Jennifer Molidor
@jennifermolidor.bsky.social
Writing about nature, food, climate, rewilding, wildlife and wild places. 🌲 🐺 🐸 📚Senior Campaigner @biologicaldiversity.org
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Welcome #writingcommunity! I am a nature writer, food researcher, campaigner & environmentalist.
I write essays, articles, stories, kidlit, podcasts, CNF & notes on napkins. My stories are driven by science, guided by nature & my passions are wildlife, wilderness, myths of The West & rewilding.
I write essays, articles, stories, kidlit, podcasts, CNF & notes on napkins. My stories are driven by science, guided by nature & my passions are wildlife, wilderness, myths of The West & rewilding.
Propublica’s investigation drew on a report from @biologicaldiversity.org
that shows half of the 2,400 miles of Southwest streams surveyed showed significant damage from livestock grazing in land designated as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act.
www.propublica.org/article/graz...
that shows half of the 2,400 miles of Southwest streams surveyed showed significant damage from livestock grazing in land designated as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act.
www.propublica.org/article/graz...
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Propublica’s investigation drew on a report from @biologicaldiversity.org
that shows half of the 2,400 miles of Southwest streams surveyed showed significant damage from livestock grazing in land designated as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act.
www.propublica.org/article/graz...
that shows half of the 2,400 miles of Southwest streams surveyed showed significant damage from livestock grazing in land designated as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act.
www.propublica.org/article/graz...
Damn good journalism.
Welfare ranching is the Walmart of public lands. Wealthy ranch owners graze our public lands for pennies at the taxpayer’s dime while destroying wildlife & wild places. They’re trying to take even more & hope we won’t notice.
@highcountrynews.org
www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
Welfare ranching is the Walmart of public lands. Wealthy ranch owners graze our public lands for pennies at the taxpayer’s dime while destroying wildlife & wild places. They’re trying to take even more & hope we won’t notice.
@highcountrynews.org
www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab - High Country News
Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10% of permit holders.
www.hcn.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Damn good journalism.
Welfare ranching is the Walmart of public lands. Wealthy ranch owners graze our public lands for pennies at the taxpayer’s dime while destroying wildlife & wild places. They’re trying to take even more & hope we won’t notice.
@highcountrynews.org
www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
Welfare ranching is the Walmart of public lands. Wealthy ranch owners graze our public lands for pennies at the taxpayer’s dime while destroying wildlife & wild places. They’re trying to take even more & hope we won’t notice.
@highcountrynews.org
www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
The @biologicaldiversity.org & Brighter Green’s new report shows the media failure to fully address the problems/solutions of the climate crisis: nearly 99% of climate stories didn’t mention sustainable diets & 97% failed to mention animal ag broadly.
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The @biologicaldiversity.org & Brighter Green’s new report shows the media failure to fully address the problems/solutions of the climate crisis: nearly 99% of climate stories didn’t mention sustainable diets & 97% failed to mention animal ag broadly.
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
Wild creatures have their own intrinsic value. Our destruction of landscapes leads to vanishing of wild species, including bees that fertilize crops, trees that store carbon, frogs that deter malaria, and bats 🦇 who are better at insect control than pesticides
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
50 species that save us
Explore the ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Wild creatures have their own intrinsic value. Our destruction of landscapes leads to vanishing of wild species, including bees that fertilize crops, trees that store carbon, frogs that deter malaria, and bats 🦇 who are better at insect control than pesticides
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
1/3 of greenhouse gases come from food. Yet climate solutions often ignore food policy. The new Food Systems NDC Scorecard evaluates how national climate plans incorporate food systems as a diagnostic tool & a roadmap for policy improvement. #COP30
earth.org/why-cop30s-s...
@earthorg.bsky.social
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@earthorg.bsky.social
Why COP30's Success Depends on Food System Action
With COP30 underway in Brazil, integrating food systems into countries’ climate plans represents a critical opportunity for raising ambition.
earth.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
1/3 of greenhouse gases come from food. Yet climate solutions often ignore food policy. The new Food Systems NDC Scorecard evaluates how national climate plans incorporate food systems as a diagnostic tool & a roadmap for policy improvement. #COP30
earth.org/why-cop30s-s...
@earthorg.bsky.social
earth.org/why-cop30s-s...
@earthorg.bsky.social
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"We spend so much time focused on distant birds that we don’t always see the birds closest to us.
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
Birding’s Tragic Blind Spot • The Revelator
Humans love to watch birds in nature. So why do we ignore the lives of the birds destined for our plates?
therevelator.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"We spend so much time focused on distant birds that we don’t always see the birds closest to us.
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...
Reposted by Jennifer Molidor
Yet more science showing that regenerative grazing is overblown as a climate solution.
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
Living Report: Regenerative Agriculture vs. Rewilding
A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed evidence on regenerative grazing vs. rewilding through dietary shifts that reduce land use and restore soil, water, climate, and biodiversity
iffs.earth
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yet more science showing that regenerative grazing is overblown as a climate solution.
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
Gray, fin, blue & humpback whales are protected by the Endangered Species Act, yet getting hit by ships is a leading cause of death (also threatening sea turtles). 10 gray whales have been killed in the Bay Area this year. 80 whale deaths on the coast are likely from ships. Agencies need to do more.
“OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Two environmental nonprofits filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Marine Fisheries Service on Thursday, claiming the organizations haven’t done enough to prevent whale strikes in California shipping lanes.”
missoulacurrent.com/california-w...
missoulacurrent.com/california-w...
Groups sue feds over California coast whale deaths
Two nonprofits filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Coast Guard and National Marine Fisheries for government action aimed to reduce ships striking whales.
missoulacurrent.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Gray, fin, blue & humpback whales are protected by the Endangered Species Act, yet getting hit by ships is a leading cause of death (also threatening sea turtles). 10 gray whales have been killed in the Bay Area this year. 80 whale deaths on the coast are likely from ships. Agencies need to do more.
One in 5 kids in the US doesn’t know when their next meal will come.
Universal free school meals improve academic performance, dramatically decrease food insecurity, and cut the bureaucracy preventing access to healthier, climate-friendly food.
coloradonewsline.com/2025/11/04/c...
Universal free school meals improve academic performance, dramatically decrease food insecurity, and cut the bureaucracy preventing access to healthier, climate-friendly food.
coloradonewsline.com/2025/11/04/c...
Colorado voters approve boost to free school meals program | Colorado Newsline
Two ballot measures to fund Colorado's universal school meals program, Propositions LL and MM, led in early results Tuesday night.
coloradonewsline.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
One in 5 kids in the US doesn’t know when their next meal will come.
Universal free school meals improve academic performance, dramatically decrease food insecurity, and cut the bureaucracy preventing access to healthier, climate-friendly food.
coloradonewsline.com/2025/11/04/c...
Universal free school meals improve academic performance, dramatically decrease food insecurity, and cut the bureaucracy preventing access to healthier, climate-friendly food.
coloradonewsline.com/2025/11/04/c...
Republicans want to turn the American West into a discount feedlot for special interests.
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
New Trump Proposals, Unveiled During a Government Shutdown, Benefit Narrow Commercial Beef Interests at the Expense of Western Public Lands - Western Watersheds Project
For immediate release: October 24, 2025 Media contacts: Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project (406) 220-2883; josh@westernwatersheds.org Chandra Rosenthal, PEER (303) 898-0798; crosenthal@peer.org Li...
westernwatersheds.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Republicans want to turn the American West into a discount feedlot for special interests.
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
The nominee to lead the BLM *actively hates the BLM* — He’s a shill for ranching, logging and Big Oil, a rabid anti environmentalist and conspiracy nut.
He’s featured in this list of Public Lands Enemies www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pub...
Nominees can be blocked. Call your reps.
He’s featured in this list of Public Lands Enemies www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pub...
Nominees can be blocked. Call your reps.
Hey rest of the United States!Head’s up! New Mexico oilman Steve Pearce is going to be nominated to lead the BLM. Millions of acres of pristine BLM land is vulnerable to mining & oil exploitation. Unleashed Steve will destroy our public lands. Call your reps and senators and block his appointment.
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The nominee to lead the BLM *actively hates the BLM* — He’s a shill for ranching, logging and Big Oil, a rabid anti environmentalist and conspiracy nut.
He’s featured in this list of Public Lands Enemies www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pub...
Nominees can be blocked. Call your reps.
He’s featured in this list of Public Lands Enemies www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pub...
Nominees can be blocked. Call your reps.
Just pleased as peas thinking about all the billionaires and climate demons absolutely losing their sh*t in New York tonight
— and all the working people who feel a bit of hope, a moment of joy, and maybe a little more seen.
— and all the working people who feel a bit of hope, a moment of joy, and maybe a little more seen.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Just pleased as peas thinking about all the billionaires and climate demons absolutely losing their sh*t in New York tonight
— and all the working people who feel a bit of hope, a moment of joy, and maybe a little more seen.
— and all the working people who feel a bit of hope, a moment of joy, and maybe a little more seen.
Wild on Purpose: New book arrived today hot off the presses from my fav publisher Torrey House. Looking forward to cracking this open today
@kjallen4.bsky.social
@kjallen4.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Wild on Purpose: New book arrived today hot off the presses from my fav publisher Torrey House. Looking forward to cracking this open today
@kjallen4.bsky.social
@kjallen4.bsky.social
Reposted by Jennifer Molidor
30 artists spent a year documenting a #rewilding project in the UK with fine #biodiversity & #climate angles
The land had been converted for crops during the World War II ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign & now is going back to the care of wild things:
The land had been converted for crops during the World War II ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign & now is going back to the care of wild things:
Norfolk rewilding project takes centre stage at London exhibition of wildlife art
A spectacular collection of artwork depicting a Norfolk rewilding project at Massingham Heath will take centre stage at the Society of Wildlife…
www.edp24.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
30 artists spent a year documenting a #rewilding project in the UK with fine #biodiversity & #climate angles
The land had been converted for crops during the World War II ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign & now is going back to the care of wild things:
The land had been converted for crops during the World War II ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign & now is going back to the care of wild things:
Bycatch is the greatest conservation threat to marine mammal populations. But some “sustainable seafood” certifications allow it in supply chains. Is there such a thing as sustainable “seafood” aka wildlife? This month’s Food X @biologicaldiversity.org
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
Keeping seas wild
When we think of wildlife, we often think of the bears in the mountains, the bison on the grasslands, the songbirds in the skies, and the whales with whom we share the oceans. Why don’t we think of al...
www.biologicaldiversity.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Bycatch is the greatest conservation threat to marine mammal populations. But some “sustainable seafood” certifications allow it in supply chains. Is there such a thing as sustainable “seafood” aka wildlife? This month’s Food X @biologicaldiversity.org
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
Mutual aid is resistance.
Build community, share joy, feed kids, save lives.
Build community, share joy, feed kids, save lives.
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Mutual aid is resistance.
Build community, share joy, feed kids, save lives.
Build community, share joy, feed kids, save lives.
Reposted by Jennifer Molidor
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
None of this helps the industry btw.
Conflict with wildlife is .02% of livestock loss. Public lands grazing is 2-3% of US beef & is disastrous for wildlife.
The industry is already highly promoted, subsidized and powerful.
It’s Trump creating problems then pretending to fix them w his agenda
Conflict with wildlife is .02% of livestock loss. Public lands grazing is 2-3% of US beef & is disastrous for wildlife.
The industry is already highly promoted, subsidized and powerful.
It’s Trump creating problems then pretending to fix them w his agenda
Garbage plan from USDA rolling all bad beef policies they can into one:
— expand public lands grazing
— weaken ESA protections for wolves, coyotes, bears
— increase US beef production & demand
— push beef in Dietary Guidelines (influencing school food programs etc)
www.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
— expand public lands grazing
— weaken ESA protections for wolves, coyotes, bears
— increase US beef production & demand
— push beef in Dietary Guidelines (influencing school food programs etc)
www.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
October 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
None of this helps the industry btw.
Conflict with wildlife is .02% of livestock loss. Public lands grazing is 2-3% of US beef & is disastrous for wildlife.
The industry is already highly promoted, subsidized and powerful.
It’s Trump creating problems then pretending to fix them w his agenda
Conflict with wildlife is .02% of livestock loss. Public lands grazing is 2-3% of US beef & is disastrous for wildlife.
The industry is already highly promoted, subsidized and powerful.
It’s Trump creating problems then pretending to fix them w his agenda
Garbage plan from USDA rolling all bad beef policies they can into one:
— expand public lands grazing
— weaken ESA protections for wolves, coyotes, bears
— increase US beef production & demand
— push beef in Dietary Guidelines (influencing school food programs etc)
www.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
— expand public lands grazing
— weaken ESA protections for wolves, coyotes, bears
— increase US beef production & demand
— push beef in Dietary Guidelines (influencing school food programs etc)
www.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
October 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Garbage plan from USDA rolling all bad beef policies they can into one:
— expand public lands grazing
— weaken ESA protections for wolves, coyotes, bears
— increase US beef production & demand
— push beef in Dietary Guidelines (influencing school food programs etc)
www.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
— expand public lands grazing
— weaken ESA protections for wolves, coyotes, bears
— increase US beef production & demand
— push beef in Dietary Guidelines (influencing school food programs etc)
www.usda.gov/sites/defaul...
Cattle production is the leading source of deforestation, species loss & ag related water use & emissions.
USDA vow to “open up new lands, to make it easier to become a rancher” come with Trump’s historic assaults on western public lands that will destroy nature
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
USDA vow to “open up new lands, to make it easier to become a rancher” come with Trump’s historic assaults on western public lands that will destroy nature
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US Plans to Open Land for Cattle Ranching as Beef Prices Soar
The Trump administration will soon roll out a “big package” intended to bolster US beef production as consumers struggle with a surge in prices, according to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.
www.bloomberg.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Cattle production is the leading source of deforestation, species loss & ag related water use & emissions.
USDA vow to “open up new lands, to make it easier to become a rancher” come with Trump’s historic assaults on western public lands that will destroy nature
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
USDA vow to “open up new lands, to make it easier to become a rancher” come with Trump’s historic assaults on western public lands that will destroy nature
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Reposted by Jennifer Molidor
For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.
Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers
Just a year after four dams were removed, a group of fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin.
www.opb.org
October 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.
New climate report from @iatp.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social and FoodRise quantified the climate impact of the top 45 Big Meat/Dairy producers that emit more methane emissions than the entire EU and UK combined.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
Climate-Warming Methane Emissions from the World’s Biggest Livestock Companies Are Bigger Than From Major Oil and Gas Companies - Inside Climate News
Ahead of the United Nations climate talks in Brazil, advocacy groups are pushing for companies and governments to set meaningful emissions targets to lower emissions from livestock.
insideclimatenews.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
New climate report from @iatp.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social and FoodRise quantified the climate impact of the top 45 Big Meat/Dairy producers that emit more methane emissions than the entire EU and UK combined.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
This year’s Food Justice Film Festival has an incredible lineup of award-winning films:
- Farming While Black
- Tea Creek
- LA Foodways
- Feeding Change
⭐️ Watch free Oct 23-26🌎
Sign up: foodjusticefilmfestival.com
And don’t forget the Food X newsletter: www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
- Farming While Black
- Tea Creek
- LA Foodways
- Feeding Change
⭐️ Watch free Oct 23-26🌎
Sign up: foodjusticefilmfestival.com
And don’t forget the Food X newsletter: www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
Food Justice Film Festival
FREE TO WATCH ONLINE OCTOBER 23-26
Presented by the Center for Biological Diversity
foodjusticefilmfestival.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This year’s Food Justice Film Festival has an incredible lineup of award-winning films:
- Farming While Black
- Tea Creek
- LA Foodways
- Feeding Change
⭐️ Watch free Oct 23-26🌎
Sign up: foodjusticefilmfestival.com
And don’t forget the Food X newsletter: www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
- Farming While Black
- Tea Creek
- LA Foodways
- Feeding Change
⭐️ Watch free Oct 23-26🌎
Sign up: foodjusticefilmfestival.com
And don’t forget the Food X newsletter: www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
Reposted by Jennifer Molidor
This surfing sea otter shot is pretty epic..
Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel, via Associated Press.
Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel, via Associated Press.
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This surfing sea otter shot is pretty epic..
Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel, via Associated Press.
Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel, via Associated Press.
Fin whale eye, closeup. Fin whales are the second largest whale on the planet and their eyes are the size of a grapefruit.
Amazing creatures.
Amazing creatures.
Our next podcast episode for This Is Wild is on this incredible Earthling. Can you guess what it is?
Also, is this not the most insane, cosmic eye you’ve ever seen?!? @wwfcanada.org
Also, is this not the most insane, cosmic eye you’ve ever seen?!? @wwfcanada.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Fin whale eye, closeup. Fin whales are the second largest whale on the planet and their eyes are the size of a grapefruit.
Amazing creatures.
Amazing creatures.