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Julian Olden
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Professor @ UW | ecologist | freshwater | consumer of flat whites & craft ๐Ÿบ | gentle ๐ŸŸ squeezer | ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ | EiC Water Biology and Biosecurity | AE @ESA Frontiers and Eco Apps | www.oldenfish.com | Views are my own โœŠ

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Jan 9
National assessment of river protection in the U.S.

Article: doi.org/10.1038/s418...
Policy Brief: doi.org/10.1038/s418...
Rivers Explorer: map.myriver.americanrivers.org

Collaboration b/t American Rivers, Conservation Science Partners, Univ WA @americanrivers.bsky.social

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Image of river protection status in the United States

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท 20h
@uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social @cig-uw.bsky.social
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New Blog post!

Rough Seas For Offshore Wind: The Legal Battles Shaping US Offshore Energy Development

Our first blog this quarter from Xander Smith!!
Check it out at the FieldNotes website: fieldnotesjournal.org/new-blog/202...

Reposted by Julian D. Olden

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FieldNotes @fieldnotes-uw.bsky.social ยท 4d
New Blog post!

Rough Seas For Offshore Wind: The Legal Battles Shaping US Offshore Energy Development

Our first blog this quarter from Xander Smith!!
Check it out at the FieldNotes website: fieldnotesjournal.org/new-blog/202...

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท 5d
Super happy to have @ulaskimarta.bsky.social joining us at @uwsafs.bsky.social! Looking forward to working together!
ulaskimarta.bsky.social Marta Ulaski @ulaskimarta.bsky.social ยท 5d
I am very excited to be joining the Freshwater Ecology and Conservation Lab and @oldenfish.bsky.social with the support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation at the University of Washington @uwsafs.bsky.social this Fall!

Stay tuned for more work on habitat policy, climate, and salmon ๐Ÿ‘€
uwnews.uw.edu UW News @uwnews.uw.edu ยท 5d
@uofwa.uw.edu was awarded $2.5 million from the @moorefound.bsky.social to fund 16 postdoctoral fellows in a number of fields across the @uwartsci.bsky.social, the College of Engineering and the @uwenvironment.bsky.social.
www.washington.edu/news/2026/02...

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Marta Ulaski @ulaskimarta.bsky.social ยท 5d
I am very excited to be joining the Freshwater Ecology and Conservation Lab and @oldenfish.bsky.social with the support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation at the University of Washington @uwsafs.bsky.social this Fall!

Stay tuned for more work on habitat policy, climate, and salmon ๐Ÿ‘€
uwnews.uw.edu UW News @uwnews.uw.edu ยท 5d
@uofwa.uw.edu was awarded $2.5 million from the @moorefound.bsky.social to fund 16 postdoctoral fellows in a number of fields across the @uwartsci.bsky.social, the College of Engineering and the @uwenvironment.bsky.social.
www.washington.edu/news/2026/02...
People walking on a college campus

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท 5d
Mismatches between invasive species policy, which relies on administrative borders, and scientific research conducted at ecological units complicate regulation, risk assessment, and biosecurity. Here we explore some solutions.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท 16d
โ€ชAnother wonderful CESAB FOOD-WEBS working group meeting in Montpellier! Super productive and creative time together. Funding: @frbiodiv.bsky.social

Reposted by Julian D. Olden

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Jeff Opperman @jjopperman.bsky.social ยท 19d
River need greater protection, but to date our methods for tracking protection status have been limited. In this post I describe a new method from @oldenfish.bsky.social @americanrivers.bsky.social and Conservation Science Partners - the Protected River Index

www.forbes.com/sites/jeffop...
Improving How We Track Progress For River Protection
Rivers have relatively less protection than do land or oceans and we lack effective mechanisms for measuring protection. A new study offers an improved mechanism for tracking progress.
www.forbes.com

Reposted by Julian D. Olden

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FieldNotes @fieldnotes-uw.bsky.social ยท 25d
Welcome the editors for FieldNotes 2026! pt. 1

We're so excited to introduce the editors of our editorial team! Stay tuned for the remaining editors and other updates!

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท 28d
So glad that you investigated this issue! PISS is crappy, and it needs to be called out.

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American Rivers @americanrivers.bsky.social ยท Jan 10
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Over 80% of our nationโ€™s 4.4M miles of rivers arenโ€™t adequately protected!

Our brand new peer-reviewed research with Conservation Science Partners published in Nature Sustainability shows just how vulnerable our rivers are.

โžก๏ธ Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/npra-explore...

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Jan 9
Expanding river-specific protections, such as new federal and state Wild and Scenic Rivers and Outstanding Resource Waters, would ensure effective, durable protection measures tailored to rivers.

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Jan 9
Individual states can promote river protection through new or strengthened riparian buffer legislation, administrative rules, or agricultural/forestry best practices. Protecting rivers flowing through private lands, such as those offered by easements or land trust acquisitions/agreements, is key.

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Jan 9
Federal public lands have an outsized role in protecting rivers nationwide, and multiple-use lands provide a major opportunity to scale protections; weakening or eliminating existing environmental policy mechanisms would undermine these safeguards.

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Jan 9
Protection often does not coincide with other conservation objectives, where only a small fraction of watersheds with high biodiversity, habitat intactness and importance to drinking water supply are adequately protected.

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Jan 9
Protection is overwhelmingly driven by land-based mechanisms, which are often spatially misaligned with hotspots of freshwater biodiversity and may inadequately safeguard rivers from upstream threats. Protection is also uneven across river types (intermittent rivers less protected) and geographies.

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Jan 9
Americaโ€™s rivers are alarmingly under protected. Just over one-tenth (12%) of rivers in the contiguous United States and less than one-fifth (19%) nationwide are currently protected at a level deemed viable, while two-thirds remain entirely unprotected under the mechanisms assessed in this study.

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Dec 19
Unraveling multipredator impacts in salmon-bearing rivers using quantitative DNA metabarcoding. A wonderful collaboration with @jwinkfish.bsky.social.

@uwsafs.bsky.social @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwfreshwater.bsky.social

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esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social ยท Dec 15
hot off the press! Led by the mighty Marie Perga, including many members of the Fooฮด-webs team, and kindly funded by the Foundation for Research on Biodiversity/CESAB

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A global estimator of C and N isotope baselines for fresh waters
Baselines are the pebbles in the shoes of isotope ecologists. The extreme variability of the isotope composition of resources at the base of food webs governs the spatial differences of consumers'...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Dec 10
A huge congrats Tim!

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Nov 28
I enjoyed your talk Miguel. It was early for me (6:30 am), but it was well worth it!

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Nov 25
Nah ... I end up buying caps on eBay. I mostly use uncrimped caps (i.e., before they are used).

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Nov 24
Late night, but there is no better feeling that having stable isotope samples all prepped! โš›๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Nov 24
Finally found some time to reconnect with my caps. Red swamp crayfish in all its glory. Adding it to my office wall! @newbelgium.bsky.social @pikebrewing.bsky.social

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Nov 21
Sunrise from UW SAFS @uwsafs.bsky.social. Not a bad way to start the day! โ˜€๏ธ

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Nov 13
Thanks Corey!

Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Nov 13
Is Facebook fueling the online trade in aquatic invasive species?

Survey of hobbyists indicates that over half engage in peer-to-peer organism exchange, transport across state lines & release them into the wild.

AI Podcast: open.substack.com/pub/oldenfis....

Paper: www.reabic.net/journals/mbi...
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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Oct 6
The current website of the US Department of Agriculture. What a nightmare.

Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood, Trevor A. Branch

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Julian Olden @oldenfish.bsky.social ยท Sep 28
I've been proud to serve as the faculty leader for this effort. It has been a pleasure to interact with passionate students and emerging science communicators for many years now! We publish annually. I encourage you to check out past issues and follow! @uwsafs.bsky.social @trevorabranch.bsky.social
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FieldNotes (fieldnotesjournal.org) is a student-run undergraduate journal and digital storytelling platform at @uwenvironment.bsky.social. We have focused on highlighting undergraduate research and publishing through-provoking articles about gnarly environmental issues since 2018. Please follow.
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Reposted by Julian D. Olden

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FieldNotes @fieldnotes-uw.bsky.social ยท Sep 28
FieldNotes (fieldnotesjournal.org) is a student-run undergraduate journal and digital storytelling platform at @uwenvironment.bsky.social. We have focused on highlighting undergraduate research and publishing through-provoking articles about gnarly environmental issues since 2018. Please follow.
FIELDNOTES
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