Long-eared Owls (Asio otus) roosting. #owl #ecology #conservation #nature #birds

Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus). #owl #conservation #ecology #birds

Great plains lady's tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum) #nativeplants #prairie

Large flower false foxglove (Aureolaria grandiflora)

#prairie #ecology #conservation #nativeplants

Early summer remnant prairie #conservation #prairie #ecology #nativeplants

2025 Prairie and Woodland photo dump. #conservation #prairie #woodland #restoration #ecology #nativeplants

Fall prescribed fire in eastern Iowa. #conservation #prairie #woodland #restoration #ecology

Maquoketa IA #NoKings

A successful day surveying rattlesnakes. #conservation #prairie #ecology

Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) #prairie #nativeplants #ecology #conservation

This high quality dolomite prairie remnant puts on quite the show in spring. #prairie #ecology #nativeplants #conservation

Padicularis Point Jackson County IA. Hemi-parasitic plants like wood betony (Pedicularis canadensis) are a component of old growth high quality prairies, oak savannas, and open oak woodlands. For Ecologists plants like wood betony, among others, serve as indicator species of a site's quality.

Federal scientists will stop updating the NOAA list of billion-dollar weather disasters. The list, which had grown rapidly in recent years, reflected both worsening extreme weather and expanding development nationwide.

Early spring eastern Iowa remnant dolomite prairie plants from the past few days. #prairie #conservation 🌎

More hoary puccoon.

Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) #nativeplants 🌎

Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia) #prairie #nativeplants 🌎

Hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) #prairie #nativeplants 🌎

Bird's foot violet (Viola pedata). #prairie #nativeplants 🌎

Bernie showed up at Coachella!

#HandsOff Maquoketa IA

Right now, Booker is still at it. And you can watch: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...

Rx fire on one of my oak savanna sites. #prairie #savanna #conservation #prescribedfire #restorationecology 🌎🔥

Regarding #prairie and prairie #fire in Iowa from "Journalism of Northwest Iowa" by Charles Aldrich in Annals of Iowa (can't find pub year, but Aldrich died in 1908...certainly well beyond copyright). Don't deride "calendar prairies." Prairie was blossoms after blossoms through the growing season.

Pasque Flower (Anemone patens) #prairie #grasslands #nativeplants 🌎

Old friends are waking up. Snow trillium (Trillium nivale) #nativeplants #ecology 🌎

WTF?!? Elon Musk reposted this on X before quietly deleting it: “Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”

Elon Musk staffers are drawing six-figure government salaries funded by taxpayers.

Gratitude and reciprocity are the doorway to true abundance, not power, money, or fear. - Brian Gibbs @altnps.bsky.social

Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.

Moonlighting as musicians

NOAA is an absolute mess, and it’ll be worse tomorrow. Please help us. There have already been over 1,000 terminations. It’s not just layoffs—Elon Musk and his staffers are trying to completely dismantle us. Today, there were tons of firings, and more are coming tomorrow.

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Iowa DNR removes page about Natural Resources and Recreation Trust Fund www.iowadnr.gov/about-dnr/gr...

The DHS will use polygraphs to question employees about communications with the media or nonprofit organizations in an effort to root out members of the resistance.

We the People are pissed! #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #PoliticalRevolution #NoVoiceUnheard #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #VoicesUnheard @polrev.bsky.social

My buddy Brian lost his job at the National Park Service due to the Trump federal employee layoffs. His story was covered on NPR. Please give it a read @altnps.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/02/17/n...

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

Trump has granted a conflict of interest waiver for Musk. We’re eager to see if the administration will release it in line with their vow of transparency.

Elon Musk is in the Oval Office right now with Trump, and with Musk’s son X, ahead of a signing of executive orders related to Musk’s so-called cost-cutting initiative, DOGE.

#Prairie and #savanna people. The Prairie Enthusiasts' virtual conference is next week. Live sessions that are missed are recorded and can be viewed up to 90 days after the fact. #climate, research, stewardship, #indigenous persectives, #art, community theprairieenthusiasts.org/tpe-events/2...

Some photos from across the country for the 50 States 50 State Capitols march today Feb 5 2025: I will add more photos from more cities as I come across them. (sorry, not able to credit photographers) Lansing MI Austin TX Denver CO Harrisburg PA

Saturday February 15th the Iowa Prairie Network Winter Seminar will be held in Ames Iowa. Come share your love of prairie with professionals and enthusiasts alike🌎. Register at iowaprairienetwork.org #prairie #restorationecology #nativeplants

Pale False Foxglove (Agalinis skinneriana) a rare hemiparasitic plant found in dry rock prairies in my neck of the prairie 🌎 #prairie #ecology #restorationecology #conservation #nativeplants

“what about the drivers of cancer and other disease that result from the choices of others, especially those that choose their own economic well-being over the health of their neighbors? www.thegazette.com/guest-column...

Hello prairie people. I hope you consider attending the Iowa Prairie Network Winter Seminar held on Saturday Feb 15th in Ames Iowa. The seminar has a great list of speakers and is free to attend. Register at iowaprairienetwork.org #prairie #conservation #restorationecology

Bringing it back to late summer and early fall with great plains ladies tresses (Spiranthes magnicamporum) 🌎 #prairie #nativeplants #conservation #restorationecology #pinkskyPost

Prairie crayfish (Procambarus gracilis) found on a remnant wet prairie that I help manage. Notice the cluster of larval crayfish under her tail 🌎. #prairie #ecology