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Forest Ecologist, fly fisher, birder, adventurer, converger of Art and Science.
Exploring a hidden gem of a trail on the coast of Maine at Edgar M Tennis Preserve on Deere Isle. Looking for habitat for “salters”, or anadromous brook trout that spend part of their life cycle in brackish water and part in fresh water streams that run into the oceans.
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Exploring a hidden gem of a trail on the coast of Maine at Edgar M Tennis Preserve on Deere Isle. Looking for habitat for “salters”, or anadromous brook trout that spend part of their life cycle in brackish water and part in fresh water streams that run into the oceans.
‘Love the feeling of the Big Stretch as you edge your fish to the surface. Beats going to the gym!
In fact, nothing better for brain and body than a day on the river!
#flyfishing #flyfishing junkie
In fact, nothing better for brain and body than a day on the river!
#flyfishing #flyfishing junkie
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
‘Love the feeling of the Big Stretch as you edge your fish to the surface. Beats going to the gym!
In fact, nothing better for brain and body than a day on the river!
#flyfishing #flyfishing junkie
In fact, nothing better for brain and body than a day on the river!
#flyfishing #flyfishing junkie
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I love November fishing: water is low, cold and super clear, and you can actually sight fish. I am almost as happy to just walk the stream and watch the fish - almost!
#flyfishing #browntrout #sightfishing
#flyfishing #browntrout #sightfishing
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I love November fishing: water is low, cold and super clear, and you can actually sight fish. I am almost as happy to just walk the stream and watch the fish - almost!
#flyfishing #browntrout #sightfishing
#flyfishing #browntrout #sightfishing
Brown trout on Weber River, caught on yellow whitefish egg…
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Brown trout on Weber River, caught on yellow whitefish egg…
Amazing day on the Weber River outside of Salt Lake City! 20+ browns and white fish on tiny nymphs. Beautiful, blue skies and didn’t see another angler all day! My kind of fishing!
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Amazing day on the Weber River outside of Salt Lake City! 20+ browns and white fish on tiny nymphs. Beautiful, blue skies and didn’t see another angler all day! My kind of fishing!
Honored to give the Sergei Wilde Distinguished Lectureship on Forest Soils today at the Soil Science Society of America. It was also a chance to celebrate 40 years of progress on environmental science, and reflect on how to combat disinformation and anti-science going forward!
Flyfishing tomorrow!
Flyfishing tomorrow!
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Honored to give the Sergei Wilde Distinguished Lectureship on Forest Soils today at the Soil Science Society of America. It was also a chance to celebrate 40 years of progress on environmental science, and reflect on how to combat disinformation and anti-science going forward!
Flyfishing tomorrow!
Flyfishing tomorrow!
Excited to be at the 2025 Soil Science Society of America Meetings in Salt Lake City, UT. I have three talks to share: 1) multi sensory approaches to teaching hydrology, 2) mass and chemistry of periodical cicadas, and 3) the Sergei A Wilde Lectureship in Forest Soils. If anyone is here, look me up!
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Excited to be at the 2025 Soil Science Society of America Meetings in Salt Lake City, UT. I have three talks to share: 1) multi sensory approaches to teaching hydrology, 2) mass and chemistry of periodical cicadas, and 3) the Sergei A Wilde Lectureship in Forest Soils. If anyone is here, look me up!
Last of the Old Man Rivers from this trip: Racehorse Creek. A gem of a river, with a picture perfect campground. And lots of eagar cutthroat!
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Last of the Old Man Rivers from this trip: Racehorse Creek. A gem of a river, with a picture perfect campground. And lots of eagar cutthroat!
First snow here in Maine mountains!
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
First snow here in Maine mountains!
The Livingston River in the Oldman River Watershed…beautiful hiking and plenty of fish!
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Livingston River in the Oldman River Watershed…beautiful hiking and plenty of fish!
Back to the deep green, cold, clear waters of the Livingston!
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Back to the deep green, cold, clear waters of the Livingston!
Found a sweet spot on the famed Livingston River, a tributary of the Oldman River in southern Alberta - a waterfall into a small pool holding - dozens of actively feeding 16” cutthroat. Flyfishing at its best!
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Found a sweet spot on the famed Livingston River, a tributary of the Oldman River in southern Alberta - a waterfall into a small pool holding - dozens of actively feeding 16” cutthroat. Flyfishing at its best!
Road was closed for repair, so we had to hike our way up Dutch Creek, dropping down to the runs and canyons in the creek as we went. Covered 8+ miles but was rewarded with occasional, spooky cutthroat and magnificent views.
#OldManWatetshed #Alberta #cutthroattrout #flyfishing
#OldManWatetshed #Alberta #cutthroattrout #flyfishing
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Road was closed for repair, so we had to hike our way up Dutch Creek, dropping down to the runs and canyons in the creek as we went. Covered 8+ miles but was rewarded with occasional, spooky cutthroat and magnificent views.
#OldManWatetshed #Alberta #cutthroattrout #flyfishing
#OldManWatetshed #Alberta #cutthroattrout #flyfishing
The Oldman River watershed in southwest Alberta is a network of cold, clear freestone streams fed by the Rockies. Rivers like the Livingstone, Crowsnest, Castle, and creeks like Racehorse and Dutch hold native Westslope Cutthroat and Bull Trout. Clean flows. Wild fish. Big sky. Perfect!
October 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The Oldman River watershed in southwest Alberta is a network of cold, clear freestone streams fed by the Rockies. Rivers like the Livingstone, Crowsnest, Castle, and creeks like Racehorse and Dutch hold native Westslope Cutthroat and Bull Trout. Clean flows. Wild fish. Big sky. Perfect!
So many elk passed us en route to Bull River, BC. 100 easy! Traffic was stopped for 20 minutes!
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
So many elk passed us en route to Bull River, BC. 100 easy! Traffic was stopped for 20 minutes!
Love when a Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep saunters in front of you car on a backwoods fishing adventure!
#wildlife
#BigHornSheep
#wildlife
#BigHornSheep
October 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Love when a Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep saunters in front of you car on a backwoods fishing adventure!
#wildlife
#BigHornSheep
#wildlife
#BigHornSheep
Return to the wild!
Part of the allure of angling is close encounters with these amazing creatures. This aligns with my past research focus of making “making the unseen in Nature seen”….
Part of the allure of angling is close encounters with these amazing creatures. This aligns with my past research focus of making “making the unseen in Nature seen”….
October 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Return to the wild!
Part of the allure of angling is close encounters with these amazing creatures. This aligns with my past research focus of making “making the unseen in Nature seen”….
Part of the allure of angling is close encounters with these amazing creatures. This aligns with my past research focus of making “making the unseen in Nature seen”….
As temperatures remained summerlike and a drought deepened in Maine, we appreciated exploring new waters in SW British Columbia. We admired the strict regulations on angling: barbless, single hooks only, Sept 1 closure of spawning tributaries & rod limits. We need to balance sport with conservation.
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
As temperatures remained summerlike and a drought deepened in Maine, we appreciated exploring new waters in SW British Columbia. We admired the strict regulations on angling: barbless, single hooks only, Sept 1 closure of spawning tributaries & rod limits. We need to balance sport with conservation.
‘While wandering remote streams in search of trout, I have been pondering what we have learned from the past 50 years of environmental science research-and how to apply this to the troubling times we are in now. Hope to see some of you at SSSA CANVAS 2025 in November!
umaine.edu/news/blog/20...
umaine.edu/news/blog/20...
Rustad to deliver Wilde Distinguished Lecture in Forest and Wildland Soils - UMaine News - University of Maine
Lindsey Rustad, a faculty associate with the University of Maine School of Forest Resources and a retired research ecologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, will present the Se...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
‘While wandering remote streams in search of trout, I have been pondering what we have learned from the past 50 years of environmental science research-and how to apply this to the troubling times we are in now. Hope to see some of you at SSSA CANVAS 2025 in November!
umaine.edu/news/blog/20...
umaine.edu/news/blog/20...
Cutthroat recovering on release. I love how the coloring matches the rocks, including the black spots. This fish mobilized back to an undercut bank shortly after the video.
#flyfishingBC
#flyfishingBC
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Cutthroat recovering on release. I love how the coloring matches the rocks, including the black spots. This fish mobilized back to an undercut bank shortly after the video.
#flyfishingBC
#flyfishingBC
Ok, here’s a beautiful cutthroat, from the famed Michel Creek, near Sparwood, BC!
October 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Ok, here’s a beautiful cutthroat, from the famed Michel Creek, near Sparwood, BC!
Haven’t posted for a while, so am continuing the thread of BC … playing a cutthroat…1
October 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Haven’t posted for a while, so am continuing the thread of BC … playing a cutthroat…1
Sunsets are a gift we can receive every single day…if we choose! Stop, look, breathe….
September 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Sunsets are a gift we can receive every single day…if we choose! Stop, look, breathe….
This popped up on my instagram feed and I was confronted with my mid- career self giving advice to my younger self that is really useful to my older self—and maybe all of us these days!
For those who know me, I retired from the Federal Government but not from a lifelong passion for science!
For those who know me, I retired from the Federal Government but not from a lifelong passion for science!
September 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This popped up on my instagram feed and I was confronted with my mid- career self giving advice to my younger self that is really useful to my older self—and maybe all of us these days!
For those who know me, I retired from the Federal Government but not from a lifelong passion for science!
For those who know me, I retired from the Federal Government but not from a lifelong passion for science!