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Diane Matsakis
@marshcottage.bsky.social
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Fine Artist, Naturalist, Environmentalist, Treehugger, Citizen Scientist and Proud Dyslexic. she/her
www.dianematsakis.com
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It would be important to include meat and dairy in the campaign: the industry doesn't just emit a significant amount of greenhouse gases but it also impacts the environment, animal lives and human health in many other ways www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@andrewsimms.bsky.social
Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
Not sure if our little raccoon friend here lost its tail in a fight, or if it was born that way - apparently it can be a genetic trait. Either way, he or she seems to get along fine without it.
October 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
Relevant now more than ever.
Photo of Jane Goodall embracing a young gorilla, with the text "Let us develope respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And Love."
October 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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September 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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rdzombak.bsky.social
The USGS ecosystems research program doesn't just study wildlife. Its researchers work on rangelands and forests, fisheries and aquaculture, and critically, wildfire.

Trump's proposed budget eliminates this program entirely, allocating $0 for 2026.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...
Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
Nest building is going well for this little chickadee - she’s very fastidious! #nestingseason #chickadee #nestcamera #birdlife
April 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Signs of spring, ranked.
A six-panel comic called Signs of Spring, Ranked. In panel 1, #10 is Robin - not always a useful sign since robins are quietly present in winter in many areas. In panel 2, there's #9: Daffodil - nice, mundane, #8: Skunk Cabbage - unusual, cool, and #7: Dutchman's Breeches - lol. In panel 3, there's #6: Turkey vulture migrating - gloriously ominous, a humbling reminder of life's transience, and #5: very very small bunny - wow, the little ears. In panel 4 there's #4: Snake sunbathing, with a gartersnake warming itself - underappreciated, looks cozy, and #3: Woodcock going peent - the perfect sound. In panel 5 there's #2: small frogs yelling as loud as they can, with a wood frog floating in a pool inflating itself to make a loud quack - they crave love, or at least they crave the external fertilization of 1500 gelatinous eggs. In panel 6, there's #1, Even smaller frogs yelling, with a spring peeper sitting on the ground making loud calls - yes, YES.
April 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Anyway if you wanna know how this administration *actually* feels about carnivore conservation, you should probably read my recent @vox.com story about the potential torpedoing of the Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program.

www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
April 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
Rewilding my 'bit of earth' and reaping the rewards! #pileatedwoodpecker #rewilding #fungi #leavetheleaves #bitofearth #TheSecretGarden #deadwoodislife
Pileated woodpecker searching for grubs on a fallen tree trunk that is rotted and full of fungi
April 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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@altnps.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
Three and a half hours now, and still they come! #HandsOff #HandsoffNY #Resist #NYC
April 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
Something calming to escape the madness. A roll cloud (volutus) at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. #RSPBBemptonCliffs #rollcloud #volutus #serenesky #BemptonCliffs #chalkcliffs
Photo of a roll cloud (a long tube shape) above the sea, following the chalk cliffs at Bempton in Yorkshire. There is sunlight on the water but the sun itself is mostly hidden by other clouds.
April 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
The beauty of a male red-winged blackbird often gets overlooked, as they are seen as common. I'm filled with joy when I see one. Those striking epaulettes, wow! I love their calls too - always reminds me of spring.
#InternationalBirdDay #BirdoftheDay #blackbird #redwing #birdlife #soakupthesun
North American red-winged blackbirds, perched on a log in a pond, wings outstretched, soaking up the sun. North American red-winged blackbirds, perched on a log in a pond, with its beak open
April 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
Drawing of the food web, with a box marked poison at the bottom of it and apex predators, coyote, owl and bear at the top.
March 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
Spring has sprung in Malmo, Sweden. #spring #springbulbs #signsofsprinh #Malmo #Sweden
Snowdrops cover the ground below a large tree in a city park Setting sunlight and the silhouette of an old windmill at the castle moat in Malmo, Sweden
March 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Appeal Court *very slightly* reduces sentences on some of the 16 peaceful climate protesters, jailed for total of 41 years. This isn’t justice. People desperate for climate action to save lives treated like organised criminals, while big oil & gas get away with ecocide @defendourjuries.bsky.social
Just Stop Oil: Co-founder's sentence reduced in Court of Appeal
Sixteen climate protesters were jailed last year for their roles in Just Stop Oil demonstrations.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
Trying to find ways to distract myself from the news and I came across this time-lapse video from a snowstorm a few years back. Sadly my battery died and so I didn't record the full amount, but the snow continued until the next day. #distraction #timelapse #snowstorm
March 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
Keep the faith! The National Parks Preserve All Life. #AltNationalParks #NationalParks #Resist #Thislandismylandthislandisyourland
Vintage poster from The Department of the Interior National Parks Service. The image is of a deer coming out of the forest to drink at the lakeside. The title says 'WILD LIFE' The national parks preserve all life.
February 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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All art fails when trying to capture the Grand Canyon and there are simply no words to describe it. A visceral experienced, once encountered, it is never forgotten. #NationalParks #AltNationalParks #GrandCanyon #Resist #Publiclands #Thislandismylandthislandisyourland
Photo of a woman (me) walking a trail in the Grand Canyon. I have my arm raised and my hand is shielding my eyes from the setting sunlight. I am looking across into the distance towards the other side of the canyon
February 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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It’s the hungry season and here’s the first coyote I’ve ever caught on camera. We had rain a few days ago that then froze on top of snow. Listen to the ice cracking as the coyotes paws fall through to the snow below. #coyote #winterwildlife #trailcam
February 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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caryinstitute.bsky.social
Cary senior scientist Richard Ostfeld in @gristnews.bsky.social “Somehow science and scientists, information and facts, are perceived as the enemy. The casualties of all this, in addition to the scientists, are the American people.”

grist.org/science/trum...
Trump's funding freeze is wreaking havoc on climate science
Federal dollars have bankrolled some of humanity's biggest breakthroughs.
grist.org
February 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Brilliant campaigning from @wwtworldwide.bsky.social ft Megan McCubbin in spoof video at the Duck & Cover restaurant.

The use of humour as a campaign tool shouldn't be underestimated.

#BanLead #Ornithology

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/11/t...
“The Toxic Restaurant” – spoof video highlighting toxic lead ammunition sends BASC into meltdown
In the build up to a forthcoming decision by the DEFRA Secretary of State (and his counterparts in the devolved governments) whether to accept the HSE’s recommendations to ban the use of toxi…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
marshcottage.bsky.social
Our hardy red fox friend was the only one to brave the snow storm last night 🦊 #foxoftheday #fox #redfox #snowfox #foxlove #foxfriend
February 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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February 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM