Paula Whyman
@paulawhyman.bsky.social
Author, BAD NATURALIST: One Woman's Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop, Jan 2025 from Timber Press/Hachette. Website: https://paulawhyman.com Newsletter: https://badnaturalistnewsletter.beehiiv.com/
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Looking for examples of important national parks research that's been paused during the shutdown — especially long-term monitoring or projects with big stakes that now must contend w data gaps. Any ideas/examples? 🌲⛰️🐟
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Looking for examples of important national parks research that's been paused during the shutdown — especially long-term monitoring or projects with big stakes that now must contend w data gaps. Any ideas/examples? 🌲⛰️🐟
Do this!
You can rake the leaves to the edges of the lawn if you want, or rake them into a bed where you have other plants or trees. Larvae of pollinators overwinter in those leaves. If you remove the leaves, you will also be removing the pollinators that help your plants reproduce.
You can rake the leaves to the edges of the lawn if you want, or rake them into a bed where you have other plants or trees. Larvae of pollinators overwinter in those leaves. If you remove the leaves, you will also be removing the pollinators that help your plants reproduce.
Alternatively you can leave the leaves. They provide habitat for ground dwelling pollinators
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Do this!
You can rake the leaves to the edges of the lawn if you want, or rake them into a bed where you have other plants or trees. Larvae of pollinators overwinter in those leaves. If you remove the leaves, you will also be removing the pollinators that help your plants reproduce.
You can rake the leaves to the edges of the lawn if you want, or rake them into a bed where you have other plants or trees. Larvae of pollinators overwinter in those leaves. If you remove the leaves, you will also be removing the pollinators that help your plants reproduce.
Just fixed up my late uncle's old banjo uke. Now I just have to figure out how to play it.
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Just fixed up my late uncle's old banjo uke. Now I just have to figure out how to play it.
Joshua Tree in Joshua Tree NP
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November 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Joshua Tree in Joshua Tree NP
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Spanberger: My fellow Virginians, tonight we sent a message…
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Spanberger: My fellow Virginians, tonight we sent a message…
Happy Halloween, quoth the raven
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Happy Halloween, quoth the raven
The new issue of the Bad Naturalist newsletter is here, and it has goats! And sheep! And monarchs! And hoverflies! And a poodle!
🌿 #nature
🌿 #nature
Mountain Goated
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October 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The new issue of the Bad Naturalist newsletter is here, and it has goats! And sheep! And monarchs! And hoverflies! And a poodle!
🌿 #nature
🌿 #nature
"Honey, does this Ring camera make me look fat?" I definitely did not say
October 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Honey, does this Ring camera make me look fat?" I definitely did not say
Small town near me is putting on The Emperor's New Clothes for their holiday play this year. Wouldn't it be a shame if small towns and cities across the country all decided to put on that same play in December? A propos of nothing.
October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Small town near me is putting on The Emperor's New Clothes for their holiday play this year. Wouldn't it be a shame if small towns and cities across the country all decided to put on that same play in December? A propos of nothing.
A poodle face for you.
October 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A poodle face for you.
Just sitting on the sofa trying to read while stinkbugs helicopter above my head. As one does.
#autumninVirginia #ahthewondersofnature
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#autumninVirginia #ahthewondersofnature
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October 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Just sitting on the sofa trying to read while stinkbugs helicopter above my head. As one does.
#autumninVirginia #ahthewondersofnature
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#autumninVirginia #ahthewondersofnature
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If you're in rural Virginia, I highly recommend The Rural Angle.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
If you're in rural Virginia, I highly recommend The Rural Angle.
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
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October 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”
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“When we talk about ecological restoration, ‘restore’ isn’t really the right word,” says Whyman. “It implies going backwards to some earlier condition. And we can really only go forward."
Check out this story from @aldoleopoldfdn.bsky.social about my work on the mountain!
Check out this story from @aldoleopoldfdn.bsky.social about my work on the mountain!
The latest #LandEthic in Action story is all about community. First, we share how a group of Wisconsinites came together to protect a threatened watershed; then we ask Paula Whyman more about her growing relationship to the land.
Check out the story here ➡️ https://ow.ly/Jpe950X5PHO
Check out the story here ➡️ https://ow.ly/Jpe950X5PHO
October 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“When we talk about ecological restoration, ‘restore’ isn’t really the right word,” says Whyman. “It implies going backwards to some earlier condition. And we can really only go forward."
Check out this story from @aldoleopoldfdn.bsky.social about my work on the mountain!
Check out this story from @aldoleopoldfdn.bsky.social about my work on the mountain!
For the accused in the case of the missing eye shades, the evidence could not be more damning.
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
For the accused in the case of the missing eye shades, the evidence could not be more damning.
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The latest #LandEthic in Action story is all about community. First, we share how a group of Wisconsinites came together to protect a threatened watershed; then we ask Paula Whyman more about her growing relationship to the land.
Check out the story here ➡️ https://ow.ly/Jpe950X5PHO
Check out the story here ➡️ https://ow.ly/Jpe950X5PHO
October 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The latest #LandEthic in Action story is all about community. First, we share how a group of Wisconsinites came together to protect a threatened watershed; then we ask Paula Whyman more about her growing relationship to the land.
Check out the story here ➡️ https://ow.ly/Jpe950X5PHO
Check out the story here ➡️ https://ow.ly/Jpe950X5PHO
Tonight @ndbookshop.bsky.social!
This Saturday (10/4) at 7 PM in the shop, Henry and Priscilla Ireys will be discussing their new book, The Keep: Living with the Tame and the Wild on a Mountain Farm, with Paula Whyman! Gretchen Legler called The Keep "a delightful chronicle of a moment in time on a parcel in Appalachia."
October 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Tonight @ndbookshop.bsky.social!
The latest Bad Naturalist newsletter has late bloomers, annoying vines, quick caterpillars, and a petulant poodle.
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September Song
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October 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The latest Bad Naturalist newsletter has late bloomers, annoying vines, quick caterpillars, and a petulant poodle.
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Senator Murphy also lays out a clear set of codified demands that Dems can stand for. Among them:
*no more using budget to punish enemies
*no more using FCC to censor critics
*restrictions on ICE lawlessness in interior
*clear ban on troops in cities
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*no more using budget to punish enemies
*no more using FCC to censor critics
*restrictions on ICE lawlessness in interior
*clear ban on troops in cities
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October 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Senator Murphy also lays out a clear set of codified demands that Dems can stand for. Among them:
*no more using budget to punish enemies
*no more using FCC to censor critics
*restrictions on ICE lawlessness in interior
*clear ban on troops in cities
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newrepublic.com/article/2013...
*no more using budget to punish enemies
*no more using FCC to censor critics
*restrictions on ICE lawlessness in interior
*clear ban on troops in cities
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newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Reposted by Paula Whyman
This Saturday (10/4) at 7 PM in the shop, Henry and Priscilla Ireys will be discussing their new book, The Keep: Living with the Tame and the Wild on a Mountain Farm, with Paula Whyman! Gretchen Legler called The Keep "a delightful chronicle of a moment in time on a parcel in Appalachia."
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This Saturday (10/4) at 7 PM in the shop, Henry and Priscilla Ireys will be discussing their new book, The Keep: Living with the Tame and the Wild on a Mountain Farm, with Paula Whyman! Gretchen Legler called The Keep "a delightful chronicle of a moment in time on a parcel in Appalachia."
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“Maryland led all states with a 49% reduction in per capita CO2 emissions from energy consumption between 2005 and 2023, as the state’s total CO2 emissions fell 43% and population grew 11%.”
September 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Maryland led all states with a 49% reduction in per capita CO2 emissions from energy consumption between 2005 and 2023, as the state’s total CO2 emissions fell 43% and population grew 11%.”
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Inspired by Nature: 10 Powerful New Memoirs and Biographies
These new books showcase moments where embracing nature led to personal discoveries or scientific breakthroughs. @therevelator.org
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These new books showcase moments where embracing nature led to personal discoveries or scientific breakthroughs. @therevelator.org
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Inspired by Nature: 10 Powerful New Memoirs and Biographies • The Revelator
These new books showcase moments where embracing nature led to personal discoveries or scientific breakthroughs.
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September 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Inspired by Nature: 10 Powerful New Memoirs and Biographies
These new books showcase moments where embracing nature led to personal discoveries or scientific breakthroughs. @therevelator.org
therevelator.org/nature-memoi...
These new books showcase moments where embracing nature led to personal discoveries or scientific breakthroughs. @therevelator.org
therevelator.org/nature-memoi...