Who benefits from this? Not Americans.

Not seeing much here but the USFWS proposed a new rule that could limit the scope of the Endangered Species Act. We have until May 19th to provide public comments. Go to www.regulations.gov Search FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0034 (docket number for this rulemaking) Leave a comment and let your voice be heard

SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF. The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation. Join: www.savensf.com

Agreed.

This article came out officially yesterday focused on supporting federal science to inform forest management: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Thanks to @gcerullo.bsky.social for his efforts on this.

NPR, OPB, and KLCC are the most comprehensive and informative news source for both local, national and international news here in central Oregon. Let's be loud and make sure it stays that way.

Well done, @agu.org and @ametsoc.org. So grateful to our scientific societies for showing leadership when we need it most.

Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming. Could these be the real culprits? The evidence is in--and the answer is NO. This thread explains! 🧵

NOAA's weather and climate prediction infrastructure provides critical forecasts for everything from hurricanes to wildfires to seasonal flood outlooks. Over 3,300 scientific experts call on Congress to stop the dismantling and illegal attacks. Read more from @ucsusa.bsky.social here:

The dismissal of National Climate Assessment authors this week and notice that its scope is being "reevaluated" leaves the door open to a compromised report serving fossil fuel interests at the cost of American communities. I talked to John Vause about this concern on CNN International last night.

Be good to see this still happen, regardless if it comes from the government. It wouldn’t be as impactful to US policy, but at least we would maintain accountability and a really great planning tool for future administrations and organizations that give a damn.