The government shutdown & public lands unpacked... with historical context and a warning for the future. The time to stand up for public lands is t just during a trending issue, but it's *always*. #government #shutdown #publiclands #nationalparks #yosemite #joshuatree

What the shutdown looked like at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park today. Closed visitor center and entrance fee booth. Lots of confused visitors who don’t know what “lapse in appropriations” means.

📍 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park looking dramatic for Government Shutdown Eve. I’ll be venturing back in today to see any signs of said shutdown (which should be pretty basic at this point: closed visitor center and no ranger at the fee gate).

Babe, you already did all that! I believe you called it a “big beautiful bill”.

Guess the location? 🏜️ If you said Monument Valley, CORRECT! 🏃🏻I’ll also accept “Forest Gump running scene”, although despite seemingly everyone else in the place, that’s not really why I visited. Gorgeous spot in Navajo Territory. #runforestrun #monumentvalley #navajo

Happy National (PROTECT) Public Lands Day 💚 #publiclands #nationalparks #saguaro #nationalpubliclandsday

Can @metrolosangeles.bsky.social take us to nature? Let’s ride the new A Line Extension in the San Gabriel Valley and find out! 💚 (Spoiler alert: you can! Otherwise I wouldn’t have made this video lol) #transitmonth2023 #losangeles #lametro #SGV

Fun fact: there are 183,269.62 miles of street in California! Yes, some of them aren’t walkable, but that’s mostly because they don’t have a sidewalk. #california #calilove #nobodywalksinla #peoplecantwalkthestreets

If your “gender reveal” causes as fire and mudslides, maybe reconsider… #oakglen #mudslide #fire #genderrevealparty #stop

Just a casual reminder that you don’t have to listen to the secretary of health and human services (who has no experience in either health or human services), and you can go get that Covid booster.

Raise your hand if you 💚 soft bottoms! 🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏾🙋🏼‍♀️ Soft bottom sections in the LA River provide habitat for all kinds of plant and animal species, including the human species, and are a powerful reminder of what was and what can still be. #lariver #losangeles #environmentaleducation #urbanecology #dtla

I remember that moment of hope. When my city had been torn apart by fire, but we came together in force. It shouldn’t have to take a disaster to do that. It’s doesn’t have to take a disaster to do that. We can’t let it only be a disaster that does that. #lafires #losangeles #hope #bethechange

What is the “roadless rule” and what can you do to protect it (and OUR public lands)? #publiclands #roadlessrule #recreation #outdoors #resist #outdoorsisfree #naturetherapy #keepnaturewild #hiking #biking #camping

Full Moonset over the Pacific Ocean 🌝 September 7, 2025 🌅 Point Mugu, California

Endless SoCal summer 🌅😎 camped out of phone range for the weekend. It was messy (blaming dogs and wet sand), but isn’t that always true of life? ❤️‍🔥 I also made a few videos, stay tuned 🌊🏄🏻‍♂️🦈 #malibu #socal #beachboys #pointmugu #santamonicamountains #campingwithdogs

I get it, California water is complicated. I don’t expect most anyone to understand it all. But also, maybe don’t claim you did things you know nothing about? #california #water #lafires #resist

San Gabriel Mountains sunset through the California buckwheat 🍿🧡

Next press release: "California, Oregon, and Washington to launch new West Coast Government Alliance to uphold democratic integrity as Trump destroys the America's credibility" @gwenie.bsky.social

PSA: you’re on a trail not the club, please stop blasting music. I love music, but save it for the city, your car, your home, even back at your campsite at a respectable level. #hiking #hikelife #outdoorlife #camping #leavenotrace

Sunset Queer Ecology Walk 🌈💚 this Thurs, 9/4! Event link in bio! 💖 Get together with queer friends & allies (& @nataliareagan.bsky.social & me) to learn about this flower, the moth, and ALL the beautiful diversity found in Mother Nature. #queer #lgbtq #ecology #biology #environmentaleducation

Unionize NPS & protect our park rangers! Always & foreverrrrr! #publiclands #nationalparks #yosemite #sequoianationalpark #laborday

We need to shift our perspective on fire. Obviously fires that harm people are horrible, but fire as a force of nature isn’t going anywhere. The question is how to learn from past mistakes so we can live with it? #lafires #wildfire #smokeythebear #smokeybear #californiafires #altadena #palisades

I’ll never be #hopescrolling for death, but I will for a better life. For everyone to be treated with decency and compassion and kindness. That’s the #hope I scroll for.

Queer ecology walk coming up on 9/4 with my friend @nataliareagan.bsky.social! 🌈💚 join us!

A mistake is one of the best ways to learn, as long as we heed the lesson. Manzanar National Historic Site @manzanarnps @manzanarcommittee is a lesson I think some folks in power need to learn right now. #manzanar #nationalparkgeek #nationalparks #easternsierra #395north #history #ww2

6 things you can DO: 1- believe climate change is real. 2- act on it. 3- vote for leaders who believe in it. 4- support brands that address it. 5- volunteer with local eco groups. 6- commune with your local environment.

Surprise!! I talk with my hands a lot 🙌😜 Also, I’m available for talks/hikes/events with organizations/companies/schools on all sorts of environmental/motivational/inspirational topics!❤️‍🔥 Email/check my website (in bio) for info 💌 #environmentaleducation #corporateretreat #guestspeaker #losangeles

Frog & Toad say come on my LA River Sunset Walk, 8/27 or 9/18. 🐸💞🐸 The last of my summer river walks. Event link in bio 💚 #frogtown #losangeles #lariver #frog #toad #urbanecology #natureinla

PART 1 of many 🌊💧 SoCal takes water from lots of different places to exist, and harms a lot of those places in the process, which is why water conservation and better water management is *always* critical. 💙 #monolake #easternsierra #sierranevada #california #losangeles #lariver

This is your sign to read *every* sign in our parks 💚 Truth and sanity comes from telling the full story, even if it makes us uncomfortable, because understanding our history is how we avoid repeating it. #publiclands #environmentaleducation #thisisyoursign #nationalparkservice #muirwoods

I have nothing against him, but this was a post about scientific research on California ecosystems. Why do you need him to weigh in? #criticalthinking #lafires #misinformation #inthistogether #ilovela

Email [email protected] / or check my link in bio for an email form. We can be fire safe without damaging what’s left of our ecosystem, and science proves it! It’s not a (zone) zero sum game. #zone0 #calfire #firesafe #wildlife #homehardening #defensiblespace

Yes I hug trees (and speak to them, encourage them, get encourage from them) when I’m out there 💚 And yes I turned it into my new a sticker that I give out on all my hikes 💞 #treehugger #sequoia #plantdaddy

Join me 8/13 for a Foraging/Scent Walk at sunset! 🍒💚this Wednesday with @usal.project event link in the threads or bio. This native plant foraging “Honorable Harvest” idea (not rules) is from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. #foraging #forage #cherry #californianativeplants #nativelants

My comrade in consciousness, peace does not come from touching just any old grass, you must touch the *native* grass to fully chillax.

Guerrilla signage? Or maybe guerrilla UNgardening. Either way, maybe let’s stop planting invasive, fire-fuel plants like fountain grass? Kthxluvu! 💚 #invasiveplants #touchgrass #plantdaddy #plantdad #invasivespecies #lafires #homedepot

Snap out of it! And see you this Friday >> www.eventbrite.com/e/1520519086...

It’s giving life, FarmVille, all-you-can-eat buffet, insect intelligence, gorgeousness vibes… or at least it was until either bird or squirrel friends ate that entire sunflower🌻😵 don’t worry there’s about 20 more sunflowers coming in off the stem. #sunflower #itsgiving #natureisbeautiful #ant #bee

Hey LA: instead of focusing on what’s wrong, let’s focus on how to fix it! 🫶 Send a letter to the Los Angeles Mayor Bass and city council to support the @festivaltrail28 💚 Link in bio makes it super freakin easy to send that letter!

Public comment link in bio >> Waiting for the Environmental Protection Agency to protect the environment... but not holding my breath. #epa #environment #climatechange #climatechangeisreal #motherearth

As a kid we used food stamps AND grew food in our home garden. We can’t unravel the intertwined roots of advocacy and food, because it all comes from the same place: our survival. When people are denied food, the entire world is starved of its humanity. #plants #gardening #gaygardener #plantdad

Hummingbird clearwing moth! 😍

I love that people are rewilding their yards coast-to-coast 💚 the future is beautiful things like native plants, butterflies, bees, and birds! 🌼🦋🌿 from Long Island, NY to Long Beach, CA. #nativeplants #newyork #losangeles #californianativeplants #killyourlawn

You can’t be a good advocate if you burn out! ❤️‍🔥 #naturetherapy #natureheals #naturelover #environmentalist #burnout #motherearth #protecttheplanet

The not-so-humble Humboldt liLY 🧡 8ft tall and GORGEOUS 😳🥰🫠 #lily #humboldt #nativeplants #californianativeplants #humboldtlily

The best way to help animals might be letting them be ❤️‍🔥🦌 thanks to Lauren from @pasadenahumane.org for educating us all about it! Original post/footage of the deer from the amazing @Chaney.trail.corridor. 💚 #wildlife #deer #eatonfire #lafires #altadena #pasadena #pasadenahumane

Congrats Food Forwaed on HALF A BILLION pounds of food waste recovered! Check them out to see how you can help feed our communities while also saving the planet! #foodwaste #foodinsecurity #savetheplanet #citrus #losangeles #california #climatachange

Link in profile to tell our local leaders we *need * the Festival Trail 🌳 3 years out from the Olympics. Time to get ready LA! #olympics #losangeles #noice #la28 #la2028 #lastrong

Millard Falls is *CLOSED* but that’s a good thing, because now it’s the *Altadena Ecosystem Refuge* ❤️‍🩹💚 Let’s give the animals and plants a chance by staying away… for now. #altadena #eatonfire #lafires #losangeles #sangabrielmountains

A few weeks ago on a nature walk near Santa Barbara the docent asked me how I knew so much about the plants. When I said “because I teach about nature too, but in LA”, a smug guy in an SF Giants hat laughed “there’s nature in LA?! Yeah right!” #lariver #losangeles #natureinla #naturetherapy #resist