Laura Finnegan
@lfinnegal.bsky.social
She/her sí/í| 🇮🇪🇨🇦|Wildlife biologist | 🦌💻🔬
This is good news from Ireland
Also, new SI unit just dropped
Also, new SI unit just dropped
Good news, but does NPWS have the capability to manage all this land?
Its current (excellent) rewilding initiative is only a small fraction of the existing National Park
www.derryjournal.com/heritage-and...
Its current (excellent) rewilding initiative is only a small fraction of the existing National Park
www.derryjournal.com/heritage-and...
Area of Donegal the size of Monaco purchased as Glenveagh National Park expands
An area of Donegal the equivalent of the size of Monaco has been purchased by the National Parks and Wildlife Service at Glenveagh.
www.derryjournal.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is good news from Ireland
Also, new SI unit just dropped
Also, new SI unit just dropped
Not sure what sort of spell these moose are casting on our snow stake...but I have a bad feeling about it 🪄
@friresearch.bsky.social #cameratrapping
@friresearch.bsky.social #cameratrapping
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Not sure what sort of spell these moose are casting on our snow stake...but I have a bad feeling about it 🪄
@friresearch.bsky.social #cameratrapping
@friresearch.bsky.social #cameratrapping
Is this deer still considered an unmarked individual if it has such a distinctive (and stylish) coiffure?
@friresearch.bsky.social
#cameratrapping
@friresearch.bsky.social
#cameratrapping
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Is this deer still considered an unmarked individual if it has such a distinctive (and stylish) coiffure?
@friresearch.bsky.social
#cameratrapping
@friresearch.bsky.social
#cameratrapping
This new paper led by the excellent Erin Tattersall is well worth a read
PhD candidate Erin Tattersall led this perspective on upholding Indigenous data sovereignty in an era of open science - particularly important for emerging collaborative wildlife surveys with camera traps and other sensors doi.org/10.1002/pan3... (2/6)
Affirming Indigenous data sovereignty in collaborative wildlife conservation in the era of open data
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
doi.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This new paper led by the excellent Erin Tattersall is well worth a read
Reposted by Laura Finnegan
It's the last day at #TWS2025 but we've got a pretty good finale lined up.
✔️more efficient grizzly bear monitoring
✔️what's influencing moose population size and trends
✔️where are the moose and where are they going?
✔️more efficient grizzly bear monitoring
✔️what's influencing moose population size and trends
✔️where are the moose and where are they going?
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's the last day at #TWS2025 but we've got a pretty good finale lined up.
✔️more efficient grizzly bear monitoring
✔️what's influencing moose population size and trends
✔️where are the moose and where are they going?
✔️more efficient grizzly bear monitoring
✔️what's influencing moose population size and trends
✔️where are the moose and where are they going?
Reposted by Laura Finnegan
Sad to read this news. I enjoyed his posts and books. And his advocay for Gaeilge.
Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs...
RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs...
RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.
www.rte.ie
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sad to read this news. I enjoyed his posts and books. And his advocay for Gaeilge.
Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs...
RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs...
RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Sad to read this news. I enjoyed his posts and books. And his advocay for Gaeilge.
Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs...
RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs...
RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.
www.rte.ie
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sad to read this news. I enjoyed his posts and books. And his advocay for Gaeilge.
Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs...
RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs...
RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55
www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...
I am scoring the CBC news anchor a 3/10 for their Irish pronunciation of mo chara this morning
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I am scoring the CBC news anchor a 3/10 for their Irish pronunciation of mo chara this morning
Sad to hear about the passing of Dr Markland - he was such a strong, compassionate, and honest voice from the front lines of healthcare in our province.
Thoughts are with his family and loved ones.
Thoughts are with his family and loved ones.
September 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sad to hear about the passing of Dr Markland - he was such a strong, compassionate, and honest voice from the front lines of healthcare in our province.
Thoughts are with his family and loved ones.
Thoughts are with his family and loved ones.
Whelp
This is the final edition of our local newspaper in Hinton. Sad to see it shutting down. Losing more local journalism from local sources, which is needed more than ever in rural Alberta right now.
Link to final edition⬇️
share.google/nEgnvudJEX60...
This is the final edition of our local newspaper in Hinton. Sad to see it shutting down. Losing more local journalism from local sources, which is needed more than ever in rural Alberta right now.
Link to final edition⬇️
share.google/nEgnvudJEX60...
August 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Whelp
This is the final edition of our local newspaper in Hinton. Sad to see it shutting down. Losing more local journalism from local sources, which is needed more than ever in rural Alberta right now.
Link to final edition⬇️
share.google/nEgnvudJEX60...
This is the final edition of our local newspaper in Hinton. Sad to see it shutting down. Losing more local journalism from local sources, which is needed more than ever in rural Alberta right now.
Link to final edition⬇️
share.google/nEgnvudJEX60...
Sadly I live in Alberta where Health Canada is ignored.
Even HC workers and elderly might not have access to this. And if they do they'll have to pay 🫥
Even HC workers and elderly might not have access to this. And if they do they'll have to pay 🫥
Health Canada has authorized the LP.8.1 variant adapted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 6 months and older.
The updated COMIRNATY® vaccine targets the Omicron LP.8.1 variant, one of the most recently circulating SARS-CoV-2 lineages. It will be made available this Fall across Canada.
The updated COMIRNATY® vaccine targets the Omicron LP.8.1 variant, one of the most recently circulating SARS-CoV-2 lineages. It will be made available this Fall across Canada.
August 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Sadly I live in Alberta where Health Canada is ignored.
Even HC workers and elderly might not have access to this. And if they do they'll have to pay 🫥
Even HC workers and elderly might not have access to this. And if they do they'll have to pay 🫥
Reposted by Laura Finnegan
"Unlike comments made by non-scientists such as Premier Danielle Smith that the vaccine “doesn’t work very well,” an intervention that reduces deaths, ICU visits and development of long COVID is real and impactful."
Excellent Editorial please read👇
Excellent Editorial please read👇
Opinion: Alberta's COVID vaccine limits go against ethical health-care delivery
All Albertans should have the choice of all available options including the COVID-19 vaccine.
buff.ly
August 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"Unlike comments made by non-scientists such as Premier Danielle Smith that the vaccine “doesn’t work very well,” an intervention that reduces deaths, ICU visits and development of long COVID is real and impactful."
Excellent Editorial please read👇
Excellent Editorial please read👇
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July 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Reposted by Laura Finnegan
Late last fall, we sent over 1000 hair samples – a year of hard work by the grizzly bear team – to the lab. But we were holding our breath for one sample in particular: a bear of the size and colour typical of grizzly bears and head features that looked more like a black bear's.
July 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Late last fall, we sent over 1000 hair samples – a year of hard work by the grizzly bear team – to the lab. But we were holding our breath for one sample in particular: a bear of the size and colour typical of grizzly bears and head features that looked more like a black bear's.
As a caribou biologist living and working in Hinton, 50% of these are high on my priority list
We have had no Dr in our our ER overnight nearly every night in 2025
And sometimes no Dr after 1pm
Luckily for him our MLA doesn't live in Hinton, so it's not on his high priority list
We have had no Dr in our our ER overnight nearly every night in 2025
And sometimes no Dr after 1pm
Luckily for him our MLA doesn't live in Hinton, so it's not on his high priority list
Hey Rural Albertans... 3 outta 4 of these endangered items might not be too high on your priority list...
But the one you care most about might be the first one to go extinct...
There is NO PLAN... govt will spout "record doctor numbers"... you seeing them in rural?
But the one you care most about might be the first one to go extinct...
There is NO PLAN... govt will spout "record doctor numbers"... you seeing them in rural?
July 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
As a caribou biologist living and working in Hinton, 50% of these are high on my priority list
We have had no Dr in our our ER overnight nearly every night in 2025
And sometimes no Dr after 1pm
Luckily for him our MLA doesn't live in Hinton, so it's not on his high priority list
We have had no Dr in our our ER overnight nearly every night in 2025
And sometimes no Dr after 1pm
Luckily for him our MLA doesn't live in Hinton, so it's not on his high priority list
Reposted by Laura Finnegan
The WildCo Lab @wildco.bsky.social is recruiting 2 postdocs in quantitative ecology to work on mammal population estimation and monitoring from camera trap data. 🐺🐻🦌📷📈
Please share the word or apply to join us at UBC in lovely Vancouver, Canada!
wildlife.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...
Please share the word or apply to join us at UBC in lovely Vancouver, Canada!
wildlife.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...
July 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The WildCo Lab @wildco.bsky.social is recruiting 2 postdocs in quantitative ecology to work on mammal population estimation and monitoring from camera trap data. 🐺🐻🦌📷📈
Please share the word or apply to join us at UBC in lovely Vancouver, Canada!
wildlife.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...
Please share the word or apply to join us at UBC in lovely Vancouver, Canada!
wildlife.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...
Reposted by Laura Finnegan
On behalf of @makeway.org’s Board of Directors, I am so pleased to share this exciting news.
Please meet Alex Sardar, MakeWay’s new President & CEO.
Please meet Alex Sardar, MakeWay’s new President & CEO.
MakeWay is thrilled to share that Alex Sardar has joined the organization as our new President and CEO. A lifelong advocate for democracy, human rights, and community-led change, Alex brings over 20 years of experience supporting social movements around the world.
makeway.org/in-the-news/...
makeway.org/in-the-news/...
MakeWay Welcomes Alex Sardar as New President and CEO - MakeWay
MakeWay's Board of Directors is pleased to announce that today Alex Sardar has joined the organization as its new President and CEO. Alex brings more than 20 years of experience as a trusted partner t...
makeway.org
July 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
On behalf of @makeway.org’s Board of Directors, I am so pleased to share this exciting news.
Please meet Alex Sardar, MakeWay’s new President & CEO.
Please meet Alex Sardar, MakeWay’s new President & CEO.
Reposted by Laura Finnegan
It's time for another guess the bear; this one even tricked some of our biologists!
Before we sent its hair off to the lab for DNA sequencing, we made our guesses. Before we reveal the answer, see if you can figure it out. We'll post the answer in a week!
#trailcamtuesday
Before we sent its hair off to the lab for DNA sequencing, we made our guesses. Before we reveal the answer, see if you can figure it out. We'll post the answer in a week!
#trailcamtuesday
July 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's time for another guess the bear; this one even tricked some of our biologists!
Before we sent its hair off to the lab for DNA sequencing, we made our guesses. Before we reveal the answer, see if you can figure it out. We'll post the answer in a week!
#trailcamtuesday
Before we sent its hair off to the lab for DNA sequencing, we made our guesses. Before we reveal the answer, see if you can figure it out. We'll post the answer in a week!
#trailcamtuesday
Winning!
“Alberta surpasses U.S. in confirmed measles cases with more than 1,300”
We did it everyone! Danielle Smith and the UCP have beaten the entire US!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
We did it everyone! Danielle Smith and the UCP have beaten the entire US!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta surpasses U.S. in confirmed measles cases with more than 1,300
Alberta has surpassed the United States in confirmed measles cases, after 30 new cases were diagnosed over the weekend.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Winning!
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Some US members of congress wrote the Canadian ambassador on July 7, 2025 with respect to fire management and the resulting smoke from Canadian forest fires. The reality is that the increase in fires & smoke is largely due to human-caused climate change, and we will see more fire in the future.
July 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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July 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Also, many immigrants become citizens. Like me.
Who can then vote for a provincial govt party that isn't xenophobic
Who can then vote for a provincial govt party that isn't xenophobic
Who, exactly, are these immigrants that have made Danielle so angry? Filipino nurses who provide our healthcare? American computer scientists who make Edmonton an AI centre of excellence? Ukrainian refugees who've opened new restaurants? West Africans who have revitalized our francophone community?
June 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Also, many immigrants become citizens. Like me.
Who can then vote for a provincial govt party that isn't xenophobic
Who can then vote for a provincial govt party that isn't xenophobic
It's probably $110 USD as well 🫠
The cost of the COVID vaccine to AB is projected at $110/shot.
Cost to general public remains TBD, but the government says patients will "pay the full cost" and that "much" of the $49M cost for the entire COVID program will be recouped through those payments.
Cost to general public remains TBD, but the government says patients will "pay the full cost" and that "much" of the $49M cost for the entire COVID program will be recouped through those payments.
June 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
It's probably $110 USD as well 🫠
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Apparently in Alberta we now follow the recommendations of the FDA and CDC
Not Health Canada and NACI
Did I miss a referendum?
Apparently in Alberta we now follow the recommendations of the FDA and CDC
Not Health Canada and NACI
Did I miss a referendum?
Alberta announces shift in COVID vaccine coverage, including having the general public outside of higher risk groups pay for their dose.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
A new approach to COVID-19 immunizations
Alberta’s government is transitioning its COVID-19 immunization program to a targeted program that prioritizes higher-risk Albertans first and reduces waste.
www.alberta.ca
June 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Apparently in Alberta we now follow the recommendations of the FDA and CDC
Not Health Canada and NACI
Did I miss a referendum?
Apparently in Alberta we now follow the recommendations of the FDA and CDC
Not Health Canada and NACI
Did I miss a referendum?
HEPA filters and masks are now standard equipment for our field crews (for trailers, camp, and fieldwork). Used every year
5 years ago this was not the case.
For those saying 'its the way it's always been, nothing has changed'...This is not true.
5 years ago this was not the case.
For those saying 'its the way it's always been, nothing has changed'...This is not true.
June 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
HEPA filters and masks are now standard equipment for our field crews (for trailers, camp, and fieldwork). Used every year
5 years ago this was not the case.
For those saying 'its the way it's always been, nothing has changed'...This is not true.
5 years ago this was not the case.
For those saying 'its the way it's always been, nothing has changed'...This is not true.