Katherine Siegel

@katherinesiegel.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor at University of Colorado-Boulder | global change + conservation science in working landscapes | she/her | https://www.colorado.edu/lab/fowllab/ | On Ute, Cheyenne, & Arapahoe land

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Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 10h

This morning at @propublica.org, we published a pair of stories about the children held at the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. www.propublica.org/article/life...

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 10d

"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu

Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/

A photo of Fred Korematsu in his later years

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Isaias Hernandez @isaiashernandez.bsky.social · 11d

ICE is an environmental issue. ICE is a public health issue. ICE is a disability issue. ICE is a LGBTQ+ issue. ICE is a children rights issue. ICE is a women’s rights isssue. ICE is violating all our rights. We need everyone to recognize that we are in this fight together.

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · 18d

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Jan 5

Huge congrats! I hope the move goes smoothly, and can't wait to see all the awesome science you'll do. Your future mentees are so lucky!

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CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · Dec 23

🚨 Attention Community College Students! 🚨

Looking for hands-on research experience? The RECCS application is OPEN! ✨

Learn more and apply here:
🔗 ceee.colorado.edu/programs/reccs

Attend the information session:
🔗 tinyurl.com/RECCS26-Info-Session

#ResearchOpportunity #CommunityCollege #RECCS

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Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · Dec 10

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is seeking expert nominations for an independent review of the United by Nature draft assessment. Ecologists—consider nominating yourself or a colleague!

✅ Deadline: Dec 15
🔗https://tinyurl.com/nvw86sza

Reposted by Dustin Mulvaney, Brian J. Harvey, Stephen D. Murphy , and 5 more Dustin Mulvaney, Brian J. Harvey, Stephen D. Murphy, Chhaya M. Werner, Jesse M. Alston, Kari Norman, Katherine Siegel, Samuele Ramellini

gavin jones @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · Dec 5

I’m recruiting a PhD and MSC student for fall 2026 working on the movement ecology and conservation of Mexican spotted owls in SW forests and rocky canyonlands. Exciting partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Great vibrant lab group, high impact research! 🦉

gavinmjones.com/opportunities/

Opportunities

***PhD and MSc openings – Movement ecology and conservation*** I will periodically support graduate students, postdocs, and other staff through the Biology Department at the University of New…

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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Dec 1

Are you a @colorado.edu undergrad or grad student interested in the eco-cultural restoration of bison in Colorado? Attend the Bison Mixer! Hear from the Colorado Buffalo Collective Team including Katie Suding and James Rattling Leaf on Monday, December 8, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm in Ramaley Biology N240.

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Nov 12

The CIRES Postdoctoral Fellowship application is open! Let me know if you want to chat about putting together a proposal to work with me!

CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Oct 27

Applications are open for the CIRES Visiting Fellows Program! Two-year fellowships are available for postdocs, and terms of up to 12 months for senior scientists on leave or sabbatical. Learn more: cires.colorado.edu/award-progra... #fellowships #postdoc #sabbatical Photo:@alibanwell.bsky.social

A person in a parka walks on a snow field with mountains in the background and clouds.

Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Neil Pederson, Katherine Siegel , and 1 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Neil Pederson, Katherine Siegel, Karl Andraczek

Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · Nov 6

The Tumber-Dávila Lab and Michael Cox are looking for a postdoctoral Fellow to join the Environmental Studies Department at Dartmouth through the Society of Fellows Program
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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Nov 3

Paper link here! doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Nov 3

This collaboration with @mills-novoa.bsky.social, Eva Kinnebrew, Elizabeth Shoffner, Pepe Ochoa, + Aldo Farah-Perez was funded by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). I'm at @cu-esiil.bsky.social now, + so grateful for synthesis centers and the research they make possible!

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Nov 3

Our new paper demonstrates that through integrating qual discourse analysis with quant land use change models in deforestation studies, we can gain insights into both regional + context-specific drivers of forest loss, and the need to critically consider dominant conservation discourses

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Nov 3

and 3) demonstrating that land use change models that integrate qualitative + quantitative methods + data have better predictive ability than more standard, quantitative-only models (doi.org/10.1111/cobi...)

Integration of qualitative and quantitative methods for land‐use‐change modeling in a deforestation frontier

Development and implementation of effective protected area management to reduce deforestation depend in part on identifying factors contributing to forest loss and areas at risk of conversion, but st....

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Nov 3

2) quantifying land use change in Jamanxim National Forest in Brazil, Peru's Tambopata National Reserve + Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, and Amboró and Carrasco National Parks in Bolivia (doi.org/10.1371/jour...),

Biases and limitations of Global Forest Change and author-generated land cover maps in detecting deforestation in the Amazon

Studying land use change in protected areas (PAs) located in tropical forests is a major conservation priority due to high conservation value (e.g., species richness and carbon storage) here, coupled ...

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Nov 3

This follows our previous work 1) reviewing how qualitative + quantitative methods are combined in land use change science (doi.org/10.1111/cobi...),

Approaches to interdisciplinary mixed methods research in land‐change science and environmental management

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Nov 3

In our new paper in Biological Conservation, we look at how conservation discourses (the narratives about conservation promoted by govt + non-profit groups) can shape (and constrain) our understanding of the drivers of + solutions to protected area deforestation across 3 case study sites

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Nov 3

In 2018, 5 other grad students + I teamed up to combine our interdisciplinary backgrounds (landscape ecology, remote sensing, human-environment geography + more) to study deforestation dynamics in the Amazon’s protected areas. In 2025, we've all graduated but we’re still thinking about this question

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Meg Mills-Novoa @mills-novoa.bsky.social · Nov 3

25 years after the World Commission on Dams reckoned with the socio-environmental impacts of dams, we are in the midst of another dam boom, causing lots of conflict around the world. We just published an open-access review of dam conflicts post-2000 in World Development. Pdf and thread👇

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Association for Women in Science @awisnational.bsky.social · Nov 3

Lydia Jennings, PhD, is a soil microbiologist and environmental scientist. Her research focuses on soil health, cleaning up mining waste, and restoring ecosystems.

https://awis.org/historical-women/lydia-jennings-phd/
#WomenInScience #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth Lydia Jennings, PhD

Her research focuses on soil health, cleaning up mining waste, and restoring ecosystems.

Jennings is also an advocate for Indigenous representation and sovereignty in science.

She gained national attention for her 2021 “Running for Justice” project, a 50-mile run honoring Indigenous scientists and activists.

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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · Oct 30

During the course of Black History Month, we have been collating a resource page of blogs, networks, literature and more, with the aim of consistently supporting and elevating Black ecologists.

British Ecological Society's Black History Month collection: podcasts, reads, and research curated for Black ecologists.

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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Oct 27

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DR℮W 🪿 @giantmolecular.cloud · Sep 26

It seems the GRFP solicitation is FINALLY released (like 5 minutes ago)! Due dates have also been pushed back, thankfully! 🧪 🔭

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Sep 19

Increases in wildfires are expected to cause a notable increase in premature deaths, according to two studies in Nature.

go.nature.com/4mynauQ
go.nature.com/4nJoxI5
#medsky ⚒️ 🧪

This is figure 5 from Wildfire smoke exposure and mortality burden in the US under climate change. It shows the mortality impacts of wildfire smoke PM2.5 and estimated mortality due to smoke 533 PM2.5 under future climate scenarios.

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Sep 19

We have an awesome new colleague in @cires.colorado.edu + @cugeography.bsky.social, @emconsidine.bsky.social! She uses machine learning, causal inference, + biostatistics to study environmental health, including air quality + extreme heat. Learn more about her work here: ellenconsidine.github.io

CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Sep 8

We welcome Ellen Considine as a new CIRES Fellow! Previously a @CUBoulder undergrad, Considine returns to campus to study environmental health and data science. Read about her here:

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · Sep 19

TODAY is the deadline to submit public comment on Trump’s proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule, which would expose 45 million acres of national forest to permanent roads and their attendant environmental ills. Register your disapproval here:

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

#roadecology

Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is initiating an environmental impact statement (EIS) and rulemaking concerning management of inventoried roadless areas on approximately 44.7 million acres of Natio...

www.federalregister.gov

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Sep 17

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"

Reposted by Katherine Siegel, Karl Andraczek

Jon Henn @hennhouse.bsky.social · Sep 8

We're recruiting!! Myself along with Nathan Gill, Dylan Schwilk @schwilk.org, and Katharine Suding are recruiting people for Master's, PhD, and postdoc positions in GrassFire, an NSF funded project examining fuels and fire risk in grassland ecosystems across the Southern Great Plains! 🔥🌿🐮

A grassland on a sunny day near Boulder, CO

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery, Katherine Siegel

CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Sep 8

We welcome Ellen Considine as a new CIRES Fellow! Previously a @CUBoulder undergrad, Considine returns to campus to study environmental health and data science. Read about her here:

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