Sam Veloz
samveloz.bsky.social
Sam Veloz
@samveloz.bsky.social

Spatial ecologist, conservation biologist, surfer, paragliding pilot and dad

Environmental science 80%
Geography 20%

Want to know how birds in the San Francisco Estuary are responding to environmental change and restoration? Our team has launched a new website thag tracks changes in bird populations 🌎🧪 www.kqed.org/science/1999...
What Birds Can Tell Us About the Health of San Francisco Bay | KQED
A new website from conservation scientists reveals which Bay Area bird species are thriving, and which are declining, offering insights into the health of San Francisco Bay’s wetlands and waters.
www.kqed.org

We need to support investments in nature-based climate solutions. We have some good strategies in CA and we need to make sure these efforts have sustained funding

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🌎🔥🌐🧪 From record heat to fires to floods, Californians feel the effects of #ClimateChange daily. The good news? Nature offers some of the best solutions. Cristina Garcia & Point Blue’s Sam Veloz call for sustained funding for #NatureBasedSolutions via #AB1757. 👉 Read more: shorturl.at/QUZzp
California’s values-based climate solution - Capitol Weekly
OPINION - The climate crisis demands urgency and creativity. Let’s invest in the lands that sustain us—on our farms, in our forests, and our cities—and build a healthier, more resilient California for...
shorturl.at

Also Nevermind and Temple of the Dog, was the grunge era

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🚨 The #EndangeredSpeciesAct is under threat. A proposed rule would strip habitat protections by redefining harm and weakening one of the most effective #conservation laws in U.S. history. Read the op-ed by Point Blue’s Rose Snyder & Liz Chamberlin @thehill.com 🔗 shorturl.at/2JffK 🌎🧪🦑🌐🦉 #savetheESA

You might see some familiar names on the list of plaintiffs

We aren’t really football fans but rooting for the Eagles today. My son is very anti-KC fan

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We highly recommend y’all crack open a copy of the U.S. Constitution before you break anymore laws…

I am really happy to be canceling my flight next week

NatureServe is hiring a Chief Science Officer, great team doing some really exciting science ats.rippling.com/natureservec...
Chief Scientist | Opportunities at NatureServe
About NatureServe For 50 years, NatureServe has been the authoritative source for biodiversity data throughout North America. With an inter...
ats.rippling.com

Some new resources from our soils team to check out for #WorldSoilDay. So exciting to have this amazing team as part of my group at #PointBlue
Discover the data beneath your feet this 🌎 #WorldSoilDay 👩‍🌾 🌱 🪱 with Point Blue! Access webinar recordings, handbooks, and one-pagers for our newly released Ag-C soil carbon monitoring framework at https://buff.ly/49jDavC. More about #WorldSoilDay here: https://buff.ly/33Cfw9Z #soil #science

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Discover the data beneath your feet this 🌎 #WorldSoilDay 👩‍🌾 🌱 🪱 with Point Blue! Access webinar recordings, handbooks, and one-pagers for our newly released Ag-C soil carbon monitoring framework at https://buff.ly/49jDavC. More about #WorldSoilDay here: https://buff.ly/33Cfw9Z #soil #science

Some Bluesky after a week of rain

@pointblue.bsky.social has made the move to the good place. Follow us for updates and stories about our conservation science, restoration, outreach and education activities!

As Musk Assumes Deregulation Role, Tesla Racks Up Pollution Violations - The Wall Street Journal

My next car purchase will be electric but it won’t be made by this guy

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@katharinehayhoe.com and her co-authors put it best in their recent Nature article: www.nature.com/articles/s44.... If science is to make an impact, we need to stop pretending it’s apolitical and start meeting policymakers where they are.
Challenging the neutrality myth in climate science and activism - npj Climate Action
We argue that Büntgen’s (2024) claim that climate science must be separated from activism is fundamentally flawed. Activism does not inherently lead to biased science and striving for value-free scien...
www.nature.com

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