Katherine Siegel

@katherinesiegel.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at University of Colorado-Boulder | global change + conservation science in working landscapes | she/her | https://www.colorado.edu/lab/fowllab/ | On Ute, Cheyenne, & Arapahoe land

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Geography 20%

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Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Neil Pederson, Katherine Siegel , and 1 more Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Neil Pederson, Katherine Siegel, Karl Andraczek

Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 4d

The Tumber-Dávila Lab and Michael Cox are looking for a postdoctoral Fellow to join the Environmental Studies Department at Dartmouth through the Society of Fellows Program
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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · 7d

Paper link here! doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Redirecting

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · 7d

This collaboration with @mills-novoa.bsky.social, Eva Kinnebrew, Elizabeth Shoffner, Pepe Ochoa, + Aldo Farah-Perez was funded by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). I'm at @cu-esiil.bsky.social now, + so grateful for synthesis centers and the research they make possible!

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · 7d

Our new paper demonstrates that through integrating qual discourse analysis with quant land use change models in deforestation studies, we can gain insights into both regional + context-specific drivers of forest loss, and the need to critically consider dominant conservation discourses

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · 7d

and 3) demonstrating that land use change models that integrate qualitative + quantitative methods + data have better predictive ability than more standard, quantitative-only models (doi.org/10.1111/cobi...)

Integration of qualitative and quantitative methods for land‐use‐change modeling in a deforestation frontier

Development and implementation of effective protected area management to reduce deforestation depend in part on identifying factors contributing to forest loss and areas at risk of conversion, but st....

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · 7d

2) quantifying land use change in Jamanxim National Forest in Brazil, Peru's Tambopata National Reserve + Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, and Amboró and Carrasco National Parks in Bolivia (doi.org/10.1371/jour...),

Biases and limitations of Global Forest Change and author-generated land cover maps in detecting deforestation in the Amazon

Studying land use change in protected areas (PAs) located in tropical forests is a major conservation priority due to high conservation value (e.g., species richness and carbon storage) here, coupled ...

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · 7d

This follows our previous work 1) reviewing how qualitative + quantitative methods are combined in land use change science (doi.org/10.1111/cobi...),

Approaches to interdisciplinary mixed methods research in land‐change science and environmental management

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · 7d

In our new paper in Biological Conservation, we look at how conservation discourses (the narratives about conservation promoted by govt + non-profit groups) can shape (and constrain) our understanding of the drivers of + solutions to protected area deforestation across 3 case study sites

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · 7d

In 2018, 5 other grad students + I teamed up to combine our interdisciplinary backgrounds (landscape ecology, remote sensing, human-environment geography + more) to study deforestation dynamics in the Amazon’s protected areas. In 2025, we've all graduated but we’re still thinking about this question

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Meg Mills-Novoa @mills-novoa.bsky.social · 7d

25 years after the World Commission on Dams reckoned with the socio-environmental impacts of dams, we are in the midst of another dam boom, causing lots of conflict around the world. We just published an open-access review of dam conflicts post-2000 in World Development. Pdf and thread👇

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Association for Women in Science @awisnational.bsky.social · 7d

Lydia Jennings, PhD, is a soil microbiologist and environmental scientist. Her research focuses on soil health, cleaning up mining waste, and restoring ecosystems.

https://awis.org/historical-women/lydia-jennings-phd/
#WomenInScience #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth Lydia Jennings, PhD

Her research focuses on soil health, cleaning up mining waste, and restoring ecosystems.

Jennings is also an advocate for Indigenous representation and sovereignty in science.

She gained national attention for her 2021 “Running for Justice” project, a 50-mile run honoring Indigenous scientists and activists.

Reposted by Katherine Siegel

British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 11d

During the course of Black History Month, we have been collating a resource page of blogs, networks, literature and more, with the aim of consistently supporting and elevating Black ecologists.

British Ecological Society's Black History Month collection: podcasts, reads, and research curated for Black ecologists.

Reposted by Trevor A. Branch, Katherine Siegel

dr℮w @giantmolecular.cloud · Sep 26

It seems the GRFP solicitation is FINALLY released (like 5 minutes ago)! Due dates have also been pushed back, thankfully! 🧪 🔭

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Reposted by Tatiana Filatova, Katherine Siegel

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Sep 19

Increases in wildfires are expected to cause a notable increase in premature deaths, according to two studies in Nature.

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#medsky ⚒️ 🧪

This is figure 5 from Wildfire smoke exposure and mortality burden in the US under climate change. It shows the mortality impacts of wildfire smoke PM2.5 and estimated mortality due to smoke 533 PM2.5 under future climate scenarios.

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Sep 19

We have an awesome new colleague in @cires.colorado.edu + @cugeography.bsky.social, @emconsidine.bsky.social! She uses machine learning, causal inference, + biostatistics to study environmental health, including air quality + extreme heat. Learn more about her work here: ellenconsidine.github.io

CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Sep 8

We welcome Ellen Considine as a new CIRES Fellow! Previously a @CUBoulder undergrad, Considine returns to campus to study environmental health and data science. Read about her here:

Reposted by Katherine Siegel

Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · Sep 19

TODAY is the deadline to submit public comment on Trump’s proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule, which would expose 45 million acres of national forest to permanent roads and their attendant environmental ills. Register your disapproval here:

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

#roadecology

Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is initiating an environmental impact statement (EIS) and rulemaking concerning management of inventoried roadless areas on approximately 44.7 million acres of Natio...

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Sep 17

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"

Reposted by Katherine Siegel, Karl Andraczek

Jon Henn @hennhouse.bsky.social · Sep 8

We're recruiting!! Myself along with Nathan Gill, Dylan Schwilk @schwilk.org, and Katharine Suding are recruiting people for Master's, PhD, and postdoc positions in GrassFire, an NSF funded project examining fuels and fire risk in grassland ecosystems across the Southern Great Plains! 🔥🌿🐮

A grassland on a sunny day near Boulder, CO

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery, Katherine Siegel

CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Sep 8

We welcome Ellen Considine as a new CIRES Fellow! Previously a @CUBoulder undergrad, Considine returns to campus to study environmental health and data science. Read about her here:

Reposted by Laura E. Dee

Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Exciting postdoc opportunities at the Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab at University of Colorado-Boulder!

ESIIL @cu-esiil.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are currently accepting Postdoc applications!
Visit our website to learn more and apply by Sept. 15th, 2025 for full consideration: esiil.org/careers
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery, Laura E. Dee, Katherine Siegel

ESIIL @cu-esiil.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are currently accepting Postdoc applications!
Visit our website to learn more and apply by Sept. 15th, 2025 for full consideration: esiil.org/careers
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Reposted by Katherine Siegel

piper bly @piperbomb.bsky.social · Aug 28

i have spent a good chunk of the past year documenting trans rights protests around the country for @assignedmedia.org

and in spite of the current news cycle it's important to see who trans folk truly are:

loving, nonviolent, and resilient

fellow trans folk: QRT & share your moments of trans joy

Two trans femmes stand in the plaza, one of which unravels a trans pride flag she was wearing as a cape. A group of yellow-vested folk, most likely volunteers for Indivisible, pepper the background.

Three figures stand in front of a snowy plaza in Lansing Michigan, with one of them making bunny ears in front of someone with a sign reading SOMEONE I LOVE IS TRANS AND I WILL FIGHT FOR THEM.

A group of Lambda Legal volunteers staff a table in DC while a trans pride flag flies high in the background.

A group of smiling attendees and volunteers at a Trans Up Front rally in Chicago, IL gather around a marker box and a gigantic white banner.

Reposted by Katherine Siegel

Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · Aug 27

We're proud to celebrate excellence in #conservation science! Each year, @conbiology.bsky.social honors outstanding contributions with our Rising Star Award, most cited papers + highest Altmetric scores.

Congratulations and thank you to all our authors for your vital work!

Conservation Biology Awards

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Reposted by Anna O. Law, Rosemary A. Joyce, Manuela Boatcă , and 11 more Anna O. Law, Rosemary A. Joyce, Manuela Boatcă, Adam Gamoran, Robert C. Richards, Andrew L. Whitehead, Naazneen H. Barma, Daniel Kuehn, Adele Perry, Hisham Zerriffi, Louis D Johnston, Susan Patrick, David Lay Williams, Katherine Siegel

Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · Aug 22

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad

The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

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Reposted by Chhaya M. Werner, Katherine Siegel

Dr. Melinda Adams @scholarmelinda.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨Published today🚨We highlight 3 areas to support Indigenous-led fire: sustained funding, regulatory flexibility, & community partnerships 🔥🌿 #goodfire #wildfire #Indigenous

Reposted by Smith, Melanie C. Green, Clark Gray , and 1 more Smith, Melanie C. Green, Clark Gray, Katherine Siegel

The Carlson Lab @ Yale @carlsonlab.bsky.social · Aug 19

We may have a one-year postdoctoral position opening! We're looking for someone with experience in attribution science OR very strong skills in climate epidemiology to come help us launch a Global Burden of Climate Change Study. Remote possible for the right person; aim to raise $ for a second year.

The Global Burden of Climate Change Study Working Group

Reposted by Katherine Siegel

ESIIL @cu-esiil.bsky.social · Aug 19

ESIIL is now accepting applications for working groups. These groups play a pivotal role by pooling knowledge and expertise from various disciplines to tackle environmental issues with a data-driven perspective. Visit our website to learn more:
esiil.org/working-groups

Dr. Joan Dudney @dudney-joan.bsky.social · Aug 14

Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!

Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!

🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology

Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Jul 30

Definitely interested! I work on applying causal inference methods to ecological questions, with a current focus on wildfires in the western US

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · Jul 28

Judaism: “What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary.” To claim condemning wrongdoing is “anti-Semitic” is to claim Judaism would remain mute at & allow for horrific violence against others. I cannot imagine a more anti-Semitic idea than that.

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