Apparently, I now work at the Smithsonian Museum of arts and industries. (Either that or my building is serving as the backdrop for an action sequence in Percy Jackson and The Olympians season 3.)

Reach out if you are interested in applying to the Liber Ero postdoctoral fellowship program. I work on caribou, wolves, invasive wild pigs, farmland moose, and a lot more. [email protected] liberero.ca

First time I’ve ever seen nodding onion in landscaping 😊. I remember a few years ago when there was a stink because the university insisted on mowing down some fireweed (an art installation) before it went to seed, lest it establish on campus. I really appreciate the complete turnaround on this.

1/4 Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes". Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied. 🧪🔥

Herbarium director position opening at Oregon State University ‪@osu-herbarium.bsky.social‬ Great opportunity for herbarium- and field-trained botanists at any rank. bpp.oregonstate.edu/bpp/about/op...

Sometimes a humpback whale photobombs your shot of orca mom and baby. 🤷‍♂️

One convenient thing about camping with an EV is powering an electric kettle with the car. I’m really tempted to ditch the propane Coleman stove for an electric tabletop induction burner.

Just ran 5K for the first time in my life. (33:22 PB! 😂) I will assume the coyote pup I saw at the start of my run was a good omen.

The planting at the reconciliation pole is looking quite nice. Definitely prefer this over mowed grass.

If anyone’s looking for a PhD position, I strongly recommend Tobias’s lab.

Need a momentary escape? Enjoy a snowy winter (Feb) day at Malcolm Knapp Research Forest in Maple Ridge, BC. youtu.be/v6vHMDQ0nsM

Harvey Milk served in the Navy during the Korean War, but was discharged in 1955, not for any misconduct, but because he was gay. And now his name is being removed from a Navy vessel, once again not because of anything he did wrong, but because he was gay. It's the same hate from the same scum.

Worst campus parking space ever.

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

This tree didn’t come to play. 👀

Greatly looking forward to my 12-hour layover in Hong Kong tomorrow. 😊

Course eval time. Made minimal changes in my two courses this term, evals for one improved modestly, evals for the other dropped dramatically 😕🤷‍♂️. Time for some pondering.

I appreciate this false Solomon’s seal that popped up in an otherwise unkept planter on campus.

Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie Twice

Cast my first Canadian federal election ballot! 🇨🇦 (A bit disappointed there were no “I voted” stickers.)

Most of my podcasts (news-focused) are depressing at the moment. But this episode of Hyperfixed just brought me some joy. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...

Really looking forward to this, though I’m wondering whether I should rewatch season one first. (IMO, this is the best Star Wars show by far.) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/a...

The Workday Final Grade Submission Tool is pushing me over the brink. (Dear software engineers, if a process fails for some reason, give an error message!)

If you know, you know. youtube.com/watch?v=2z7k...

A sample treasure! 🌲💍 (not only for encrusted quartz!) The smooth appearance of the trunk means that the last ring produced has been preserved... which is the Graal for me! 🍷 (Bark is here too! 🥰) This way an exact glacier-kill date can be achieved! 🧊✝️ -9623 (b2k) during summer! ☀️

Just spent 30 minutes trying in vain to upload grades for Canvas assignment. Found a post from 2021(!) from someone who realized it's a bug cause by having the word "final" in the assignment name. 😠🤯

Really great article about the 1700 Pacific Northwest quake. hakaimagazine.com/features/gre...

Spotted this garter snake on Friday. TIL that garter snakes are both venomous (but very mildly at a level that does not affect humans) and poisonous (because their body retains toxins from certain amphibians they eat). 🤯 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garter_...

I'm really proud of @forestry.ubc.ca for launching the Bachelor of Indigenous Land Stewardship degree and I'm thrilled that the Mastercard Foundation is supporting the program with an $8m grant. Congrats to all the folks involved in making this degree happen! forestry.ubc.ca/news/bachelo...

UBC is hosting US Applicant Week from April 14-18, which allows US students to apply during an extended application period for graduate studies. Sixty graduate programs will be reopening applications for US applicants for September 2025 and January 2026 start dates - www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...

Really exceptional West Coast Fire event with @johnvaillant.bsky.social and my amazing colleagues @loridanielsubc.bsky.social and @drsuzannesimard.bsky.social

One more week to apply for the two #TenureTrack professorship that are open the #Geography Department of #Humboldt-University Berlin! Great opportunities for postdocs with an interest in working on human-environment systems and global change - deadline April 11. @humboldtuni.bsky.social

Support UBC Forestry on Giving Day today! 🌱 This year, we’re raising funds for the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Renewal Project to expand its educational and outreach programs. You can double your impact with every donation matched by UBC’s Academic Capital Fund!🌍 #UBCGivingDay 🔗 bit.ly/3Dz3kip

Congratulations to Dr. Weiwei Wang who is joining our TRU Wildfire Team this summer as an Assistant Professor. Welcome and we look forward to working with you. www.tru.ca/wildfire.html

It's also the day for my favorite meme! If this aging Klingon warrior can get it right, so can anyone.

I find this setting very helpful.

Looks like it’s currant-ly spring. (I’ll see myself out.)

Meanwhile, Lytton BC, which burned to the ground in 2021, and is not a wealthy community, has barely started the process of rebuilding. Fire recovery is still severely hampered by social injustice. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

A good opportunity to visit Malcom Knapp Research Forest (Maple Ridge, BC).

Come join us @forestry.ubc.ca! Faculty position in Transdisciplinary Wildfire Sciences. 👇

I've been watching this ice around the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior, and this is the best yet. Sentinel 2, March 1, 2025.

The Centre for Wildfire Coexistence at #UBCForestry invites applications for a funded interdisciplinary PhD opportunity: Collaborative approaches to prescribed and cultural fire in British Columbia, Canada.🇨🇦🌲 See below or visit our website for more details: forestry.ubc.ca/career-oppor...

Come join our growing wildfire fire team at TRU. We are hiring a new assistant/associate fire professor in Arts & Tourism. Closes 26 March 2025 tru.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posti...

Filmed some single-stem Heli-logging at Malcolm Knapp Research Forest yesterday. (They did not let me fly the helicopter.)

Sometimes, when everything is wrong in the world, I revisit Paul F. Tompkins impersonating Werner Herzog reviewing a Trader Joe’s on Yelp. youtu.be/5YW-5Flkiuw

We're hiring! Concordia University (Montreal) has a position open in Synthetic Biology and Biomanufacturing. Looking for expertise in synthetic biology, bioengineering and bioprocessing with an applied focus on sustainability, food security, or human health: www.concordia.ca/artsci/about...

Meet new #UBCForestry prof. Dr. Zelalem Taye.🌱 In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, Dr. Taye shares how his childhood in Ethiopia shaped his passion for biodiversity, the groundbreaking research he's leading, and his vision for mentoring future scholars. 📖 Read: forestry.ubc.ca/news/in-the-...

The Department of Forest Resources Management at #UBCForestry invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher – Forest Operations & Silviculture as part of the Silva21 project. Learn more and apply: forestry.ubc.ca/career-oppor...