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Amanda Cheeseman
@amandacheeseman.bsky.social

Assistant Professor @SDState | Conservation | Management (mostly mammals) She/her ๐Ÿ‡๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿฆฆ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿฆ๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿฆจ views mine | aecheeseman.weebly.com

Environmental science 80%
Geography 20%
๐Ÿบ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿบ NEW PAPER! ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿบ

Recovering wolves in WA tolerate threats except high harvest, high lethal removals, and lack of immigration

With @labgardner.bsky.social, Sarah Converse, & Ben Maletzke

zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Forecasting Dynamics of a Recolonizing Wolf Population Under Different Management Strategies
We use a novel spatially explicit projection model to evaluate how different management strategies and system uncertainties affect the recolonization dynamics of wolves. We found that scenarios relat....
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Michael Clemens @mclem.org ยท May 21
They're terminating OPT.

Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.

6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic actionโ€”> @piie.com
Skilled immigration on the chopping block? Effects of eliminating "Optional Practical Training" in the US
The White House has taken numerous steps to sharply reduce the number of immigrant workers, with or without legal status, in the US economy. These policies, so far, typically target immigrants with le...
www.piie.com
๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ† TWO M.S. POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN MY LAB!! Focus will be bobcat and coyote dynamics in an ocelot pre-reintroduction landscape. Come join the fun. Deadline is June 1 for an August start ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ†

Position posting is here: tinyurl.com/5y3uhbf3
๐Ÿšจ๐ŸŽ‰ New paper "Ten quick tips to get you started with Bayesian statistics", hope you'll like it ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿค—

โœ๐Ÿฝ w/ Andy Royle, Marc Kรฉry and Chloรฉ Nater

๐Ÿ”— dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

@plos.org @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social @umontpellier.bsky.social

Whoop! Going to be great!
Are you going to #ICCB2025 in Brisbane? Come take the Geospatial Analysis in R all-day workshop on Saturday, June 14. This workshop was developed by me and @amandacheeseman.bsky.social in the COVID era, and now has some brand-new updates from @thespeclab.bsky.social! Join us! ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿฆ˜

Sheโ€™s been running some advanced SECR and occupancy analysis and quite good at the publishing process!!

Anyone in the wildlife ecology world in need of a good data analyst/ lab/ project manager or someone to help polish up those outstanding pubs? I have a brilliant graduating MS student looking.

Photo from some of her work for attention!
Chuliang Song @clsong.com ยท Mar 25
So emotional seeing my first-ever teaching evaluations! ๐Ÿ˜ญ Creating all the materials from scratch was tough, but incredibly rewarding.

I put a lot of thought into what students need in the AI eraโ€”sharing the complete class materials here in case they're helpful: clsong.github.io/EEB_C234/01_...
Excited to say that the stickers of all #2025MMM contestants are finished and up on the store. Check them out here: brushesandbiomes.printful.me

#mammals #sciart #watercolor #art

I feel so honored to be mentioned by #2025MMM. Spotted skunks are the best
In the midwest, a lone Spotted Skunk is out hunting. Spotted skunks are rare in this area, Actual Living Scientist @amandacheeseman.bsky.social & colleagues showed historical skunk populations crashed following diet changes from shifting agricultural practices. (Cheeseman, 2020) #2025MMM
In the midwest, a lone Spotted Skunk is out hunting. Spotted skunks are rare in this area, Actual Living Scientist @amandacheeseman.bsky.social & colleagues showed historical skunk populations crashed following diet changes from shifting agricultural practices. (Cheeseman, 2020) #2025MMM
March Mammal Madness fans, good news! @natickbobcat.bsky.social created a Starter Pack of folks involved in #2025MMM. I also converted it into a Bluesky List so you have both options. Happy species research!

List: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Pack: go.bsky.app/BVUtr1g ๐Ÿงช

Had nearly the same thing happen once (only 10/12-2 not shown). Clearly was very excited lol
"The US took nearly a century to craft its rich scientific ecosystem; if the unraveling that has taken place over the past month continues, Americans will feel the effects for decades to come."
www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of Americaโ€™s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come.
www.technologyreview.com

We should all be mad but for some additional context on where to direct the anger Universities and schools received this letter- basically they risk losing all federal funding if they donโ€™t comply with the DEI orders: www.ed.gov/media/docume...
www.ed.gov
Baby tapir Ume had her first encounter with the water dish and itโ€™s adorable! ๐Ÿฅฐ
NSF grants/fellowships werenโ€™t just given out willy-nilly, these are our colleagues doing elite peer-reviewed work, for which they should be supported and lauded.

They call it a database but thatโ€™s a funny way to say โ€œlist for targeted harassment or worse.โ€

www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
Cruz-Led Investigation Uncovers $2 Billion in Woke DEI Grants at NSF, Releases Full Database
www.commerce.senate.gov

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How do you get followers on here, post fun bear videos? ๐Ÿป

Lucky enough to visit Antarctica over the holidays and met the best seals- figured Bluesky needed to meet them too

Oh for sure! Itโ€™s much easier to agree to review a paper 3-4 weeks from now- thatโ€™s future Amanda problem vs one due next week

Missed the poll but 21-28 days would be my preference. It takes a bit of time to be able to work it into the schedule
Altmetric @altmetric.com ยท Dec 10
Mentions of research on Bluesky have crossed a half million posts as of this morning.

#Academicsky #Metascience #highered #MedSky

Iโ€™d love to be added!

Anyone find any good starter packs for nature / space photographers? (Preferably not full of AI).

Missing my spectacular landscapes and skies portion of my feed from the other placeโ€ฆ

Come join us!

We have such a fantastic and supportive group of faculty and I think there is potential to teach a variety of courses specialized to your interests with this one! ๐ŸฆŒ ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿฆœ๐Ÿฆž๐Ÿ 
#SDStateNRM is hiring! Please share widely!
We're looking for an Instructor in Natural Resource Mgmt (expertise in fisheries, wildlife, ecology, env science or range). See link for details. MS required. Deadline 12/6. Sorry for the late post here. It was up on the other place...
t.co/FKQuPrm7nL
https://jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=99505
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#SDStateNRM is hiring! Please share widely!
We're looking for an Instructor in Natural Resource Mgmt (expertise in fisheries, wildlife, ecology, env science or range). See link for details. MS required. Deadline 12/6. Sorry for the late post here. It was up on the other place...
t.co/FKQuPrm7nL
https://jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=99505
t.co
In-line with some Ichthyology/ornithology individuals on here, I want to do 25 days of #BatMas this year!

Follow this thread to learn about bats everyday! ๐Ÿฆ‡ ๐Ÿงต