Tyler L McIntosh
@tylerlmcintosh.bsky.social
PhD student | Geography | CU Boulder
Studying social-ecological risk and resilience in the face of natural hazards (esp wildfire) in a changing world
Social-ecological systems | Remote sensing | Environmental data science | Wildfire
Studying social-ecological risk and resilience in the face of natural hazards (esp wildfire) in a changing world
Social-ecological systems | Remote sensing | Environmental data science | Wildfire
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Folks often assume that sheer number of wildfires in West must be linked to intentional arson--despite abundant evidence to contrary. But this partly stems from profound underestimation re: just how easy it can be to spark a fire under right conditions... www.nytimes.com/2025...
A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia
Officials say a flying osprey dropped its catch, which then struck power lines, causing sparks that ignited dry grass.
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Folks often assume that sheer number of wildfires in West must be linked to intentional arson--despite abundant evidence to contrary. But this partly stems from profound underestimation re: just how easy it can be to spark a fire under right conditions... www.nytimes.com/2025...
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Five federal firefighters, who spoke anonymously because they are barred from speaking publicly, were asked if their agencies were ready for fire season. The answer was a resounding “no”.
“If this turns out to be a major fire year, it’s going to be a shit show.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“If this turns out to be a major fire year, it’s going to be a shit show.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The US is woefully underprepared for wildfire season, say insiders: ‘The stakes are life and death’
‘Efficiency’ cuts across offices have left teams understaffed, firefighters underpaid and uninsured, and without adequate equipment
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Five federal firefighters, who spoke anonymously because they are barred from speaking publicly, were asked if their agencies were ready for fire season. The answer was a resounding “no”.
“If this turns out to be a major fire year, it’s going to be a shit show.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“If this turns out to be a major fire year, it’s going to be a shit show.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Friday PM attempted massacre... of science.
The fight is not over. There are things to do.
Organize with @standupforscience.bsky.social
Get informed: scienceimpacts.org
Call your representative & ask: what are they doing to stop the self-destruction of American's innovation economy?
The fight is not over. There are things to do.
Organize with @standupforscience.bsky.social
Get informed: scienceimpacts.org
Call your representative & ask: what are they doing to stop the self-destruction of American's innovation economy?
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
scienceimpacts.org
May 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Friday PM attempted massacre... of science.
The fight is not over. There are things to do.
Organize with @standupforscience.bsky.social
Get informed: scienceimpacts.org
Call your representative & ask: what are they doing to stop the self-destruction of American's innovation economy?
The fight is not over. There are things to do.
Organize with @standupforscience.bsky.social
Get informed: scienceimpacts.org
Call your representative & ask: what are they doing to stop the self-destruction of American's innovation economy?
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Area burned over 1 million hectares in Canada and increasing. Second only to the 2023 in terms of area burned for this time of year. @ciffc.bsky.social
ciffc.ca
cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/maps/fm3?typ...
ciffc.ca
cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/maps/fm3?typ...
May 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Area burned over 1 million hectares in Canada and increasing. Second only to the 2023 in terms of area burned for this time of year. @ciffc.bsky.social
ciffc.ca
cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/maps/fm3?typ...
ciffc.ca
cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/maps/fm3?typ...
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Our work is far from done—science is still under attack.
We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together?
Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/7EEQMZUveXN9...
We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together?
Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/7EEQMZUveXN9...
How do we keep Standing Up for Science?
A heartfelt thank you for everyone that Stood Up for Science with us on March 7th—whether it be volunteering, donating, sharing, or attending in event, we're forever indebted to people like you who ca...
forms.gle
March 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Our work is far from done—science is still under attack.
We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together?
Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/7EEQMZUveXN9...
We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together?
Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/7EEQMZUveXN9...
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In the hearing this week on Fix our forests, the statement was made that 75% of those already laid off were red carded. This summer’s fire season, if it isn’t a quiet one, is going to be a reality check for these policies.
www.eenews.net/articles/for...
www.eenews.net/articles/for...
March 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
In the hearing this week on Fix our forests, the statement was made that 75% of those already laid off were red carded. This summer’s fire season, if it isn’t a quiet one, is going to be a reality check for these policies.
www.eenews.net/articles/for...
www.eenews.net/articles/for...
Thank you to the hundreds of folks who showed up to STAND UP FOR SCIENCE in Denver yesterday! It was such an honor to stand alongside you.
Now get out there and keep telling the world why science matters! To you, your friends and family, neighbors, peers. Science is for—and benefits—everyone!
Now get out there and keep telling the world why science matters! To you, your friends and family, neighbors, peers. Science is for—and benefits—everyone!
March 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Thank you to the hundreds of folks who showed up to STAND UP FOR SCIENCE in Denver yesterday! It was such an honor to stand alongside you.
Now get out there and keep telling the world why science matters! To you, your friends and family, neighbors, peers. Science is for—and benefits—everyone!
Now get out there and keep telling the world why science matters! To you, your friends and family, neighbors, peers. Science is for—and benefits—everyone!
Wherever you are today, join us as we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!
For CO folks - events in Denver (1-4), as well as at noon in Boulder, Fort Collins, and Golden. Find your location info here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
If you can’t make an event, don’t fret—stand up loud at noon!
For CO folks - events in Denver (1-4), as well as at noon in Boulder, Fort Collins, and Golden. Find your location info here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
If you can’t make an event, don’t fret—stand up loud at noon!
March 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Wherever you are today, join us as we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE!
For CO folks - events in Denver (1-4), as well as at noon in Boulder, Fort Collins, and Golden. Find your location info here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
If you can’t make an event, don’t fret—stand up loud at noon!
For CO folks - events in Denver (1-4), as well as at noon in Boulder, Fort Collins, and Golden. Find your location info here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...
If you can’t make an event, don’t fret—stand up loud at noon!
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WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?
March 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?
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As my friend @drshepherd2013.bsky.social says, asking why we need a National Weather Service when we have apps and the Weather Channel is like asking why we need potato farmers when we can buy fries at McDonalds.
March 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As my friend @drshepherd2013.bsky.social says, asking why we need a National Weather Service when we have apps and the Weather Channel is like asking why we need potato farmers when we can buy fries at McDonalds.
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Scientific institutions must create--and sustain--new kinds of roles so that researchers can provide the deep public engagement necessary to respond effectively to the escalating impacts of #climate change. The status quo isn't working. nature.com/articles/d41...
Climate researchers need support to become scientist-communicators
Scientific institutions must create roles so that researchers can provide the deep public engagement necessary to respond effectively to the escalating impacts of climate change.
nature.com
March 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Scientific institutions must create--and sustain--new kinds of roles so that researchers can provide the deep public engagement necessary to respond effectively to the escalating impacts of #climate change. The status quo isn't working. nature.com/articles/d41...
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NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated.
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Pentagon guts national security program that harnessed social science
Dozens of U.S. academics lose grants from Minerva program for studies related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and other threats
www.science.org
March 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated.
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A reminder for CO folks that these closures aren’t just statistics of things happening elsewhere:
This list includes DOI facilities in Fort Collins, Boulder, Durango, Tawaoc, Grand Junction, Littlewood, Lakewood, and Golden, which support staff and activities of NPS, USFWS, USGS, BOR, and BIA.
This list includes DOI facilities in Fort Collins, Boulder, Durango, Tawaoc, Grand Junction, Littlewood, Lakewood, and Golden, which support staff and activities of NPS, USFWS, USGS, BOR, and BIA.
Congress has just released a list of federal DOI offices to be closed under the ongoing massacre of our natural resource agencies -- it's extensive and includes many important NPS, BLM, USGS and USFWS facilities across the country. Truly horrific. democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/do...
democrats-naturalresources.house.gov
March 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A reminder for CO folks that these closures aren’t just statistics of things happening elsewhere:
This list includes DOI facilities in Fort Collins, Boulder, Durango, Tawaoc, Grand Junction, Littlewood, Lakewood, and Golden, which support staff and activities of NPS, USFWS, USGS, BOR, and BIA.
This list includes DOI facilities in Fort Collins, Boulder, Durango, Tawaoc, Grand Junction, Littlewood, Lakewood, and Golden, which support staff and activities of NPS, USFWS, USGS, BOR, and BIA.
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Demonstrating for science risks politicizing it. But, that *doesn't* mean we shouldn't do it.
A few folks have asked what our research has to say about to most effectively advocate for science, in advance of @standupforscience.bsky.social events.
Sharing some of that research below: 🧵🧬
A few folks have asked what our research has to say about to most effectively advocate for science, in advance of @standupforscience.bsky.social events.
Sharing some of that research below: 🧵🧬
February 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Demonstrating for science risks politicizing it. But, that *doesn't* mean we shouldn't do it.
A few folks have asked what our research has to say about to most effectively advocate for science, in advance of @standupforscience.bsky.social events.
Sharing some of that research below: 🧵🧬
A few folks have asked what our research has to say about to most effectively advocate for science, in advance of @standupforscience.bsky.social events.
Sharing some of that research below: 🧵🧬
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I have written a short statement responding to mass firings today of #NOAA / National Weather Service (#NWS) staff (which were concentrated among recent hires as well as highly experienced staff who had recently been promoted). Please see below screenshot & below for full text.
February 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Colorado Front Range folks - PLEASE JOIN US as we Stand Up for Science on March 7th at the Capitol Building!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Colorado Front Range folks - PLEASE JOIN US as we Stand Up for Science on March 7th at the Capitol Building!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
It’s official!
Stand Up for Science with us on the east steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, CO!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Stand Up for Science with us on the east steps of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, CO!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Colorado Front Range folks - PLEASE JOIN US as we Stand Up for Science on March 7th at the Capitol Building!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Colorado Front Range folks - PLEASE JOIN US as we Stand Up for Science on March 7th at the Capitol Building!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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Important editorial: the "existential moment requiring careful and consistent action to preserve the values and ambitions of science."
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Important editorial: the "existential moment requiring careful and consistent action to preserve the values and ambitions of science."
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced"
By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Another article detailing anxiety among young researchers. Future careers are at stake with the US funding cuts, and talented young researchers are already being driven to pursue opportunities abroad.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
www.nature.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Another article detailing anxiety among young researchers. Future careers are at stake with the US funding cuts, and talented young researchers are already being driven to pursue opportunities abroad.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🚨CO Scientists🚨
Have you or someone you know been fired from a federally funded position? If so—contact me! Looking for speakers/stories for the Stand Up for Science rally in Denver, CO.
Have you or someone you know been fired from a federally funded position? If so—contact me! Looking for speakers/stories for the Stand Up for Science rally in Denver, CO.
February 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🚨CO Scientists🚨
Have you or someone you know been fired from a federally funded position? If so—contact me! Looking for speakers/stories for the Stand Up for Science rally in Denver, CO.
Have you or someone you know been fired from a federally funded position? If so—contact me! Looking for speakers/stories for the Stand Up for Science rally in Denver, CO.
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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
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NEW: The hiring freeze ordered last month by President Trump continues to stall onboarding of firefighters and could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain tells me. www.nbcnews.com/weather/wild...
Hiring freeze of firefighters could be deadly, Forest Service captain warns
Capt. Ben McLane said stalled onboarding of seasonal employees will force the system to operate at a diminished capacity as the wildfire season heats up.
www.nbcnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
NEW: The hiring freeze ordered last month by President Trump continues to stall onboarding of firefighters and could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain tells me. www.nbcnews.com/weather/wild...
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Tim of the Hotshot Wakeup is not on this website but this is worth reading in full. A letter to him from one of his reader/listeners.
thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/p/a-letter-f...
thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/p/a-letter-f...
A Letter From The Inside: Unjustified Terminations.
The following is a letter sent to me by a manager in the Forest Service: 🙏
thehotshotwakeup.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tim of the Hotshot Wakeup is not on this website but this is worth reading in full. A letter to him from one of his reader/listeners.
thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/p/a-letter-f...
thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/p/a-letter-f...
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Think the limitations to non-fire positions means these public lands firings won’t affect fire operations? Think again. Listen to/folo @amonthei.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
How the Loss of Federal Workers Will Have A Massive Impact on Fire Operations This Fire Season, With Riva Duncan
Podcast Episode · Life with Fire · 02/16/2025 · 18m
podcasts.apple.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Think the limitations to non-fire positions means these public lands firings won’t affect fire operations? Think again. Listen to/folo @amonthei.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
February 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
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[Update: I am slightly amending original thread for accuracy, which is important amid chaos. There are some conflicting reports, though I have personally heard from many people in roles below who were fired in the last 24 hours (and many more were told "they're on the list").]
February 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
[Update: I am slightly amending original thread for accuracy, which is important amid chaos. There are some conflicting reports, though I have personally heard from many people in roles below who were fired in the last 24 hours (and many more were told "they're on the list").]