Calgary Urban Species Response Team
@calgaryresponse.bsky.social
Window strike monitoring & urban habitat conservation team. Truth and Reconciliation. Mark your glass; Lights Out!; Safe space, then plant native! Sustainability planning must include window strike mitigation. (Posts by co-founder Kathleen Johnson)
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Newby at this! But putting together a #StarterPack for rehabs, bird and bat rescue and dark sky peeps! Please help us with accounts to add. Thanks!!
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📢 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE OUT!
Excited to share a special issue I co-edited on bird–window collisions, a major yet overlooked source of bird mortality
Bringing together 8 papers, this issue advances methods, evidence, and solutions to inform bird-friendly(er) built environments
OA: tinyurl.com/yss5mvf2
Excited to share a special issue I co-edited on bird–window collisions, a major yet overlooked source of bird mortality
Bringing together 8 papers, this issue advances methods, evidence, and solutions to inform bird-friendly(er) built environments
OA: tinyurl.com/yss5mvf2
December 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📢 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE OUT!
Excited to share a special issue I co-edited on bird–window collisions, a major yet overlooked source of bird mortality
Bringing together 8 papers, this issue advances methods, evidence, and solutions to inform bird-friendly(er) built environments
OA: tinyurl.com/yss5mvf2
Excited to share a special issue I co-edited on bird–window collisions, a major yet overlooked source of bird mortality
Bringing together 8 papers, this issue advances methods, evidence, and solutions to inform bird-friendly(er) built environments
OA: tinyurl.com/yss5mvf2
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The Calgary Drop-In Centre releases short film to help bring awareness to year-end fundraising campaign
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The Calgary Drop-In Centre releases short film to help bring awareness to year-end fundraising campaign
The Calgary Drop-In (DI) Centre launched its annual fundraising campaign on Giving Tuesday with a goal of reaching $2,000,000 by January 2026 and to bring awareness to the efforts, it’s released a sho...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The Calgary Drop-In Centre releases short film to help bring awareness to year-end fundraising campaign
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It really is tragic, which is why I quoted Ansel Adams, "It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." We must fight back and save these protections.
December 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It really is tragic, which is why I quoted Ansel Adams, "It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment." We must fight back and save these protections.
Love it enough...to stay away. Please.
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Love it enough...to stay away. Please.
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Since start of this millennium, Ireland has lost around half a million waterbirds — almost 40% of the total population
Well done Ireland you have well and truly snuffed nature but relentless war on nature continues until there is only a concrete jungle left
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Well done Ireland you have well and truly snuffed nature but relentless war on nature continues until there is only a concrete jungle left
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Aquatic habitats in such poor condition even adaptable species like herons may struggle
Since the start of this millennium, Ireland has lost around half a million waterbirds — almost 40% of the total population
www.irishexaminer.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Since start of this millennium, Ireland has lost around half a million waterbirds — almost 40% of the total population
Well done Ireland you have well and truly snuffed nature but relentless war on nature continues until there is only a concrete jungle left
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Well done Ireland you have well and truly snuffed nature but relentless war on nature continues until there is only a concrete jungle left
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
We have so many wee souls who have passed through our freezers due to one of the most common causes and probably the easiest to mitigate and yet... most do not.
Do you have your windows effectively treated? How about at work or school?
Do you have your windows effectively treated? How about at work or school?
Since European colonization, North America has lost 9–11 billion birds.
• ~5–6 billion before 1940
• ~1–2 billion from 1940–1970
• ~2.9 billion since 1970
The quiet collapse of abundance is how the Sixth Mass Extinction is playing out: fewer wings, fewer songs.
• ~5–6 billion before 1940
• ~1–2 billion from 1940–1970
• ~2.9 billion since 1970
The quiet collapse of abundance is how the Sixth Mass Extinction is playing out: fewer wings, fewer songs.
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We have so many wee souls who have passed through our freezers due to one of the most common causes and probably the easiest to mitigate and yet... most do not.
Do you have your windows effectively treated? How about at work or school?
Do you have your windows effectively treated? How about at work or school?
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🦇Bat Acoustic Analysis Training Course, Kamloops, BC June 15-19, 2026 (see comment for links)
December 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
🦇Bat Acoustic Analysis Training Course, Kamloops, BC June 15-19, 2026 (see comment for links)
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A Deep-Sea Mining Test Carved Up Seabed
3 Years On, We're Seeing Devastating Impacts
Deep-sea mining will be catastrophic for unique and undiscovered biodiversity that inhabits seafloor, one of least explored places on Earth and release a huge carbon sink www.nature.com/articles/s41...
3 Years On, We're Seeing Devastating Impacts
Deep-sea mining will be catastrophic for unique and undiscovered biodiversity that inhabits seafloor, one of least explored places on Earth and release a huge carbon sink www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Impacts of an industrial deep-sea mining trial on macrofaunal biodiversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A species-level dataset of sediment-dwelling macrofauna, sampled 2 years before and 2 months after a test of a commercial deep-sea mining machine, reveals losses of macrofaunal density and species ric...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A Deep-Sea Mining Test Carved Up Seabed
3 Years On, We're Seeing Devastating Impacts
Deep-sea mining will be catastrophic for unique and undiscovered biodiversity that inhabits seafloor, one of least explored places on Earth and release a huge carbon sink www.nature.com/articles/s41...
3 Years On, We're Seeing Devastating Impacts
Deep-sea mining will be catastrophic for unique and undiscovered biodiversity that inhabits seafloor, one of least explored places on Earth and release a huge carbon sink www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Not just China
Norway too is a major player in the obliteration of krill in Antarctica
Like China Norway is now proposing to double krill harvests
China and Norway are saying let the penguins and whales starve and world does nothing news.mongabay.com/2025/10/norw...
Norway too is a major player in the obliteration of krill in Antarctica
Like China Norway is now proposing to double krill harvests
China and Norway are saying let the penguins and whales starve and world does nothing news.mongabay.com/2025/10/norw...
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Not just China
Norway too is a major player in the obliteration of krill in Antarctica
Like China Norway is now proposing to double krill harvests
China and Norway are saying let the penguins and whales starve and world does nothing news.mongabay.com/2025/10/norw...
Norway too is a major player in the obliteration of krill in Antarctica
Like China Norway is now proposing to double krill harvests
China and Norway are saying let the penguins and whales starve and world does nothing news.mongabay.com/2025/10/norw...
Not just China
Norway too is a major player in the obliteration of krill in Antarctica
Like China Norway is now proposing to double krill harvests
China and Norway are saying let the penguins and whales starve and world does nothing news.mongabay.com/2025/10/norw...
Norway too is a major player in the obliteration of krill in Antarctica
Like China Norway is now proposing to double krill harvests
China and Norway are saying let the penguins and whales starve and world does nothing news.mongabay.com/2025/10/norw...
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Spoiler Alert: Canada is not one of them. At all. Quite the contrary #cdnpoli #MarkCarney www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
The surprising countries pulling off stunningly fast clean energy transitions | CNN
Fossil fuel production is still increasing and the United States is in climate denial mode. But, globally, the use of renewable energy is on the rise — and several countries are shifting to solar fast...
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December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Spoiler Alert: Canada is not one of them. At all. Quite the contrary #cdnpoli #MarkCarney www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
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Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows
The first analysis of recent extinctions across plants and animals finds that, contrary to previous studies, the rate at which many groups of organisms have gone extinct has declined over the last 100...
news.arizona.edu
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Most extinctions today are ‘dark extinctions’….species that vanish before they’re described, monitored, or counted.
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
No database can record what was never discovered.
Biology is not accounting, and absence of paperwork is not absence of extinction.
news.arizona.edu/news/extinct...
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Freshwater biodiversity—all the organisms that hail from our rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands—is among the most threatened on the planet. Dams have played a big role in that demise, pushing fish, mussels, and other animals to the brink... www.eurasiareview.com/03122025-why...
Why America Is Removing Thousands Of Dams And Letting Rivers Run Free – OpEd
After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature. Wi...
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December 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Freshwater biodiversity—all the organisms that hail from our rivers, streams, lakes, and wetlands—is among the most threatened on the planet. Dams have played a big role in that demise, pushing fish, mussels, and other animals to the brink... www.eurasiareview.com/03122025-why...
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Scotland’s animal protection charity is to shed jobs, cut services and slash its costs by a fifth as it faces the worst crisis in its near-200-year history
Rising costs pile pressure on overworked animal protection charity
Job cuts loom at the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which is planning cuts of £5m a year
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December 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Scotland’s animal protection charity is to shed jobs, cut services and slash its costs by a fifth as it faces the worst crisis in its near-200-year history
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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The Vatican held this Inuvialuit kayak for 100 years. Now it’s coming home #Canada #Inuvialuit
Push to reclaim kayak led to historic repatriation of 62 Inuit, First Nations and Métis objects
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Push to reclaim kayak led to historic repatriation of 62 Inuit, First Nations and Métis objects
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How the mission to reclaim this Inuvialuit kayak from the Vatican led to the repatriation of 62 artifacts | CBC News
This kayak is distinctive, from the Inuvialuit region of the western Arctic, and one of only a handful of its kind still in existence. It's been held by the Vatican Museums for 100 years, but is being...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The Vatican held this Inuvialuit kayak for 100 years. Now it’s coming home #Canada #Inuvialuit
Push to reclaim kayak led to historic repatriation of 62 Inuit, First Nations and Métis objects
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Push to reclaim kayak led to historic repatriation of 62 Inuit, First Nations and Métis objects
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Way to go, Australia!!
Trump is disgusted as Australia passes a landmark bill to strengthen nature protection and increase scrutiny of large development projects
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Australia passes landmark law overhauling nature protection
Australia passed a landmark bill to overhaul the nation's environmental laws after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government struck a deal with the left-wing minority Greens party.
phys.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Way to go, Australia!!
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🦇Great new "decon postcard" from whitenosesyndrome.org you can find it under resources in the decon folder (or at this link www.whitenosesyndrome.org/resources/af... )
December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🦇Great new "decon postcard" from whitenosesyndrome.org you can find it under resources in the decon folder (or at this link www.whitenosesyndrome.org/resources/af... )
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On today's episode of "what should a city spend money on instead of vanity lighting...". Thanks @albertabats.bsky.social
How would YOU use $1Million to help wildlife, nature and/or habitat?
#Kelowna
How would YOU use $1Million to help wildlife, nature and/or habitat?
#Kelowna
We don't need that many bat boxes! LOL! But bats would benefit with dark sky friendly lighting options, educational programming about bats & ways to conserve habitat & support insect prey. THAT would be amazing!
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
On today's episode of "what should a city spend money on instead of vanity lighting...". Thanks @albertabats.bsky.social
How would YOU use $1Million to help wildlife, nature and/or habitat?
#Kelowna
How would YOU use $1Million to help wildlife, nature and/or habitat?
#Kelowna
Nature advocates in #BC, take note! Adding unnecessary vanity lighting to #Kelowna's #BennettBridge is a terrible decision. Pls speak out @calgaryrasc.bsky.social @albertabats.bsky.social @cpawsbc.bsky.social @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
@darkskyintl.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1153806...
@darkskyintl.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1153806...
City floats $1 million idea to transform Kelowna’s Bennett bridge into iconic landmark - Okanagan | Globalnews.ca
According to the city, transforming the bridge into that iconic landmark would cost around $1 million.
globalnews.ca
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nature advocates in #BC, take note! Adding unnecessary vanity lighting to #Kelowna's #BennettBridge is a terrible decision. Pls speak out @calgaryrasc.bsky.social @albertabats.bsky.social @cpawsbc.bsky.social @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
@darkskyintl.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1153806...
@darkskyintl.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1153806...
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🦇Fatal attraction: migratory bats are lured to wind turbine blades url: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Fatal attraction: migratory bats are lured to wind turbine blades
Wind turbines are important for global energy production because of their low greenhouse gas emissions. However, for unknown reasons, many migratory bats are colliding with the wind turbine blades, le...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🦇Fatal attraction: migratory bats are lured to wind turbine blades url: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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#UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
#UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Campaigners say closure of loophole making it cheaper to export rather than recycle will boost circular economy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This email was sent to Government of Canada officials & AB opposition leader, @naheednenshi.bsky.social, on October 28th, 2025.
To add your name, email the same officials, include your riding for verification, & cc me at jenny@thegravitywell.net
#LaterIsTooLate
www.thegravitywell.net/p/aligning-c...
To add your name, email the same officials, include your riding for verification, & cc me at jenny@thegravitywell.net
#LaterIsTooLate
www.thegravitywell.net/p/aligning-c...
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This email was sent to Government of Canada officials & AB opposition leader, @naheednenshi.bsky.social, on October 28th, 2025.
To add your name, email the same officials, include your riding for verification, & cc me at jenny@thegravitywell.net
#LaterIsTooLate
www.thegravitywell.net/p/aligning-c...
To add your name, email the same officials, include your riding for verification, & cc me at jenny@thegravitywell.net
#LaterIsTooLate
www.thegravitywell.net/p/aligning-c...