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Andrew Rypel
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Director of the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences @ Auburn University https://agriculture.auburn.edu/research/faas/ • 🧪 for Ecosystems, Fish, People & Ag https://sites.google.com/view/rypel-lab/home • ✍️ at TangledNature.com .. more

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 15d
Rivers have tugged at me for as long as I can remember.

I hope you might check out my recent Substack post on how we’ve slowly detached ourselves from rivers, and what's been lost through modernization. 🌊🌱

tnature.substack.com/p/no-one-tal...
No One Talks About Rivers Anymore
How modernity blinded our aquatic ancestry
tnature.substack.com

Reposted by Andrew L. Rypel

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 17h
A travesty really
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Is it me, or did the new LinkedIn thumbnail kind of rip off the Secchi Disc?!

Reposted by Silvia Secchi

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 17h
Is it me, or did the new LinkedIn thumbnail kind of rip off the Secchi Disc?!

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 18h
I realize RT'ing my own blog on x-mas day, which touches on issues around consumerism, is probably a faux pas, but...
andrewrypel.bsky.social Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 3d
What do long-held things teach us about depth?

A short Edge Effects meditation that grew out of having to let go of my old truck.

🛻 tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
Edge Effects: After the Last Mile
A Meditation on Durability and Depth in a Disposable Age
tnature.substack.com

Reposted by Andrew L. Rypel

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 19h
That's a wrap on 2025's #25DaysofFishmas - the 10th year of #Fishmas silliness! Thanks to everyone who has followed along as we explored some of the amazing fish that call the US home.

From Atlantic to Pacific, there's a lot worth protecting - wishing everyone peace and renewal of hope for 2026.
All of the fish species featured during the 2025 #25DaysofFishmas

Reposted by Andrew L. Rypel

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Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences @cjfas.bsky.social · 3d
A home for contaminants research is here! Contaminants, Environment, and Society publishes insights that link science, community, and policy. Check out the scope and submit your research ▶️ https://ow.ly/czCj50Xuof8

#PollutionResearch #OpenForSubmissions #Microplastics
Cover of Contaminants, Environment, and Society journal showing a wetland with trees and a blue sky. Announcement of submissions opening.

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 3d
40 years ago, there would have likely been no birds here because there was no water flooded on these fields in the winter.

Farmers help conservation much more than people realize. AND...they often can and want to do more! #ThisIsTheWay 👏
ricenews.bsky.social California Rice Commission @ricenews.bsky.social · 3d
A sky full of snow geese over California rice.

Proof that working lands and wildlife can thrive together.

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 3d
That sucks! Literally...not figuratively :)

Reposted by Andrew L. Rypel

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California Rice Commission @ricenews.bsky.social · 3d
A sky full of snow geese over California rice.

Proof that working lands and wildlife can thrive together.

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 3d
What do long-held things teach us about depth?

A short Edge Effects meditation that grew out of having to let go of my old truck.

🛻 tnature.substack.com/p/edge-effec...
Edge Effects: After the Last Mile
A Meditation on Durability and Depth in a Disposable Age
tnature.substack.com

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 4d
Anytime! That sounds right up my alley!

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 4d
Thanks for the retweet (errr re-post) Ben! Fan of your books...

Reposted by Andrew L. Rypel

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 4d
“What were once bedrock aspects of daily life & spirituality increasingly appear as infrastructure, background scenery, or vague environmental concern. Our lived relationship w/ rivers has, in a quiet but profound way, been deleted.”

— @andrewrypel.bsky.social

tnature.substack.com/p/no-one-tal...
No One Talks About Rivers Anymore
How modernity blinded our aquatic ancestry
tnature.substack.com

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 5d
It looks like Carpenter is also rocking a sweet vest!

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 5d
Dang. That vest is BOSS, Jim!

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 5d
Looks amazing!

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 8d
Thanks Eric - I hope you and the Madison are are doing well. It would be fun to catch up in person again sometime.

Reposted by Scott C. Doney, Andrew L. Rypel

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Jim Elser @drlimnology.bsky.social · 8d
Do you know students who are keen for a transformative summer in western Montana! Our @umflbs.bsky.social summer session field courses are OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!

Please help spread the word. flbs.umt.edu/apps/educati...
Three young people in a rowboat, one is rowing and one is waving. All are smiling! Several young people are in shallow stream making measurements. Two young men are examining a zooplankton sample on Lake McDonald. A person is laying on his belly in some alpine flowers taking a picture. A tall mountain is in the background.

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 9d
So sorry Matt - losing a Dad is horrible. It's a blessing that you had those outdoor experiences with him, and he obviously made a great person in you.

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 10d
Since I was young, always wanted to see & fish the St. Lawrence.

Reposted by Andrew L. Rypel

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 10d
Great piece by @andrewrypel.bsky.social on rivers
tnature.substack.com/p/no-one-tal...
Inspires a tribute to the St Lawrence: Gateway to the world's largest freshwater ecosystem; 1200km length; holds archipelagos, wetlands, fluvial lakes, an enormous estuary & 70 native species of freshwater fishes.

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 10d
This one surprising me a little with read stats and how much it is traveling.

I think it's possible people genuinely *miss* being close to the rivers! I know I do.

tnature.substack.com/p/no-one-tal...
No One Talks About Rivers Anymore
How modernity blinded our aquatic ancestry
tnature.substack.com

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 12d
Have always loved squirrel fish!

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 12d
Ouch. Can't train deep thinkers if we don't have them read hard things.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 13d
Dream job alert for someone!
biogeobob.bsky.social Bob Hall @biogeobob.bsky.social · 13d
Love aquatic research, teaching, and outreach? Want to join us at our terrific field station and live on Yellow Bay, Montana? University of Montana seeks a new Director for Flathead Lake Biological Station. Position details here: apply.interfolio.com/178916

Reposted by Stacy D. VanDeveer, Andrew L. Rypel, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham , and 1 more

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK

Reposted by Scott C. Doney, Monica G. Turner, Simon Roux , and 2 more

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Bob Hall @biogeobob.bsky.social · 13d
Love aquatic research, teaching, and outreach? Want to join us at our terrific field station and live on Yellow Bay, Montana? University of Montana seeks a new Director for Flathead Lake Biological Station. Position details here: apply.interfolio.com/178916

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 14d
Couldn't help but just this cool as sin gar art in latest blog on how humans & rivers are more connected than we think @solomonrdavid.bsky.social

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 15d
Always been a fav album.

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 22d
3 year old Chinook salmon are NOT the historical norm in California!

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