“I do find hope in the fact that wildlife can surprise us so much.” An interview with Hilary Flower, author of the new book The Kite and the Snail. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Is stewardship “the overlooked and most important leg of the conservation stool?” People have some feelings about this one ... maybe you will, too. New post from #Conservation Works. conservationworks.substack.com/p/words-we-n...

I’ve been thinking about Liz Bucar's viral essay "What If Trevor Noah Is Right About the Left and Religion?" since she published it last month. Here are a few thoughts about that piece — and about transformation, #conservation, & the imaginative power of both. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Until last year, the US government was one of the world's biggest funders of #biodiversity protection. For @biographic.bsky.social, I wrote about what's been lost since Trump slashed USAID and other agencies, and how people & organizations are moving forward now. www.biographic.com/the-future-o...

The US government has long been one of the world's biggest funders of biodiversity protection. @nijhuism.bsky.social looks into what we lost when USAID and other agencies got slashed, and how people and organizations are trying to rebuild from the rubble. www.biographic.com/the-future-o...

Join me this Thursday at 7 pm AKST / 8 pm PST for a discussion about the future of environmental journalism, kindly hosted by UAF Journalism. I'll be in Fairbanks in person, but if you'd rather not break out your Sorels, please tune in on Zoom! 🥶 🙏 🌌 www.uaf.edu/news/environ...

Rachel Carson's "Fable for Tomorrow" worked brilliantly — but only once. How can we create conservation fables for today? conservationworks.substack.com/p/how-to-bui...

Congressional Republicans are breaking conservation and using democracy as a cover. New from Conservation Works: conservationworks.substack.com/p/the-other-...

Writers and readers — please tell me about the essays you can’t forget. 💙📚

How Octavia Butler predicted the rise of MAGA ... and how conservation can learn from her. conservationworks.substack.com/p/how-and-wh...

@highcountrynews.org and our friends at Public Domain got a shoutout on Maddow last night for our story on Trump official Karen Budd-Falen's financial ties to the Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada. Kudos to Jimmy Tobias for his tenacious reporting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bycH...

Change socks, beat fascism: Woody's New Years Rulin's are forever. #happy2026 conservationworks.substack.com/p/wake-up-an...

A look back at conservation in 2025. conservationworks.substack.com/p/how-conser...

My story @theatlantic.com about the Trump administration's proposed dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a global hub for climate and weather science. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

Before the Trump administration took a USAID archive offline earlier this year, researchers organized a digital rescue mission to distill the archive's lessons. Here's what they found. New post from Conservation Works — thanks for reading! conservationworks.substack.com/p/sixty-year...

On the persistence of Silent Spring persuasion tactics in a Braiding Sweetgrass world. substack.com/home/post/p-...

A thoughtful piece here by @nijhuism.bsky.social about the state of environmental advocacy today. Give it a read conservationworks.substack.com/p/is-environ...

"I’d rather see environmental organizations of all kinds drive home the relationship between environ. issues & the concerns voters are already talking about—health, safety, affordability." @nijhuism.bsky.social on how enviros can start winning again. conservationworks.substack.com/p/is-environ...

On "A House of Dynamite," the meaning of expertise, and the one thing I really admire about Pete Hegseth. 💇‍♂️ New post at Conservation Works. conservationworks.substack.com/p/a-primal-s...

Winter's coming. Time to sinter ❄️ New post from Conservation Works. conservationworks.substack.com/p/words-we-n... #conservation #biodiversity

A bittersweet pleasure to stay up late last night thinking about Dr. Jane Goodall for @theatlantic.com. She was truly one of the greats. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

New post at Conservation Works about gratitude, darkness, going forth, and the legacies of Joanna Macy and my friend Nathan Suter. #ecogrief #biodiversity #conservationscience 🌍🌎🌏 Photo from Amanda Stronza's Animal Memorials series. conservationworks.substack.com/p/the-work-t...

I’ve observed plenty of dialogues intended to resolve deep-seated disputes over wildlife, and only rarely have I seen them produce anything but frustration. The National Wolf Conversation was different. conservationworks.substack.com/p/more-than-... 🧪🌍 #biodiversity #goodgreennews #conservation

Michelle Nijhuis @nijhuism.bsky.social on what we choose to save and what we leave behind

Block, bridge, build: a conservation strategy for the foreseeable future. New from me at Conservation Works: open.substack.com/pub/conserva... #conservation #ecology #restoration #biodiversity

The always-incisive @nijhuism.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com gets it exactly right on #publiclands. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

Fiction can distract us from climate reality; it can also help us face it. New post at Conservation Works: open.substack.com/pub/conserva... #climate #biodiversity

If only Trump had taken the Alcatraz audio tour and learned about the three guys who escaped through the air vents after widening them with spoons www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Morrissey sucks but this 2023 Glastonbury set of Smiths covers from Rick Astley and Blossoms is the joy I need right now www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxtr...

"De-extinction" is a marketing term, those "dire wolves" are designer dogs, and extinction is still forever. conservationworks.substack.com/i/160455290/...

Abundance: I read it, and I have some thoughts. Tell me yours! substack.com/home/post/p-...

Grateful to the incomparable @nijhuism.bsky.social (author of BELOVED BEASTS) for moderating the launch event for WARBODY by Joshua Howe (left) and Alexander Lemons (right, borrowing my hat), a new book on the "slow violence" of war and the health issues millions of military veterans face.

The Alien Enemies Act was last invoked in 1941. My neighborhood is still healing from the wounds. New post at Conservation Works: conservationworks.substack.com/p/when-alien...

Can a human represent the interests of wolves? I spoke with ethicist Bill Lynn about his role as a "wolf trustee" in the recent National Wolf Conversation. New post from Conservation Works, including links to resources and reporting on the ongoing attacks on public lands. Thanks for reading.

“If you are feeling uncertainty, frustration, or loss, you are not alone. These are real and valid emotions that I have been feeling, too.” — Randy Moore, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, in his Feb. 26 farewell email to employees 🌲

Went for a bike ride on the Potomac River & saw 3 pairs of nesting peregrine falcons & they asked me to spread the word that as soon as their chicks fledge, they will sharpen their beaks & talons, fly to DC & gouge out the eyes of anybody who says wildlife conservation is wasteful

What happens when you spend quality time with your political opponents? Last month, I had a chance to find out. My column on the National Wolf Conversation @postopinions.bsky.social : wapo.st/41u2bBY

Welp, please take this opportunity to read my piece in today's Post Opinions. It's not about personal liberties OR free markets! It's about wolves — and people. Gift link: wapo.st/41u2bBY #conservation #coexistence

Thought this was a smart, if tragic, point on @nijhuism.bsky.social's newsletter this morning: Obviously firing probationary employees is a blunt, convenient tool, but, for the agency-haters, it also serves the purpose of knee-capping future leaders. conservationworks.substack.com/p/the-admini...

If you need an uncomplicated good in your life (and don’t we all right now?) I recommend a slow reading or re-reading of the Wolf Hall trilogy. A joy. #booksky 📚💙

Coexistence: everybody wants it, but what IS it? New post at Conservation Works #conservationscience #ecology #wildlife 🌎 🌎 🌎 conservationworks.substack.com/p/words-we-n... feat. @s-pooley.bsky.social and news of conservation at work ... yes, conservation continues, even in these degraded times!

How to understand the West's "forever fire season" — great resources from the rich @highcountrynews.bsky.social archives, curated by @shaun505.bsky.social #wildfire www.hcn.org/articles/how...

The right-wing extremists at the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association are selling fake sheriff's badges for a mere $750 each cspoa.org/product/offi... @jesspish.bsky.social

Please join me and @birdallianceoregon.bsky.social for a virtual (and — I promise! — non-depressing) talk about “Conservation Beyond Boundaries” on January 21 at 7 pm PST. Register for free at the link below. birdallianceoregon.org/event/nature...

A final look back before the turning of the page. After nearly a decade as editor of @sierramagazine.bsky.social, here are some favorite pieces that I had the pleasure to publish, edit, or write.

Make your resolutions with the shortest, sharpest words you've got. New post for Conservation Works with HTs @johnrplatt.bsky.social @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social @gregvandy.bsky.social @kexp.bsky.social @highcountrynews.bsky.social @eenews.bsky.social conservationworks.substack.com/p/wake-up-an...

It's been a cold, dark, damp December here, and I have some thoughts about #gardening ... and conservation and gardening. And some news of Conservation at Work! #conservation #biodiversity #ecology 🌏 🌏

I hope Deb Haaland runs for governor of New Mexico youtu.be/x33Q2ApZpw0?...

I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them

At the dentist listening to THE ANATOMY OF FASCISM. Doubly proactive