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That's our Dennie!

Very proud of this paper in BioScience : « Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature » 🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife ! 👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios... 🧪🦤

Don't miss out on your chance to travel to TWS’ Annual Conference and engage in one of the largest gatherings of wildlife professionals in North America. Find out more information for this year’s class here: https://wildlife.org/npwmwg/professional-development-program/

this, from @wyofile.com, is the best story I’ve read on the future of the USGS Co-op Units: wyofile.com/trumps-liqui...

Mississippi banned deer feeders because they may help spread chronic wasting disease. In response to doubts about whether feeders were riskier for CWD transmission than other areas, researchers conducted a study using camera traps and swabs.

I'm looking to hire a graduate student to examine plasticity and individual differences in movement and habitat selection of caribou to disturbance. Please see the attached ad and share!

A new fisheries MS is out in the world! Maddy Siller successfully defended her MS research on how fish habitat quality has changed through time. Congratulations Maddy!

AFS Introduced and Invasive Species Section invites abstract submissions for our symposium for #AFS2025. Students can also submit for our travel award. @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social @scifendler.bsky.social @mullyfish.bsky.social

How & why do we celebrate science, especially when it’s under attack? Check out discussion featuring Iowa City Darwin Day keynote speaker Tyrone B Hayes on @iowapublicradio.org! www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk...

Trophic Ecologists - new pkg alert - {trps} (pronounced ‘tropes’): Bayesian Trophic Position Models using 'Stan'. Estimates trophic position using equations from Post (2002), Vander Zanden & Vadeboncoeur (2002), & Heuvel et al. (2024). benjaminhlina.github.io/trps/ #rstats #ecology #foodwebs

#TimelineCleanse - Check out this delightful, even joyful, little video about the affect of #beavers' damns on their environment ☺️ (w/a thank you to @katharinehayhoe.com for linking to it in her latest newsletter, which I totally recommend subscribing to - www.talkingclimate.ca) #Wildlife

Indoctrination has begun. 🦫 ❤️

This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.

77 #BighornSheep Translocated to their New Home! 🦌🚁 A project led by @texasparkswildlife.bsky.social , to maintain a M.ovi free population, marking a key milestone in Texas' restoration efforts. 📸: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department #LotekTelemetry #AdvancingWildlifeScience

Among the other great points in this statement, “Every dollar spent on conservation in the US has a positive return of 2.4 times its original investment.” Conserving natural resources is good business. 🐟🐠🎣

Posting to promote the new episode / episode 65 of the North Dakota Outdoors Podcast by North Dakota Game Fish, which includes an interview with current lab member @alecchristensen.bsky.social talking about his career path and future plans. gf.nd.gov/ndo-podcast

Making a difference in your community, within your circle, or to your friends/colleagues is where it all starts

The American Fisheries Society stands strong in our support of the federal fisheries professionals who serve as the stewards of our aquatic natural resources. Read our new statement on the Future of Public Trust Resources: fisheries.org/2025/02/futu...

The National Park Service fired many of its park rangers as part of a reduction in the federal work force. Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about the cuts and share their love of the Park Service. “It’s scary, but it was the right thing to do.”

It is tough to do sea lamprey control in the US waters of the Great Lakes when front line control agents are fired. Just one of the consequences associated with random terminations of environmental professionals in the US. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 California Fish & Wildlife are hiring an Environmental Scientist to assist with ecosystem restoration of former Cannabis sites. 🌎🌾🧪🌿🌱🍁🌲🌳🏔️🍄 #GenerationRestoration

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 The Peregrine Fund is hiring a Geographic Information Systems (‬‭GIS) Specialist to‬‭ serve as a technical resource and aid in the management of GIS applications and spatial data. 🌎🧪🌿🌱🍁🪶💻🗾🗺️ peregrinefund.org/sites/defaul...

If you’re looking for a tangible way to make a difference and show your support for Indigenous psychology, now’s your chance. Donate TODAY to support Bemidji State University’s Indigenous Students in Psychology Training Program (InPsyT). #academicsky #psychsky

Great article on whats cuurent going on with our federal govt!

The Peregrine Fund is seeking a GIS specialist. Join an awesome team that's making the world a better place. peregrinefund.org/sites/defaul...

Please retweet and share. A badass friend helped make this website‼️🎉 They need stories on the purge of important people by DoGE and Trump. peopletrumpfired.com

Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despite receiving an exceptional performance evaluation in the fall.

I just got a report that a terminated employee from another agency got their job back after replying to the termination email with their good perf appraisal. If you are still connected, might as well try. It makes for good documentation if nothing else. Let me know. So far only this one anecdote.

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

Our parks are in chaos. We’ve seen firsthand how Trump’s hiring freeze, the rescinding of hundreds of job offers, and the layoff of 5% of NPS staff have left us overwhelmed and short-handed.

Hey #TeamFish Just keep swimming .. POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER OPPORTUNITY IN ICHTHYOLOGY: ON CRYPTOBENTHIC CORAL REEF FISHES www.fishsystematics.com/postoc

We're not giving up on this seasons field work studying moose in the park. Oh we're in debt from previous years but with your help we'll make it. We're a 501c3 in good standing and our first paper already passed peer review so 👍. If you can manage it Please donate today gofund.me/babd9034

Congratulations to #WiRELab alumni Mateen Hessami for his award winning efforts at building partnerships and recovering wildlife both during and after his MSc! @biodivpathways.bsky.social @ubcokanagan.bsky.social

wec.ifas.ufl.edu/cheri/ The UF Cervidae Health Research Initiative held its annual symposium yesterday. We are ecologists, veterinarians, geographers, virologists, and entomologists who use a One Health approach to study deer! 🌎🧪👩🏻‍🔬

A reminder that there is a starter pack for the CONSERVATION PHYSIOLOGY COMMUNITY. Today we welcomed cons phys gurus @trishschulte.bsky.social @physiologyfish.bsky.social & @craigefranklin.bsky.social. Ping me if you work in this space and want to be added! go.bsky.app/RRAUWkk

Hey all, please RT this new starter pack for locating our fellow ecological modellers on Blue Sky! And please reply to this post if you'd like to be added to the starter pack! go.bsky.app/EfUQaM2

Are any forest ecologists teaching a spatial ecology/spatial analysis/spatial statistics class online in the fall 2025 semester? #PhDsky #GIS #StatSky

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... It takes a village. Or about 300 coauthors 📸 🦌

Check out MS student Michele Lovara's update on her research! #conservationdogs www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA8A...

Bozeman! Come talk 🦫 🦫 🦫 with me tomorrow night. Deets below; hope to see ya.

Deadline extended: Are you a recent college graduate interested in research? Please consider applying to the #NSF CHANGE #RaMP program NDSU! Participants engage in one year, hands-on research experiences. $32,500 For more information, including potential projects: www.ndsu.edu/researchgrou...

I would like to thank @martin-nunez.bsky.social for providing this great opinion in the blog of one of the most importants #EcologyJournals @jappliedecology.bsky.social inspiration to think out of the box! appliedecologistsblog.com/2024/06/13/i...

We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky. Help us gain our following back Follow Retweet Repeat Join the park side @altyellonatpark.org