Robert W. Gray
@firebobbc.bsky.social
Wildland fire ecologist working with Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in western North America to build a healthy, resilient environment for future generations.
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“The proliferation of illegal guns from the United States has fueled bloodshed in Canadian cities and even in remote northern communities. It has brought the kind of random gun violence rarely seen before…
Homicides have spiked in Canada in the past decade, most of them from guns”
Homicides have spiked in Canada in the past decade, most of them from guns”
As U.S. Guns Pour Into Canada, the Bodies Pile Up
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“The proliferation of illegal guns from the United States has fueled bloodshed in Canadian cities and even in remote northern communities. It has brought the kind of random gun violence rarely seen before…
Homicides have spiked in Canada in the past decade, most of them from guns”
Homicides have spiked in Canada in the past decade, most of them from guns”
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In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
Decreasing landscape carbon storage in western US forests with 2 °C of warming - IOPscience
Decreasing landscape carbon storage in western US forests with 2 °C of warming, Hurteau, Matthew D, Jung, Chang Gyo, Francis, Emily J, Dobrowski, Solomon Z, Littlefield, Caitlin E, Parks, Sean A
doi.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍
This has big implications for carbon offset programs!
Next slide, please ...
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An absolute must-read from WSJ. Not surprisingly the Ukraine "peace deal" is all about making Trump and his buddies even richer. Ukraine is just a side show. ⏬️
John Jackson
WSJ with a devastating, intensely-sourced article demonstrating how Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff tried to sellout Ukraine, the U.S., and Europe for money. It's so bad one of our European allies shared evidence of the planned business deals. A must-read.
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WSJ with a devastating, intensely-sourced article demonstrating how Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff tried to sellout Ukraine, the U.S., and Europe for money. It's so bad one of our European allies shared evidence of the planned business deals. A must-read.
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🚨REPOST see original for more.
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute must-read from WSJ. Not surprisingly the Ukraine "peace deal" is all about making Trump and his buddies even richer. Ukraine is just a side show. ⏬️
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“Essentially, the automated algorithm takes long-term rainfall and streamflow data and identifies and separates out individual rainfall events and the resulting surges of water in the stream,” www.usu.edu/today/story/...
From Flames to Flow: Utah Water Research Lab Unraveling Streamflow Changes Post-Wildfire
A team of researchers at USU's UWRL has developed and tested an innovative algorithm that can untangle the effects from wildfires and other watershed disturbances from natural rainfall-runoff variabil...
www.usu.edu
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“Essentially, the automated algorithm takes long-term rainfall and streamflow data and identifies and separates out individual rainfall events and the resulting surges of water in the stream,” www.usu.edu/today/story/...
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Donald Trump said “quiet piggy” to a female reporter because she dared to ask about the Epstein files, and as bad as that is, the fact that none of her colleagues defended her, is even worse.
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Donald Trump said “quiet piggy” to a female reporter because she dared to ask about the Epstein files, and as bad as that is, the fact that none of her colleagues defended her, is even worse.
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Want to work in wildfire and train for hotshot status?
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a variety of positions. Get great benefits and join a committed wildland firefighting force!
Positions close Nov. 18. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a variety of positions. Get great benefits and join a committed wildland firefighting force!
Positions close Nov. 18. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Want to work in wildfire and train for hotshot status?
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a variety of positions. Get great benefits and join a committed wildland firefighting force!
Positions close Nov. 18. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
Our Pecos River crew based out of Las Vegas, N.M., is hiring for a variety of positions. Get great benefits and join a committed wildland firefighting force!
Positions close Nov. 18. Apply at emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/join.
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Mikie Sherrill will be the next governor of New Jersey, reports Decision Desk.
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Mikie Sherrill will be the next governor of New Jersey, reports Decision Desk.
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Wow, as of this morning The Last Republican has risen to #7 on Apple TV
October 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Wow, as of this morning The Last Republican has risen to #7 on Apple TV
Thinking outside the tinderbox
www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...
Thinking outside the tinderbox: Experts say Manitoba must rethink forestry strategy to face intensifying wildfire threats
As wildfire risks rage and shift, province’s approach to managing forest resources must evolve, as must lumber-industry practices, forestry researchers say
www.winnipegfreepress.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Thinking outside the tinderbox
www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...
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The foreign christianist fascist insurgency, with Trump as champion, are boldly out in the open in Canada now. This will only get worse if we allow it. We've already seen the US version so we know how the plot unfolds.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
The think tank is widely known for creating Project 2025.
And this isn’t the first meeting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has had with allies of the U.S. president.
David Falk writes. A @desmog.com Canada reprint. #canpoli
And this isn’t the first meeting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has had with allies of the U.S. president.
David Falk writes. A @desmog.com Canada reprint. #canpoli
Smith Reveals Meeting with the US Heritage Foundation After Trump Win | The Tyee
The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.
thetyee.ca
October 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The foreign christianist fascist insurgency, with Trump as champion, are boldly out in the open in Canada now. This will only get worse if we allow it. We've already seen the US version so we know how the plot unfolds.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
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A must-read from the @washingtonpost.com's @sadbumblebee.buzz on the cultural burning resurgence taking place in N California. We have a terrible relationship with fire, but the Karuk, Yurok and others show us that a better relationship is possible.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
How indigenous practices can help protect forests
The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A must-read from the @washingtonpost.com's @sadbumblebee.buzz on the cultural burning resurgence taking place in N California. We have a terrible relationship with fire, but the Karuk, Yurok and others show us that a better relationship is possible.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
A new Nature study projects wildfire smoke will cause 71,000 excess deaths annually in the U.S. by 2050, representing $608 billion in damages that exceed all other estimated climate costs combined. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/wild...
Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study warns
When wildfire smoke from Canada turned New York City’s sky an eerie orange in June 2023, millions of Americans who’d never experienced such pollution got a glimpse of what has become routine for commu...
news.mongabay.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
A new Nature study projects wildfire smoke will cause 71,000 excess deaths annually in the U.S. by 2050, representing $608 billion in damages that exceed all other estimated climate costs combined. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/wild...
What happens when a critical sector like forestry, the backbone of so many rural communities in western Canada, is no longer viable or sustainable because so much standing and future volume has been lost to wildfires? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Wildfire management at a crossroads: Mitigation and prevention or response and recovery?
As direct and indirect costs of fires continue to grow, so too might motivation to invest more heavily in mitigation
www.science.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What happens when a critical sector like forestry, the backbone of so many rural communities in western Canada, is no longer viable or sustainable because so much standing and future volume has been lost to wildfires? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says @eea.europa.eu report
- EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report
EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says @eea.europa.eu report
- EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Registration for RX-310 is now open and includes full access to @fireecology 2025 Fire Congress. We hope this course creates an opportunity for practitioners and managers who might not otherwise be able to attend the Congress. Register now! afefirecongress.org/registration...
September 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Registration for RX-310 is now open and includes full access to @fireecology 2025 Fire Congress. We hope this course creates an opportunity for practitioners and managers who might not otherwise be able to attend the Congress. Register now! afefirecongress.org/registration...
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Our paper takes a close look at managing designated wilderness in an era of unprecedented change. Please check it out.
A great achievement by lead author @clareboe.bsky.social!
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A great achievement by lead author @clareboe.bsky.social!
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My research team recently published “Guardians and gardeners: Managing wilderness for the twenty-first century.” If you’re interested in wilderness philosophies, Indigenous stewardship, and the questions raised by climate change and fire - this one’s for you!
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Guardians and gardeners: Managing wilderness for the twenty-first century
PDF | The 1964 Wilderness Act is a landmark piece of legislation, providing robust protections from development, mechanization, and resource extraction... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
www.researchgate.net
September 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Our paper takes a close look at managing designated wilderness in an era of unprecedented change. Please check it out.
A great achievement by lead author @clareboe.bsky.social!
🧪🌍🔥
A great achievement by lead author @clareboe.bsky.social!
🧪🌍🔥
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"Worldwide, we estimate that 82,100 people died prematurely attributable to chronic smoke exposure from the 2023 Canadian wildfires. Of these deaths, 41,900 (95% CI, 28,400–55,400) occurred in North America, including 33,000 in the USA and 8,300 in Canada."
Long-range PM2.5 pollution and health impacts from the 2023 Canadian wildfires - Nature
A modelling study based on satellite observations, machine learning and a chemical transport model quantifies the global and regional exposure to particulate-matter pollution and the human h...
www.nature.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Worldwide, we estimate that 82,100 people died prematurely attributable to chronic smoke exposure from the 2023 Canadian wildfires. Of these deaths, 41,900 (95% CI, 28,400–55,400) occurred in North America, including 33,000 in the USA and 8,300 in Canada."
From 2020 through 2024, US workers in the retail, wholesale, transportation, construction, mining and agriculture industries alone lost $1.1 trillion in wages because of exposure to wildfire smoke, according to a new estimate by Bloomberg Intelligence. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
$1 Trillion in American Wages Has Gone Up in Wildfire Smoke
The toxic haze is a nightmare for health and productivity.
www.bloomberg.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
From 2020 through 2024, US workers in the retail, wholesale, transportation, construction, mining and agriculture industries alone lost $1.1 trillion in wages because of exposure to wildfire smoke, according to a new estimate by Bloomberg Intelligence. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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California firefighters are mounting extraordinary efforts to shield some of the planet’s most venerable trees from the Garnet Fire, which has burned over 55,000 acres in the Sierra National Forest.
Firefighters race to save California ancient giant sequoias from Garnet Fire
California firefighters are mounting extraordinary efforts to shield some of the planet’s most venerable trees from the Garnet Fire, which has burned over 55,000 acres in the Sierra National...
bit.ly
September 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
California firefighters are mounting extraordinary efforts to shield some of the planet’s most venerable trees from the Garnet Fire, which has burned over 55,000 acres in the Sierra National Forest.
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Climate crisis will increase frequency of lightning-sparked wildfires, study finds
These wildfires tend to burn in more remote areas and grow larger faster, posing a higher risk to public safety and health
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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If you've seen this masterful documentary by Ken Burns, then you're not at all shocked at what RFKjr/Trump/Miller et. al. are trying to pull. Full length and free on YouTube.
#PublicHealth #Quackery #Racism #AmericanExperience #PBS
#PublicHealth #Quackery #Racism #AmericanExperience #PBS
The Eugenics Crusade | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
YouTube video by American Experience | PBS
youtu.be
September 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've seen this masterful documentary by Ken Burns, then you're not at all shocked at what RFKjr/Trump/Miller et. al. are trying to pull. Full length and free on YouTube.
#PublicHealth #Quackery #Racism #AmericanExperience #PBS
#PublicHealth #Quackery #Racism #AmericanExperience #PBS