Evan Walker
@ecologicalev.bsky.social
Environmental conservation & sustainability at WWF 🐼. Enjoyer of books, music, movies, and skateboarding, often in Ohio
“That’s a pretty daunting, challenging reality when half of our water isn’t necessarily going to be reliable for the future”
🌎 apnews.com/article/rio-...
🌎 apnews.com/article/rio-...
A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border
Researchers have completed a full accounting of water uses and losses in the Rio Grande-Bravo basin as it faces severe shortages throughout its range in the United States and Mexico.
apnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“That’s a pretty daunting, challenging reality when half of our water isn’t necessarily going to be reliable for the future”
🌎 apnews.com/article/rio-...
🌎 apnews.com/article/rio-...
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Winter solstice in Edinburgh.
December 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Winter solstice in Edinburgh.
There are some interesting examples of how to connect sports mascots to nature conservation.
WWF led an effort working with teams to temporarily remove animal logos to highlight threats on World Wildlife Day: www.skysports.com/football/new... 🌎
WWF led an effort working with teams to temporarily remove animal logos to highlight threats on World Wildlife Day: www.skysports.com/football/new... 🌎
December 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
There are some interesting examples of how to connect sports mascots to nature conservation.
WWF led an effort working with teams to temporarily remove animal logos to highlight threats on World Wildlife Day: www.skysports.com/football/new... 🌎
WWF led an effort working with teams to temporarily remove animal logos to highlight threats on World Wildlife Day: www.skysports.com/football/new... 🌎
"NCAR delivers data around severe weather events like fires and floods that help our country save lives and property and prevent devastation for families.”
🌎 www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
🌎 www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
Trump administration moves to dismantle national climate research lab in Colorado
The research lab, which houses the largest federal research program on climate change, supports research to predict, prepare for and respond to severe weather and other natural disasters.
www.pbs.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"NCAR delivers data around severe weather events like fires and floods that help our country save lives and property and prevent devastation for families.”
🌎 www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
🌎 www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
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Conservationists are urging the public to comment on a set of proposed regulatory changes that would gut the way one of the nation's strongest environmental laws is enforced. One of the key changes would allow officials to consider economic factors when deciding if a species should be protected. 🌎
Protecting Threatened and Endangered Species Could Get a Lot Harder
Proposed changes to Endangered Species Act regulations would defang our best defense against extinctions
www.sierraclub.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Conservationists are urging the public to comment on a set of proposed regulatory changes that would gut the way one of the nation's strongest environmental laws is enforced. One of the key changes would allow officials to consider economic factors when deciding if a species should be protected. 🌎
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"At least five new ... data centers are planned in [PA], most of which will power themselves by producing electricity by burning natural gas on site." Predicted need for "hundreds or even thousands of new gas wells to fuel the centers’ power demands."
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To Feed Data Centers, Pennsylvania Faces a New Fracking Boom
A rash of data centers planned for western Pennsylvania has residents and environmentalists on edge. The sprawling complexes will be powered by plants that burn fracked natural gas, whose production h...
e360.yale.edu
December 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"At least five new ... data centers are planned in [PA], most of which will power themselves by producing electricity by burning natural gas on site." Predicted need for "hundreds or even thousands of new gas wells to fuel the centers’ power demands."
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“We didn’t have the agriculture skills before, so people would go into the forest for charcoal,” Lalao said that morning. “But now they are working here.”
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www.vox.com/climate/4676...
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www.vox.com/climate/4676...
The world’s lemurs are going extinct. This is the only way to save them.
To protect Madagascar’s iconic animals, wildlife groups need to think beyond wildlife.
www.vox.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“We didn’t have the agriculture skills before, so people would go into the forest for charcoal,” Lalao said that morning. “But now they are working here.”
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www.vox.com/climate/4676...
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www.vox.com/climate/4676...
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Today is #WildlifeConservationDay and it comes as #CITESCoP20 is nearing a close in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. There, we have seen exciting gains for species in protections from international trade. Get the latest: wcs.org/cites 🌏
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today is #WildlifeConservationDay and it comes as #CITESCoP20 is nearing a close in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. There, we have seen exciting gains for species in protections from international trade. Get the latest: wcs.org/cites 🌏
“It’s meant to reward countries for maintaining standing forests, and the measurement is only meant to be of forest cover”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/c...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/c...
Brazil Proposes a New Type of Fund to Protect Tropical Forests
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“It’s meant to reward countries for maintaining standing forests, and the measurement is only meant to be of forest cover”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/c...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/c...
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Denver recorded its second latest first-snow date on record this year, more than a month past normal.
A Colorado hydrologist explains what's behind the slow western snow season and the dangers to the West’s water supply. buff.ly/uPW4Sjz 🌎
A Colorado hydrologist explains what's behind the slow western snow season and the dangers to the West’s water supply. buff.ly/uPW4Sjz 🌎
Winter storms blanket the East, while the U.S. West is wondering: Where’s the snow?
Here’s what snow forecasters are watching, and why skiers and other snow lovers shouldn’t lose hope.
buff.ly
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Denver recorded its second latest first-snow date on record this year, more than a month past normal.
A Colorado hydrologist explains what's behind the slow western snow season and the dangers to the West’s water supply. buff.ly/uPW4Sjz 🌎
A Colorado hydrologist explains what's behind the slow western snow season and the dangers to the West’s water supply. buff.ly/uPW4Sjz 🌎
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In 2024, every glaciated region on Earth reported losses due to melt for the 3rd year in a row, highlighting the alarming trend of accelerating annual loss.
Help us amplify the #Glaciers2025 messages and call for urgent climate action.
https://www.un-glaciers.org/en
Help us amplify the #Glaciers2025 messages and call for urgent climate action.
https://www.un-glaciers.org/en
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In 2024, every glaciated region on Earth reported losses due to melt for the 3rd year in a row, highlighting the alarming trend of accelerating annual loss.
Help us amplify the #Glaciers2025 messages and call for urgent climate action.
https://www.un-glaciers.org/en
Help us amplify the #Glaciers2025 messages and call for urgent climate action.
https://www.un-glaciers.org/en
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Pleased to share our latest paper, "Embedding rewilding in policy: Perspectives on overcoming barriers and unlocking opportunities"🍃 #rewilding #biodiversity
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Embedding rewilding in policy: Perspectives on overcoming barriers and unlocking opportunities
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Pleased to share our latest paper, "Embedding rewilding in policy: Perspectives on overcoming barriers and unlocking opportunities"🍃 #rewilding #biodiversity
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Zillow, the country’s largest real estate listings site, has quietly removed a feature that showed the risks from extreme weather for more than one million home sale listings on its site.
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
The scores aimed to predict a property’s risk from a fires, floods and storms, but some in the real estate industry as well as homeowners have called them inaccurate.
nyti.ms
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Zillow, the country’s largest real estate listings site, has quietly removed a feature that showed the risks from extreme weather for more than one million home sale listings on its site.
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Palm oil production got a lot of backlash for deforestation and human rights abuses. It's cleaned up its act, but not entirely.
Enter the startups, creating pricey synthetic palm oil alternatives in a lab. Do we need them?
New from @andrewrosenblum.bsky.social:
ambrook.com/offrange/sus...
Enter the startups, creating pricey synthetic palm oil alternatives in a lab. Do we need them?
New from @andrewrosenblum.bsky.social:
ambrook.com/offrange/sus...
The Problems With Palm Oil — and Its Alternatives - Offrange
Though the $70 billion palm oil industry has made real progress in reducing deforestation, biotech companies are trying to brew up synthetic alternatives. Can they scale?
ambrook.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Palm oil production got a lot of backlash for deforestation and human rights abuses. It's cleaned up its act, but not entirely.
Enter the startups, creating pricey synthetic palm oil alternatives in a lab. Do we need them?
New from @andrewrosenblum.bsky.social:
ambrook.com/offrange/sus...
Enter the startups, creating pricey synthetic palm oil alternatives in a lab. Do we need them?
New from @andrewrosenblum.bsky.social:
ambrook.com/offrange/sus...
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Microplastic existence in two feeding zones of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in Gulf of California, Mexico 🦑🌎🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Microplastic existence in two feeding zones of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in Gulf of California, Mexico 🦑🌎🐟🦈 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
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Important new legal ruling in CA -- "A court ruled a statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the spread of more flammable grasses." www.latimes.com/environment/... 🌎🔥
Cal Fire approach to SoCal's wildfire crisis could make things worse, court says
A statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the spread of more flammable grasses, a court ruled.
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Important new legal ruling in CA -- "A court ruled a statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the spread of more flammable grasses." www.latimes.com/environment/... 🌎🔥
“A popular lake in central Mexico that is a major tourist destination during the Day of the Dead festivities is drying up due to drought, deforestation, and the theft of its water.”
🌎 www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/a...
🌎 www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/a...
A lake in Mexico’s ‘magical town’ is disappearing. Authorities blame drought, and theft | CNN
Lake Patzcuaro, a popular destination for Day of the Dead festivities, has lost more than half of its volume since authorities started keeping track.
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“A popular lake in central Mexico that is a major tourist destination during the Day of the Dead festivities is drying up due to drought, deforestation, and the theft of its water.”
🌎 www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/a...
🌎 www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/a...
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Buoyed in part by corporate sustainability initiatives and demand for urban greenspaces, Osprey Initiative has collected over 230,000 pounds of litter, and expanded its services to 19 parishes, 30 states, and three countries since its founding in 2017.
Meet the company that traps trash in Louisiana bayous, 'We get dirty.'
Buoyed in part by corporate sustainability initiatives and demand for urban greenspaces, Osprey Initiative has collected over 230,000 pounds of litter, and expanded its services to 19 parishes, 30 states, and three countries since its founding in 2017.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Buoyed in part by corporate sustainability initiatives and demand for urban greenspaces, Osprey Initiative has collected over 230,000 pounds of litter, and expanded its services to 19 parishes, 30 states, and three countries since its founding in 2017.
“A review of dozens of studies hints that seeding biochar with iron fragments can mop up contaminants, stabilize nutrients, and lower farm emissions.”
🧪 www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/iron...
🧪 www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/iron...
Iron-enhanced biochar could redefine what soil Is capable of
A review of dozens of studies hints that seeding biochar with iron fragments can mop up contaminants, stabilize nutrients, and lower farm emissions.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“A review of dozens of studies hints that seeding biochar with iron fragments can mop up contaminants, stabilize nutrients, and lower farm emissions.”
🧪 www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/iron...
🧪 www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/11/iron...
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They’re cute, they’re charismatic, they’re all over TikTok: @wire-wildlife.bsky.social Editor in Chief Rene Ebersole spent over a year investigating how internet fame has intensified the illegal trade of African grey parrots.
African Grey Parrots Are Popular—And It’s Fueling Illegal Trade
Talkative African grey parrots are charismatic internet stars. A global scramble to source and sell the birds threatens their survival.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
They’re cute, they’re charismatic, they’re all over TikTok: @wire-wildlife.bsky.social Editor in Chief Rene Ebersole spent over a year investigating how internet fame has intensified the illegal trade of African grey parrots.
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I wrote about the impact of declining insect pollinators on the global food supply. 🧪🌎
A looming 'insect apocalypse' could endanger global food supplies. Can we stop it before it's too late?
Insect populations are in steep decline, which could endanger the food supply. But there are things we can do to reverse the trend.
www.livescience.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the impact of declining insect pollinators on the global food supply. 🧪🌎
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"This will require that the contemporary conservation paradigm envision pastoralists as an asset rather than a threat to biodiversity conservation and recognize grazing and fire as ecological disturbances vital to the maintenance of biodiversity"
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Pastoralism Can Mitigate Biodiversity Loss on Global Rangelands
Abstract. Sustainable pastoralism represents a primary strategy for supporting goals of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Sixty-seven per
academic.oup.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"This will require that the contemporary conservation paradigm envision pastoralists as an asset rather than a threat to biodiversity conservation and recognize grazing and fire as ecological disturbances vital to the maintenance of biodiversity"
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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A first: Researchers can now outfit monarch #butterflies with featherweight radio tags, powered by the sun, to track their journeys across NA to winter colonies in Mexico. A 22% drop in butterflies in NA in the last 20 years has spurred researchers to understand the life cycles of hundreds...
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
A first: Researchers can now outfit monarch #butterflies with featherweight radio tags, powered by the sun, to track their journeys across NA to winter colonies in Mexico. A 22% drop in butterflies in NA in the last 20 years has spurred researchers to understand the life cycles of hundreds...
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ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
ICYMI, this STARTER PACK is my team-up with celebrated climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com, and it’s full of people & organizations that specifically embrace the overlap between better cities and climate action! Please follow them, and help spread the pack around! #ClimateAction #UrbanistShoutOut
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Thanks so much for the feature about our work on urban coyote movement, @sfgate.com !
It's critical to continue examining the myriad links between human and wildlife wellbeing, and use these findings to more equitably design & redesign our shared landscapes. 👣🐾🧪🌎
www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...
It's critical to continue examining the myriad links between human and wildlife wellbeing, and use these findings to more equitably design & redesign our shared landscapes. 👣🐾🧪🌎
www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...
New Calif. coyote study 'went against everything that we've learned'
A study of the movement of 20 coyotes in Los Angeles County turned up some unexpected findings.
www.sfgate.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks so much for the feature about our work on urban coyote movement, @sfgate.com !
It's critical to continue examining the myriad links between human and wildlife wellbeing, and use these findings to more equitably design & redesign our shared landscapes. 👣🐾🧪🌎
www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...
It's critical to continue examining the myriad links between human and wildlife wellbeing, and use these findings to more equitably design & redesign our shared landscapes. 👣🐾🧪🌎
www.sfgate.com/la/article/l...