New England asters are out in force

For gardeners in the Northeast US, here's an article about a new resource on native plants: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/25/s...

Sharing meadow pics - backyard conservation.

Eastern opuntia - native to eastern North America. Super happy in really terrible rocky soil and full sun.

Breakfast with Lou

Baptisia australis grown from seed in our backyard meadow. Blooming for the first time in year 4 - the meadow continues to surprise me.

Come support ecosystems science! mobilize.us/s/0gUQec/n

Some great resources here for raising awareness about the importance of science: www.standupforscience.net/microflyering

The GOP wanted to impeach Biden for a fake $5M bribe from Ukraine that was made up by a guy sitting in prison for lying about it, but they’re cool with a $400M plane from Qatar. Do I have that right?

@altnps.bsky.social There is a huge amount of support for conserving ecosystems and species out there. Yet whenever I talk to reporters they say 'you have to frame this in terms of what people care about'. The media thinks people only care about themselves.

Little bit of good news for your Friday evening. www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/p...

Show me a picture that represents conservation, fish, wildlife or nature to you! Bonus points if it’s taken on public lands (of any kind)! #FWSStrong #ProtectPublicLands *please use alt text to describe the photo if you can. It’s easy, the alt button comes up and you type a description.

RIP our lands and waters. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

Trump attacks on science continue - next victim are ecosystems. www.science.org/content/arti...

#GRFP results are out today. Last year NSF funded over 2000 awards. This year only 1000. We are killing our future.