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Author of BELOVED BEASTS, http://tinyurl.com/belovedbeasts. Contributing ed. @HighCountryNews.bsky.social, bylines @nybooks.com, @TheAtlantic.bsky.social, etc. Conservation Works newsletter: http://substack.com/conservationworks Signal @shellhuis.21
On "A House of Dynamite," the meaning of expertise, and the one thing I really admire about Pete Hegseth. 💇♂️ New post at Conservation Works.
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A Primal Scream for Competence
"A House of Dynamite" and the meaning of expertise
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November 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
On "A House of Dynamite," the meaning of expertise, and the one thing I really admire about Pete Hegseth. 💇♂️ New post at Conservation Works.
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conservationworks.substack.com/p/a-primal-s...
Winter's coming. Time to sinter ❄️
New post from Conservation Works.
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#conservation #biodiversity
New post from Conservation Works.
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#conservation #biodiversity
Words We Need: Sintering
The rewards of bonding with your fellow flakes.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Winter's coming. Time to sinter ❄️
New post from Conservation Works.
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#conservation #biodiversity
New post from Conservation Works.
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#conservation #biodiversity
A bittersweet pleasure to stay up late last night thinking about Dr. Jane Goodall for @theatlantic.com. She was truly one of the greats. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall’s Second-Greatest Talent
She knew how to wield her fame to protect the animals she loved.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A bittersweet pleasure to stay up late last night thinking about Dr. Jane Goodall for @theatlantic.com. She was truly one of the greats. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
New post at Conservation Works about gratitude, darkness, going forth, and the legacies of Joanna Macy and my friend Nathan Suter.
#ecogrief #biodiversity #conservationscience 🌍🌎🌏
Photo from Amanda Stronza's Animal Memorials series.
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#ecogrief #biodiversity #conservationscience 🌍🌎🌏
Photo from Amanda Stronza's Animal Memorials series.
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The Work That Reconnects
How conservationists get through it.
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August 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New post at Conservation Works about gratitude, darkness, going forth, and the legacies of Joanna Macy and my friend Nathan Suter.
#ecogrief #biodiversity #conservationscience 🌍🌎🌏
Photo from Amanda Stronza's Animal Memorials series.
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#ecogrief #biodiversity #conservationscience 🌍🌎🌏
Photo from Amanda Stronza's Animal Memorials series.
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I’ve observed plenty of dialogues intended to resolve deep-seated disputes over wildlife, and only rarely have I seen them produce anything but frustration. The National Wolf Conversation was different.
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conservationworks.substack.com/p/more-than-... 🧪🌍 #biodiversity #goodgreennews #conservation
More Than a Conversation
The National Wolf Conversation was a glimpse of a better future.
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July 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’ve observed plenty of dialogues intended to resolve deep-seated disputes over wildlife, and only rarely have I seen them produce anything but frustration. The National Wolf Conversation was different.
conservationworks.substack.com/p/more-than-... 🧪🌍 #biodiversity #goodgreennews #conservation
conservationworks.substack.com/p/more-than-... 🧪🌍 #biodiversity #goodgreennews #conservation
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Michelle Nijhuis @nijhuism.bsky.social on what we choose to save and what we leave behind
Saving Graces | Michelle Nijhuis
What we conserve and why—art, heirlooms, animals, even the planet—are increasingly urgent questions.
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July 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Michelle Nijhuis @nijhuism.bsky.social on what we choose to save and what we leave behind
Block, bridge, build: a conservation strategy for the foreseeable future. New from me at Conservation Works: open.substack.com/pub/conserva... #conservation #ecology #restoration #biodiversity
Block, Bridge, Build
A conservation strategy for the foreseeable future
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May 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Block, bridge, build: a conservation strategy for the foreseeable future. New from me at Conservation Works: open.substack.com/pub/conserva... #conservation #ecology #restoration #biodiversity
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The always-incisive @nijhuism.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com gets it exactly right on #publiclands.
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May 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The always-incisive @nijhuism.bsky.social in @nytopinion.nytimes.com gets it exactly right on #publiclands.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...
Fiction can distract us from climate reality; it can also help us face it. New post at Conservation Works: open.substack.com/pub/conserva... #climate #biodiversity
Any Apocalypse but Our Own
When reality requires a leap of imagination
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May 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Fiction can distract us from climate reality; it can also help us face it. New post at Conservation Works: open.substack.com/pub/conserva... #climate #biodiversity
If only Trump had taken the Alcatraz audio tour and learned about the three guys who escaped through the air vents after widening them with spoons www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison
Trump ordered multiple agencies to rebuild the penitentiary, which was closed in 1963 over high operating costs and has been a tourist spot for decades.
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May 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If only Trump had taken the Alcatraz audio tour and learned about the three guys who escaped through the air vents after widening them with spoons www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Morrissey sucks but this 2023 Glastonbury set of Smiths covers from Rick Astley and Blossoms is the joy I need right now www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxtr...
Rick Astley - Smiths - FULL SET - Glastonbury Blossoms Live
YouTube video by Justin Whiting
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April 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Morrissey sucks but this 2023 Glastonbury set of Smiths covers from Rick Astley and Blossoms is the joy I need right now www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxtr...
"De-extinction" is a marketing term, those "dire wolves" are designer dogs, and extinction is still forever.
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April 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"De-extinction" is a marketing term, those "dire wolves" are designer dogs, and extinction is still forever.
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Abundance: I read it, and I have some thoughts. Tell me yours! substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Scarcity in "Abundance"
Hand me the star pills.
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April 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Abundance: I read it, and I have some thoughts. Tell me yours! substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Grateful to the incomparable @nijhuism.bsky.social (author of BELOVED BEASTS) for moderating the launch event for WARBODY by Joshua Howe (left) and Alexander Lemons (right, borrowing my hat), a new book on the "slow violence" of war and the health issues millions of military veterans face.
March 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Grateful to the incomparable @nijhuism.bsky.social (author of BELOVED BEASTS) for moderating the launch event for WARBODY by Joshua Howe (left) and Alexander Lemons (right, borrowing my hat), a new book on the "slow violence" of war and the health issues millions of military veterans face.
The Alien Enemies Act was last invoked in 1941. My neighborhood is still healing from the wounds. New post at Conservation Works: conservationworks.substack.com/p/when-alien...
When "Alien Enemies" Are Your Neighbors
The Alien Enemies Act was last invoked in 1941. The wounds haven't healed yet.
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March 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The Alien Enemies Act was last invoked in 1941. My neighborhood is still healing from the wounds. New post at Conservation Works: conservationworks.substack.com/p/when-alien...
Can a human represent the interests of wolves? I spoke with ethicist Bill Lynn about his role as a "wolf trustee" in the recent National Wolf Conversation.
New post from Conservation Works, including links to resources and reporting on the ongoing attacks on public lands. Thanks for reading.
New post from Conservation Works, including links to resources and reporting on the ongoing attacks on public lands. Thanks for reading.
What’s It Like to Speak for Wolves?
A conversation with ethicist and wolf trustee Bill Lynn.
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March 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Can a human represent the interests of wolves? I spoke with ethicist Bill Lynn about his role as a "wolf trustee" in the recent National Wolf Conversation.
New post from Conservation Works, including links to resources and reporting on the ongoing attacks on public lands. Thanks for reading.
New post from Conservation Works, including links to resources and reporting on the ongoing attacks on public lands. Thanks for reading.
“If you are feeling uncertainty, frustration, or loss, you are not alone. These are real and valid emotions that I have been feeling, too.” — Randy Moore, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, in his Feb. 26 farewell email to employees 🌲
February 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“If you are feeling uncertainty, frustration, or loss, you are not alone. These are real and valid emotions that I have been feeling, too.” — Randy Moore, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, in his Feb. 26 farewell email to employees 🌲
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Went for a bike ride on the Potomac River & saw 3 pairs of nesting peregrine falcons & they asked me to spread the word that as soon as their chicks fledge, they will sharpen their beaks & talons, fly to DC & gouge out the eyes of anybody who says wildlife conservation is wasteful
February 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Went for a bike ride on the Potomac River & saw 3 pairs of nesting peregrine falcons & they asked me to spread the word that as soon as their chicks fledge, they will sharpen their beaks & talons, fly to DC & gouge out the eyes of anybody who says wildlife conservation is wasteful
What happens when you spend quality time with your political opponents? Last month, I had a chance to find out. My column on the National Wolf Conversation @postopinions.bsky.social : wapo.st/41u2bBY
February 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
What happens when you spend quality time with your political opponents? Last month, I had a chance to find out. My column on the National Wolf Conversation @postopinions.bsky.social : wapo.st/41u2bBY
Welp, please take this opportunity to read my piece in today's Post Opinions. It's not about personal liberties OR free markets! It's about wolves — and people. Gift link: wapo.st/41u2bBY #conservation #coexistence
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Welp, please take this opportunity to read my piece in today's Post Opinions. It's not about personal liberties OR free markets! It's about wolves — and people. Gift link: wapo.st/41u2bBY #conservation #coexistence
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Thought this was a smart, if tragic, point on @nijhuism.bsky.social's newsletter this morning: Obviously firing probationary employees is a blunt, convenient tool, but, for the agency-haters, it also serves the purpose of knee-capping future leaders.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thought this was a smart, if tragic, point on @nijhuism.bsky.social's newsletter this morning: Obviously firing probationary employees is a blunt, convenient tool, but, for the agency-haters, it also serves the purpose of knee-capping future leaders.
conservationworks.substack.com/p/the-admini...
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If you need an uncomplicated good in your life (and don’t we all right now?) I recommend a slow reading or re-reading of the Wolf Hall trilogy. A joy. #booksky 📚💙
February 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If you need an uncomplicated good in your life (and don’t we all right now?) I recommend a slow reading or re-reading of the Wolf Hall trilogy. A joy. #booksky 📚💙
Coexistence: everybody wants it, but what IS it? New post at Conservation Works #conservationscience #ecology #wildlife 🌎 🌎 🌎 conservationworks.substack.com/p/words-we-n... feat. @s-pooley.bsky.social and news of conservation at work ... yes, conservation continues, even in these degraded times!
Words We Need: Coexistence
Everybody wants it. But what is it?
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February 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Coexistence: everybody wants it, but what IS it? New post at Conservation Works #conservationscience #ecology #wildlife 🌎 🌎 🌎 conservationworks.substack.com/p/words-we-n... feat. @s-pooley.bsky.social and news of conservation at work ... yes, conservation continues, even in these degraded times!
How to understand the West's "forever fire season" — great resources from the rich @highcountrynews.bsky.social archives, curated by @shaun505.bsky.social #wildfire
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How to understand the West’s ‘forever wildfire season’ - High Country News
Amid California’s deadly fires, here are 10 High Country News stories to help you bring context to wildland blazes.
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January 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
How to understand the West's "forever fire season" — great resources from the rich @highcountrynews.bsky.social archives, curated by @shaun505.bsky.social #wildfire
www.hcn.org/articles/how...
www.hcn.org/articles/how...
The right-wing extremists at the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association are selling fake sheriff's badges for a mere $750 each cspoa.org/product/offi... @jesspish.bsky.social
Official CSPOA Leather Wallet With Badge
Beautiful High Quality Leather Wallet with Official CSPOA Badge included. In the Spirit of 1776! Limited Supply. Get yours while we still have some left! ...Read More...
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January 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The right-wing extremists at the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association are selling fake sheriff's badges for a mere $750 each cspoa.org/product/offi... @jesspish.bsky.social