Seth White
@occupyrivers.bsky.social
Dad, fish aficionado, climate impacts, linocut printmaker | Assoc Prof of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences at Oregon State University | Director of the Oregon Hatchery Research Center #TeamFish
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Seth White
@occupyrivers.bsky.social
· Feb 4
I don't know who needs to hear this today, but our lab's new website comes equipped with a "Carc Gallery" (a collection of photos of salmon carcasses that died of natural causes, after spawning).
www.fishbehaviorscapeslab.com/carc-gallery
www.fishbehaviorscapeslab.com/carc-gallery
Not a new sketch but new to #sundayfishsketch. Design idea for a future linocut print “Salmon death cycle”
April 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Not a new sketch but new to #sundayfishsketch. Design idea for a future linocut print “Salmon death cycle”
Reposted by Seth White
Why am I so excited about COMPASS Pathfinders Program?
It's based on Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science. I was in 2015 cohort. It was extraordinary -- I still benefit from the targeted training, generous network, & powerful collaboration.
Apply!
www.compassscicomm.org/compass-path...
It's based on Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science. I was in 2015 cohort. It was extraordinary -- I still benefit from the targeted training, generous network, & powerful collaboration.
Apply!
www.compassscicomm.org/compass-path...
COMPASS Pathfinders: Conservation Leaders | COMPASS
www.compassscicomm.org
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Why am I so excited about COMPASS Pathfinders Program?
It's based on Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science. I was in 2015 cohort. It was extraordinary -- I still benefit from the targeted training, generous network, & powerful collaboration.
Apply!
www.compassscicomm.org/compass-path...
It's based on Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science. I was in 2015 cohort. It was extraordinary -- I still benefit from the targeted training, generous network, & powerful collaboration.
Apply!
www.compassscicomm.org/compass-path...
For reasons that don’t need elaboration, things have been unusually busy so if you’ve followed me recently and you’re a fisheries/climate impacts/aquatic biodiversity/etc acct and I haven’t followed back yet, thanks for your patience!
a drawing of a teddy bear with the words bear with me below it
ALT: a drawing of a teddy bear with the words bear with me below it
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March 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
For reasons that don’t need elaboration, things have been unusually busy so if you’ve followed me recently and you’re a fisheries/climate impacts/aquatic biodiversity/etc acct and I haven’t followed back yet, thanks for your patience!
Introducing my first substack, Rising Rivers, where I explore the science and culture behind rivers and fisheries intended for non-academic audience. First article is "Abundant Rivers" with the thoughts on the role (and risks) of salmon hatcheries open.substack.com/pub/sethwhit...
Abundant Rivers
What role can hatcheries play in recovering harvestable salmon abundance while protecting wild populations?
open.substack.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Introducing my first substack, Rising Rivers, where I explore the science and culture behind rivers and fisheries intended for non-academic audience. First article is "Abundant Rivers" with the thoughts on the role (and risks) of salmon hatcheries open.substack.com/pub/sethwhit...
Listening to this now!
"Much of the world is hidden from us, that we don't perceive it and we don't understand it. And that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand."
"Much of the world is hidden from us, that we don't perceive it and we don't understand it. And that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand."
The most achingly beautiful explanation of what science is, from @edyong209.bsky.social: “the idea that much of the world is hidden from us, that we don’t perceive it and don’t understand it, and that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Listening to this now!
"Much of the world is hidden from us, that we don't perceive it and we don't understand it. And that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand."
"Much of the world is hidden from us, that we don't perceive it and we don't understand it. And that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand."
Reposted by Seth White
I was always hoping there was a way to find the salmonid scientists on here easily. Now there is! Please comment to be added, it is (very) incomplete 🙏
#salmon #FishSci
go.bsky.app/GSn7fKy
#salmon #FishSci
go.bsky.app/GSn7fKy
November 2, 2024 at 5:25 AM
I was always hoping there was a way to find the salmonid scientists on here easily. Now there is! Please comment to be added, it is (very) incomplete 🙏
#salmon #FishSci
go.bsky.app/GSn7fKy
#salmon #FishSci
go.bsky.app/GSn7fKy
I'm forever a fan of getting a nature fix, but I reject for the sole purpose of being more productive
"The boost to cognition lasted 30 minutes after leaving the natural setting, which may help you plan the best time for mentally demanding work."
Thanks, but I'll keep that 30 min for myself
"The boost to cognition lasted 30 minutes after leaving the natural setting, which may help you plan the best time for mentally demanding work."
Thanks, but I'll keep that 30 min for myself
The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic. Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. Exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity.
Includes a quote by @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social
Includes a quote by @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social
The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic
Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I'm forever a fan of getting a nature fix, but I reject for the sole purpose of being more productive
"The boost to cognition lasted 30 minutes after leaving the natural setting, which may help you plan the best time for mentally demanding work."
Thanks, but I'll keep that 30 min for myself
"The boost to cognition lasted 30 minutes after leaving the natural setting, which may help you plan the best time for mentally demanding work."
Thanks, but I'll keep that 30 min for myself
When baby salmon emerge from the gravel, how far do they disperse to summer rearing grounds? We haven't known until now (at least at the population scale), because they're too small to tag. In a paper just out, we answered this question using parentage-based (genetic) tagging! tinyurl.com/39b2sfjd
Watershed-scale dispersal patterns of juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) revealed through genetic parentage analysis - Movement Ecology
Background For many aquatic taxa, juvenile dispersal from spawning locations to rearing habitats is a critical process influencing individual fitness and population dynamics. However, our understandin...
movementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
When baby salmon emerge from the gravel, how far do they disperse to summer rearing grounds? We haven't known until now (at least at the population scale), because they're too small to tag. In a paper just out, we answered this question using parentage-based (genetic) tagging! tinyurl.com/39b2sfjd
I don't know who needs to hear this today, but our lab's new website comes equipped with a "Carc Gallery" (a collection of photos of salmon carcasses that died of natural causes, after spawning).
www.fishbehaviorscapeslab.com/carc-gallery
www.fishbehaviorscapeslab.com/carc-gallery
February 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this today, but our lab's new website comes equipped with a "Carc Gallery" (a collection of photos of salmon carcasses that died of natural causes, after spawning).
www.fishbehaviorscapeslab.com/carc-gallery
www.fishbehaviorscapeslab.com/carc-gallery
Feeling proud of our small but mighty team... Say hello to the Fish Behaviorscapes Lab!
February 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Feeling proud of our small but mighty team... Say hello to the Fish Behaviorscapes Lab!
Reposted by Seth White
One day after the White House environmental justice website went dark, please join me in welcoming the father of environmental justice to Bluesky. Yes, sociologist @drrobertbullard.bsky.social literally defined the concept in his 1990 book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality.
Dr. Robert D. Bullard (@drrobertbullard.bsky.social)
Scholar, author of 18 books, co-chair of @NBEJN1, @EJHBCU Climate Change Consortium, Director of @BullardCenter and father of environmental justice. #HBCU
drrobertbullard.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
One day after the White House environmental justice website went dark, please join me in welcoming the father of environmental justice to Bluesky. Yes, sociologist @drrobertbullard.bsky.social literally defined the concept in his 1990 book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality.
Reposted by Seth White
Only a week left to apply! If you're passionate about communications, human dimensions, and human-wildlife interactions -- come work with us!
We're recruiting a MS Research/Teaching Assistant to study Human Dimensions & Communication on Wolves in Oregon at Oregon State University.
📍View posting here: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
🗓️ Apply by end of day January 27, 2025.
#ConSocSci #HumanDimensions
📍View posting here: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id...
🗓️ Apply by end of day January 27, 2025.
#ConSocSci #HumanDimensions
MS Position in Human Dimensions & Communication on Wolves in Oregon | Natural Resources Job Board
jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu
January 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Only a week left to apply! If you're passionate about communications, human dimensions, and human-wildlife interactions -- come work with us!
New website launch for the Fish Behaviorscapes lab! www.fishbehaviorscapeslab.com
Fish Behaviorscapes Lab
www.fishbehaviorscapeslab.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
New website launch for the Fish Behaviorscapes lab! www.fishbehaviorscapeslab.com
Reposted by Seth White
Grad students & postdocs doing #ClimateChange research @ BSU, OSU, PSU, UM, UW, WSU and WWU — You can now APPLY for NW CASC's 2025-26 Research Fellowship Program - supporting climate adaptation research + training in actionable science! Proposals due 3/10 bit.ly/2025-nwcasc-rfp
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January 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Grad students & postdocs doing #ClimateChange research @ BSU, OSU, PSU, UM, UW, WSU and WWU — You can now APPLY for NW CASC's 2025-26 Research Fellowship Program - supporting climate adaptation research + training in actionable science! Proposals due 3/10 bit.ly/2025-nwcasc-rfp
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The Oregon Hatchery Research Center/Fish Behaviorscapes Lab at Oregon State University hosted Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife @myodfw.bsky.social Director Debbie Colbert for a meet & greet and lab tour!
January 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Oregon Hatchery Research Center/Fish Behaviorscapes Lab at Oregon State University hosted Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife @myodfw.bsky.social Director Debbie Colbert for a meet & greet and lab tour!
Not-so-humblebragging about tonight’s dinner. Required coordinating use of the same Dutch oven for the sourdough loaf and rice/beans/kale dish. Rotisserie chicken brined in buttermilk & spices, yum!
January 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Not-so-humblebragging about tonight’s dinner. Required coordinating use of the same Dutch oven for the sourdough loaf and rice/beans/kale dish. Rotisserie chicken brined in buttermilk & spices, yum!
The surge of activity on here has been incredible! I recall it taking ages to build the first 1K followers on the bird site
For the new/uninitiated: Asking to get on relevant starter packs is an effective strategy for making connections
For the new/uninitiated: Asking to get on relevant starter packs is an effective strategy for making connections
November 26, 2024 at 8:53 PM
The surge of activity on here has been incredible! I recall it taking ages to build the first 1K followers on the bird site
For the new/uninitiated: Asking to get on relevant starter packs is an effective strategy for making connections
For the new/uninitiated: Asking to get on relevant starter packs is an effective strategy for making connections
Same same.
I really missed the fish/freshwater/conservation science community I had developed at Twitter. I’m so happy to have been able to re-establish it here, almost instantly.
November 25, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Same same.
My academic doppelgänger has joined Bluesky!
Giving Bluesky a chance for connecting with other freshwater/fish folk. I’ve studied how artificial light at night affects river & riparian ecosystems, but these days do advocacy and focus on how fish respond to restoration, dams & angling.
November 23, 2024 at 3:03 AM
My academic doppelgänger has joined Bluesky!
With all the new accounts and flurry of follows/follow backs, I feel obligated to let you know I have a life beyond fisheries. Linocut printmaking!
November 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM
With all the new accounts and flurry of follows/follow backs, I feel obligated to let you know I have a life beyond fisheries. Linocut printmaking!
Hi new and old followers! Looking for examples using stream-side and instream incubators (“hatchboxes”) for releasing unfed salmonid fry to enhance harvest, supplement natural runs, or restore extirpated populations. Any leads appreciated, please repost to spread the word!
November 20, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Hi new and old followers! Looking for examples using stream-side and instream incubators (“hatchboxes”) for releasing unfed salmonid fry to enhance harvest, supplement natural runs, or restore extirpated populations. Any leads appreciated, please repost to spread the word!
Reposted by Seth White
I made a #Bluesky #FreshwaterEcology and #BiodiversityConservation starter pack.
If you'd like to be included, please comment bellow 👇🏼
go.bsky.app/ShC6bp7
If you'd like to be included, please comment bellow 👇🏼
go.bsky.app/ShC6bp7
November 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM
I made a #Bluesky #FreshwaterEcology and #BiodiversityConservation starter pack.
If you'd like to be included, please comment bellow 👇🏼
go.bsky.app/ShC6bp7
If you'd like to be included, please comment bellow 👇🏼
go.bsky.app/ShC6bp7
Just returned from issesr7.ifop.cl in Puerto Varas, Chile with @fisheriesprof.bsky.social & others. New insights on aquaculture-assisted fisheries, new birds on my list, new connections, rekindling old ones, and curanto, the traditional sea/land-food dish of Isla de Chiloe. ¡Fantástico!
November 17, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Just returned from issesr7.ifop.cl in Puerto Varas, Chile with @fisheriesprof.bsky.social & others. New insights on aquaculture-assisted fisheries, new birds on my list, new connections, rekindling old ones, and curanto, the traditional sea/land-food dish of Isla de Chiloe. ¡Fantástico!
Join our panel discussion in Seattle next week!
Are you headed to Seattle for #WFC2024 ? Are you interested in, or concerned about hatcheries, stocking, captive breeding, conservation aquaculture, etc.? Join our interactive roundtable www.xcdsystem.com/afs/program/... #fishsky
February 28, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Join our panel discussion in Seattle next week!
Rollout of new lab poster!
February 8, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Rollout of new lab poster!