Zach
@zcnem.bsky.social
coastal hazards & watershed health,
Philly-based, mostly thinking about trash,
rust belt offspring, views = mine, he/him
Philly-based, mostly thinking about trash,
rust belt offspring, views = mine, he/him
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Zach
@zcnem.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hi folks! I do outreach around coastal and watershed topics in the Philly area - anywhere from vernal pools to the Delaware River coast! I’m also into music, art, writing, food, bikes, travel, and beer! Excited to make connections on here👋
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Better check autocorrect to make sure your Christmas list makes it to Santa and not Day 9’s #25DaysofFishmas feature! 🎅😈
The #Fishmas train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone to meet Satan eurystomus - better known as the Widemouth Blindcat - a rare blind catfish living deep, deep underground
The #Fishmas train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone to meet Satan eurystomus - better known as the Widemouth Blindcat - a rare blind catfish living deep, deep underground
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Better check autocorrect to make sure your Christmas list makes it to Santa and not Day 9’s #25DaysofFishmas feature! 🎅😈
The #Fishmas train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone to meet Satan eurystomus - better known as the Widemouth Blindcat - a rare blind catfish living deep, deep underground
The #Fishmas train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone to meet Satan eurystomus - better known as the Widemouth Blindcat - a rare blind catfish living deep, deep underground
Christmas coot? Apparently on the holiday menu according to Tyus’s Ecology and management of Colorado Pikeminnow (Battle Against Extinction Ch. 19)
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Christmas coot? Apparently on the holiday menu according to Tyus’s Ecology and management of Colorado Pikeminnow (Battle Against Extinction Ch. 19)
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If you can think of a better fish for Day 8 of #25DaysofFishmas, let minnow!
Westward ho, we go on our #Fishmas road trip to the canyon rivers of the Intermountain West, home of the Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), a minnow who's no small fry - meet the largest minnow in North America!
Westward ho, we go on our #Fishmas road trip to the canyon rivers of the Intermountain West, home of the Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), a minnow who's no small fry - meet the largest minnow in North America!
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you can think of a better fish for Day 8 of #25DaysofFishmas, let minnow!
Westward ho, we go on our #Fishmas road trip to the canyon rivers of the Intermountain West, home of the Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), a minnow who's no small fry - meet the largest minnow in North America!
Westward ho, we go on our #Fishmas road trip to the canyon rivers of the Intermountain West, home of the Colorado Pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), a minnow who's no small fry - meet the largest minnow in North America!
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Keep an eye on your #Fishmas tree - there’s a cat(fish) on the loose! 🎄🐈
Carolina’s on our minds here on Day 5 of #25DaysofFishmas, as we meet the Carolina Madtom (Noturus furiosus), a small - but mighty - endangered catfish species only found in North Carolina
Carolina’s on our minds here on Day 5 of #25DaysofFishmas, as we meet the Carolina Madtom (Noturus furiosus), a small - but mighty - endangered catfish species only found in North Carolina
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Keep an eye on your #Fishmas tree - there’s a cat(fish) on the loose! 🎄🐈
Carolina’s on our minds here on Day 5 of #25DaysofFishmas, as we meet the Carolina Madtom (Noturus furiosus), a small - but mighty - endangered catfish species only found in North Carolina
Carolina’s on our minds here on Day 5 of #25DaysofFishmas, as we meet the Carolina Madtom (Noturus furiosus), a small - but mighty - endangered catfish species only found in North Carolina
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It’s all about that bass on Day 4 of #25DaysofFishmas - the Suwannee Bass (Micropterus notius), that is!
We head to the Florida Panhandle to find this lesser-known cousin of the largemouth bass who is like the quiet - but interesting - cousin at the black bass family holiday get-together.
We head to the Florida Panhandle to find this lesser-known cousin of the largemouth bass who is like the quiet - but interesting - cousin at the black bass family holiday get-together.
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It’s all about that bass on Day 4 of #25DaysofFishmas - the Suwannee Bass (Micropterus notius), that is!
We head to the Florida Panhandle to find this lesser-known cousin of the largemouth bass who is like the quiet - but interesting - cousin at the black bass family holiday get-together.
We head to the Florida Panhandle to find this lesser-known cousin of the largemouth bass who is like the quiet - but interesting - cousin at the black bass family holiday get-together.
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It’s time to hang up the holiday GAR-land 🎄
Move over Florida Man, it’s Florida Gar’s time to shine!
On Day 3 of #25DaysofFishmas, we head down to the Sunshine State to find the Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus), an ancient-looking fish whose appearance hasn’t changed much since the Mesozoic
Move over Florida Man, it’s Florida Gar’s time to shine!
On Day 3 of #25DaysofFishmas, we head down to the Sunshine State to find the Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus), an ancient-looking fish whose appearance hasn’t changed much since the Mesozoic
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s time to hang up the holiday GAR-land 🎄
Move over Florida Man, it’s Florida Gar’s time to shine!
On Day 3 of #25DaysofFishmas, we head down to the Sunshine State to find the Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus), an ancient-looking fish whose appearance hasn’t changed much since the Mesozoic
Move over Florida Man, it’s Florida Gar’s time to shine!
On Day 3 of #25DaysofFishmas, we head down to the Sunshine State to find the Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus), an ancient-looking fish whose appearance hasn’t changed much since the Mesozoic
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Rudolph, the red-eared reindeer! 🦌
With ears so bright, the Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) guides us into Day 2 of #25DaysofFishmas! This member of the sunfish family found throughout the southeastern US is a warm-water loving ray of sun on a cold winter day ☀️
With ears so bright, the Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) guides us into Day 2 of #25DaysofFishmas! This member of the sunfish family found throughout the southeastern US is a warm-water loving ray of sun on a cold winter day ☀️
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Rudolph, the red-eared reindeer! 🦌
With ears so bright, the Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) guides us into Day 2 of #25DaysofFishmas! This member of the sunfish family found throughout the southeastern US is a warm-water loving ray of sun on a cold winter day ☀️
With ears so bright, the Redear Sunfish (Lepomis microlophus) guides us into Day 2 of #25DaysofFishmas! This member of the sunfish family found throughout the southeastern US is a warm-water loving ray of sun on a cold winter day ☀️
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🎶It’s beginning to look a lot like #Fishmas🎶
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎶It’s beginning to look a lot like #Fishmas🎶
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
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Read an excerpt from The Great Black Swamp 🐸 www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/the-...
The history of taming the Great Black Swamp | Great Lakes Now
Before farms and suburbs, the Great Black Swamp thrived. Restoring it could help curb Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms today.
www.greatlakesnow.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Read an excerpt from The Great Black Swamp 🐸 www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/the-...
When saying no leads to more yes’s also indicates I’ve been in the job long enough
You know you’ve been at Sea Grant long enough when someone introduces you as, “this is Zach, he herds cats”🐈🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
When saying no leads to more yes’s also indicates I’ve been in the job long enough
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Listen to @eshanisurya.bsky.social discuss the path to her debut novel, RAVISHING, over on the Debutiful podcast feed!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6IF9...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6IF9...
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Listen to @eshanisurya.bsky.social discuss the path to her debut novel, RAVISHING, over on the Debutiful podcast feed!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6IF9...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6IF9...
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Fifty years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior after hitting a ferocious storm. None of the 29 crew members survived. Learn more about this wreck and others at wisconsinshipwrecks.org.
Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Fifty years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior after hitting a ferocious storm. None of the 29 crew members survived. Learn more about this wreck and others at wisconsinshipwrecks.org.
Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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On the fourth day of #GarWeek, we’re celebrating other native, ancient fish species! Check out these species bios to get an idea of what other ancient fish besides gar reside in North America and beyond.
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
On the fourth day of #GarWeek, we’re celebrating other native, ancient fish species! Check out these species bios to get an idea of what other ancient fish besides gar reside in North America and beyond.
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A heavy music festival in Blackfeet Nation this summer was abut more than just music – it was a protective ceremony to shelter Indigenous youth from suicidal distress.
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Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A heavy music festival in Blackfeet Nation this summer was abut more than just music – it was a protective ceremony to shelter Indigenous youth from suicidal distress.
buff.ly/aQQC7EX
buff.ly/aQQC7EX
went on a drive yesterday through coastal bucks county and stumbled upon this
October 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
went on a drive yesterday through coastal bucks county and stumbled upon this
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There's more to fish than the fillet, and we need your ideas on how to use it! Submit your suggestions to the 100% Wisconsin Fish contest for a chance to win a #GreatLakes prize pack.
Contest closes Oct. 24.
https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/submit-your-ideas-to-the-100-wisconsin-fish-contest/
Contest closes Oct. 24.
https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/submit-your-ideas-to-the-100-wisconsin-fish-contest/
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
There's more to fish than the fillet, and we need your ideas on how to use it! Submit your suggestions to the 100% Wisconsin Fish contest for a chance to win a #GreatLakes prize pack.
Contest closes Oct. 24.
https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/submit-your-ideas-to-the-100-wisconsin-fish-contest/
Contest closes Oct. 24.
https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/submit-your-ideas-to-the-100-wisconsin-fish-contest/
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New sucker just dropped -
Description of the Apalachicola Redhorse (Catostomidae: Moxostoma ) | Zootaxa share.google/ixQSEQq1DX3p...
Description of the Apalachicola Redhorse (Catostomidae: Moxostoma ) | Zootaxa share.google/ixQSEQq1DX3p...
October 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
New sucker just dropped -
Description of the Apalachicola Redhorse (Catostomidae: Moxostoma ) | Zootaxa share.google/ixQSEQq1DX3p...
Description of the Apalachicola Redhorse (Catostomidae: Moxostoma ) | Zootaxa share.google/ixQSEQq1DX3p...
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#FoodieFriday We're celebrating Soup Season with a line-up of wonderful seafood-forward soups and chowders! This week, a walleye chowder that pairs freshwater and marine seafoods for a belly-warming final result:
Walleye seafood chowder
Try making your own seafood stock for this cozy walleye chowder!
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October 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#FoodieFriday We're celebrating Soup Season with a line-up of wonderful seafood-forward soups and chowders! This week, a walleye chowder that pairs freshwater and marine seafoods for a belly-warming final result:
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I absolutely loved @megiddings.bsky.social’s book LAKEWOOD and it hugely helped me figure out the way forward for writing BIPOC characters who are experiencing trauma due to strange products changing the body. This blurb means THE 🌎.
If you haven’t gone out and read Megan Giddings yet, go now!
If you haven’t gone out and read Megan Giddings yet, go now!
October 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I absolutely loved @megiddings.bsky.social’s book LAKEWOOD and it hugely helped me figure out the way forward for writing BIPOC characters who are experiencing trauma due to strange products changing the body. This blurb means THE 🌎.
If you haven’t gone out and read Megan Giddings yet, go now!
If you haven’t gone out and read Megan Giddings yet, go now!
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Wake up, babe, a new species of Redhorse just dropped. Meet the Apalachicola Redhorse (Moxostoma antelunare), which is found throughout the Apalachicola River Drainage as well as Enconfina Creek in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. 🐟🧪
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
October 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Wake up, babe, a new species of Redhorse just dropped. Meet the Apalachicola Redhorse (Moxostoma antelunare), which is found throughout the Apalachicola River Drainage as well as Enconfina Creek in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. 🐟🧪
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
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The lowly muskrat could be an unexpected ally in the push against aquatic invasive plants:
New tool in fight against Great Lakes invasive species: muskrats - Bridge Michigan
In the battle against invasive species, the common muskrat may be an unsung hero. A new study done in the UP by scientists from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Loyola University and…
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October 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The lowly muskrat could be an unexpected ally in the push against aquatic invasive plants:
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Does tidal marsh #restoration "work", if the goal is bringing back key species AND the trophic interactions that support them? A thousand stable isotope samples later, we have answers! 💯 work by PhD student Megan Pagliaro:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #SanFrancisco #BayDelta
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #SanFrancisco #BayDelta
Does tidal marsh restoration lead to the recovery of trophic pathways that support estuarine fishes?
Evaluation of tidal marsh restoration success is typically based on the recovery of habitat size and target species. However, food-web structure may provide valuable insight into ecosystem functionin...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Does tidal marsh #restoration "work", if the goal is bringing back key species AND the trophic interactions that support them? A thousand stable isotope samples later, we have answers! 💯 work by PhD student Megan Pagliaro:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #SanFrancisco #BayDelta
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #SanFrancisco #BayDelta
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RAVISHING comes out in less than a month and all I can do is hope she finds the readers she’s dedicated to 💗💗
October 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
RAVISHING comes out in less than a month and all I can do is hope she finds the readers she’s dedicated to 💗💗
Non-work related but found this site archiving the West Chester (PA) punk scene: westchesterrockcity.com
Welcome to West Chester Rock City
West Chester Rock City was a time in the 90's when there was an awesome music scene in a quiet-ish little town outside Philadelphia, PA
westchesterrockcity.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Non-work related but found this site archiving the West Chester (PA) punk scene: westchesterrockcity.com