Sam Day
@mifishandplants.bsky.social
Water Quality Biologist in the homelands of the Anishinaabe. Here for all the water, fish, and plant content 💧🐟🌱
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"Like lobster to Maine and salmon to Alaska, whitefish is one of the signature animals in Michigan's history"
But after decades of slow decline, the fish are now on the brink of collapse in most of Lakes Michigan + Huron in part due to invasive mussels #GreatLakes www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
But after decades of slow decline, the fish are now on the brink of collapse in most of Lakes Michigan + Huron in part due to invasive mussels #GreatLakes www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Iconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens | Bridge Michigan
Few fish are as synonymous with Michigan as whitefish. Pushed to the edge by invasive species, their struggle is the tip of a cataclysmic species collapse that could change our way of life.
www.bridgemi.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Like lobster to Maine and salmon to Alaska, whitefish is one of the signature animals in Michigan's history"
But after decades of slow decline, the fish are now on the brink of collapse in most of Lakes Michigan + Huron in part due to invasive mussels #GreatLakes www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
But after decades of slow decline, the fish are now on the brink of collapse in most of Lakes Michigan + Huron in part due to invasive mussels #GreatLakes www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Happy Summer Solstice! #floralfriday #pollinatorweek
June 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Happy Summer Solstice! #floralfriday #pollinatorweek
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Some great news: Oregon just passed the first law in the nation to protect beavers on federal public lands in degraded watersheds. HB 3932 bans recreational and commercial beaver trapping where streams are classified as impaired under the Clean Water Act!
Historic Law Protecting Beavers on Public Lands in Oregon Heads to Governor’s Desk for Signature - Western Watersheds Project
For Immediate Release, June 17, 2025 Contact: Adam Bronstein, adam@westernwatersheds.org, (541) 595-8034 Historic Law Protecting Beavers on Public Lands in Oregon Heads to Governor’s Desk for Signat...
westernwatersheds.org
June 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Some great news: Oregon just passed the first law in the nation to protect beavers on federal public lands in degraded watersheds. HB 3932 bans recreational and commercial beaver trapping where streams are classified as impaired under the Clean Water Act!
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AFS joined other science, conservation, and outdoor organizations in a "Statement on Federal Public Lands Transfer, Sale, and Exchange." The current Senate budget reconciliation bill requires federal agencies to sell 2-3 million acres in 11 western states. Read more: fisheries.org/2025/06/stat...
Statement on Federal Public Lands Transfer, Sale, and Exchange - American Fisheries Society
American Fisheries Society ● American Fly Fishing Trade Association ● Angler Action Foundation ● Archery Trade Association ● Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
fisheries.org
June 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
AFS joined other science, conservation, and outdoor organizations in a "Statement on Federal Public Lands Transfer, Sale, and Exchange." The current Senate budget reconciliation bill requires federal agencies to sell 2-3 million acres in 11 western states. Read more: fisheries.org/2025/06/stat...
The hidden horrors of AI…
Illinois is already a top destination for data centers, and more are coming.
Story by @insideclimatenews.org:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/06/as-d...
Story by @insideclimatenews.org:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/06/as-d...
As data centers proliferate across Illinois, communities grapple with how to supply the necessary water | Great Lakes Now
Computing facilities require lots of water to operate, putting the burden of allocating resources on municipalities.
www.greatlakesnow.org
June 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The hidden horrors of AI…
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The “beautiful” bill got uglier.
“On Tuesday, June 10, this plan was added to the draft legislation of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending megabill by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the U.S. Senate.”
“On Tuesday, June 10, this plan was added to the draft legislation of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending megabill by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the U.S. Senate.”
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate added a mandate to the budget bill to sell enormous swaths of public land managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.
The Newest Plan to Auction Off Public Lands Would Impact Millions of Acres in Western States
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate added a mandate to the budget bill to sell enormous swaths of public land managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management
www.outsideonline.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The “beautiful” bill got uglier.
“On Tuesday, June 10, this plan was added to the draft legislation of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending megabill by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the U.S. Senate.”
“On Tuesday, June 10, this plan was added to the draft legislation of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending megabill by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the U.S. Senate.”
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Bad idea to be golfing when Mother Nature want to practice fractal art! Check out the lightning strike pattern that occurred yesterday in Gaylord, MI.
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Lightning strike leaves mark on Smith Tradition golf course at Treetops Resort
GAYLORD, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - Treetops Resort in Gaylord was hit by lightning on the 11th fairway of the Smith Tradition during a lightning storm Tuesday.“Tur
upnorthlive.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Bad idea to be golfing when Mother Nature want to practice fractal art! Check out the lightning strike pattern that occurred yesterday in Gaylord, MI.
upnorthlive.com/news/local/l...
upnorthlive.com/news/local/l...
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Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan. https://n.pr/4dYZOvs
Copenhagen is adapting to a warmer world with rain tunnels and 'sponge parks'
Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan.
n.pr
June 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Copenhagen is expected to receive 30% more rainfall by the end of the century. The city is responding with a massive long-term adaptation plan. https://n.pr/4dYZOvs
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Senate Resurrects Public Land Sell-off. The Senate proposal to sell off 3 Million acres of public land is a bad joke.
“To Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), who’s spearheading the latest effort to sell off 3 million acres in the West, it’s a spectacularly stupid idea…”
#protect #publiclands
“To Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), who’s spearheading the latest effort to sell off 3 million acres in the West, it’s a spectacularly stupid idea…”
#protect #publiclands
Angling Trade | Senate Resurrects Public Land Sell-off
The Senate proposal to sell off 3 Million acres of public land is a bad joke.
www.flylab.fish
June 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Just in time for the summer crowds! Hopefully the new demonstration garden sways more lakefront homeowners to adopt natural shorelines
We attended the dedication celebration of the Lake Charlevoix Shoreline Greenbelt Demonstration Gardens - and loved their new signage on how lakefront homeowners can establish greenbelts on their own property. Bonus: a QR code to our Smart Shorelands tip sheets! www.canr.msu.edu/home_gardeni...
June 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just in time for the summer crowds! Hopefully the new demonstration garden sways more lakefront homeowners to adopt natural shorelines
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“Nobody so far in this permitting process have looked at the actual environmental impacts of building a tunnel through the most sensitive part of the bottomlands of the Great Lakes." #ShutDownLine5 #NoLine5OilTunnel www.michiganpublic.org/environment-...
Groups want Michigan officials to deny a permit for a proposed tunnel for Enbridge Line 5
Environmental groups concerned about drilling a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac want Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, EGLE, to deny a Water Re...
www.michiganpublic.org
June 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“Nobody so far in this permitting process have looked at the actual environmental impacts of building a tunnel through the most sensitive part of the bottomlands of the Great Lakes." #ShutDownLine5 #NoLine5OilTunnel www.michiganpublic.org/environment-...
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“Just five of the Senate committee's 23 members attended the hearing.”
An Idaho businessman tapped to become the new leader of the U.S. Forest Service faced little questioning over his past land disputes with the agency during his confirmation hearing.
Idahoan tapped to oversee U.S. Forest Service gets smooth confirmation hearing
An Idaho businessman tapped to become the new leader of the U.S. Forest Service faced little questioning over his past land disputes with the agency during his confirmation hearing.
www.ksut.org
June 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“Just five of the Senate committee's 23 members attended the hearing.”
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Turns out the secret to getting people excited about aquatic conservation is to serve it with an IPA! 😉
Cheers to @mlive.com for this great article featuring our partnership with a Grand Rapids-area brewery to spread the word about aquatic conservation! Click to see the details of Saturday's "Native Waters" beer release party at Trail Point Brewing Company on Saturday.
www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
This Michigan brewery is fighting invasive species one IPA at a time
Trail Point Brewery's Native Waters IPA is the latest in their series raising awareness about invasive species while offering a juicy, hazy IPA craft beer experience.
www.mlive.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Turns out the secret to getting people excited about aquatic conservation is to serve it with an IPA! 😉
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"we should colonize mars"
Really? Cause last I heard there isn't a single cool fish on that entire planet. Earth is fucking loaded with cool fish. We discover new ones all the time. Have you seen an Alligator Gar? Not if you're from Mars you haven't. Have fun on your sad fishless rock marsoids.
Really? Cause last I heard there isn't a single cool fish on that entire planet. Earth is fucking loaded with cool fish. We discover new ones all the time. Have you seen an Alligator Gar? Not if you're from Mars you haven't. Have fun on your sad fishless rock marsoids.
May 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"we should colonize mars"
Really? Cause last I heard there isn't a single cool fish on that entire planet. Earth is fucking loaded with cool fish. We discover new ones all the time. Have you seen an Alligator Gar? Not if you're from Mars you haven't. Have fun on your sad fishless rock marsoids.
Really? Cause last I heard there isn't a single cool fish on that entire planet. Earth is fucking loaded with cool fish. We discover new ones all the time. Have you seen an Alligator Gar? Not if you're from Mars you haven't. Have fun on your sad fishless rock marsoids.
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Enbridge is quite familiar with these tactics.
Including funding winter events that are becoming increasingly unlikely because of the climate crisis Enbridge is worsening.
Including funding winter events that are becoming increasingly unlikely because of the climate crisis Enbridge is worsening.
May 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Enbridge is quite familiar with these tactics.
Including funding winter events that are becoming increasingly unlikely because of the climate crisis Enbridge is worsening.
Including funding winter events that are becoming increasingly unlikely because of the climate crisis Enbridge is worsening.
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"Native plants provide multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces, supporting urban biodiversity and provisioning ecosystem services than non-native plant species and should be prioritized in urban horticulture activities."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Plant native: comparing biodiversity benefits, ecosystem services provisioning, and plant performance of native and non-native plants in urban horticulture - Urban Ecosystems
Plant species used in urban horticulture are frequently non-native despite evidence that urban areas are regular points of introduction, often leading to invasions and negative impacts on biodiversity...
link.springer.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"Native plants provide multiple ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces, supporting urban biodiversity and provisioning ecosystem services than non-native plant species and should be prioritized in urban horticulture activities."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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“The hand-seeding exceeded my wildest expectations." - Yurok Fisheries Department Senior Riparian Ecologist Joshua Chenoweth @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91333804/the...
www.fastcompany.com/91333804/the...
These stunning photos show how nature came back after the world’s largest dam removal project
Four dams and three large reservoirs were removed from the Klamath River in a project that finished last year. Acres of native wildflowers are now in bloom along the river’s edge.
www.fastcompany.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“The hand-seeding exceeded my wildest expectations." - Yurok Fisheries Department Senior Riparian Ecologist Joshua Chenoweth @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91333804/the...
www.fastcompany.com/91333804/the...