Aaron Kunkler
@aaronkunkler.bsky.social
Endangered Species and Carnivore Conservation
Media Specialist @ Center for Biological Diversity
WA born and raised
he/him
Media Specialist @ Center for Biological Diversity
WA born and raised
he/him
Someone tell Trump and DeSantis that there are still laws.
August 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Someone tell Trump and DeSantis that there are still laws.
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We must put a stop to the massive immigration detention center, cruelly named "Alligator Alcatraz," in the heart of the Everglades.
Please join us now in fighting against this harmful development ➡️ biodiv.us/3Gwiqqo
Please join us now in fighting against this harmful development ➡️ biodiv.us/3Gwiqqo
Axe Alligator Alcatraz
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is fast-tracking a plan to build a massive immigration detention center, cruelly named
bit.ly
July 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We must put a stop to the massive immigration detention center, cruelly named "Alligator Alcatraz," in the heart of the Everglades.
Please join us now in fighting against this harmful development ➡️ biodiv.us/3Gwiqqo
Please join us now in fighting against this harmful development ➡️ biodiv.us/3Gwiqqo
Trump thought he could open up a national monument to commercial fishing without a fight?
Think again, bub.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Think again, bub.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Order Opening Pacific Monument to Commercial Fishing
HONOLULU— Kāpaʻa, the Conservation Council for Hawai‘i and the Center for Biological Diversity, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration today challenging its ille...
biologicaldiversity.org
May 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump thought he could open up a national monument to commercial fishing without a fight?
Think again, bub.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Think again, bub.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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"This is a vision of America's future that has hardly a word to say about forests, oceans, fresh water, ecosystems, or wild animals—about anything that isn't made by and for humans."
An Abundance Of Concrete - defector.com/an-abundance...
An Abundance Of Concrete - defector.com/an-abundance...
An Abundance Of Concrete | Defector
Reliable sources tell me that you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover. Until you actually read the thing, though, it’s the only data you have to go on. So here’s what I first noticed about Ab...
defector.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"This is a vision of America's future that has hardly a word to say about forests, oceans, fresh water, ecosystems, or wild animals—about anything that isn't made by and for humans."
An Abundance Of Concrete - defector.com/an-abundance...
An Abundance Of Concrete - defector.com/an-abundance...
"Despite a loud minority of voices calling for wolves to be killed, to return to last century’s status quo, most ranchers understand that people can coexist with this long-missing, ecologically-valuable native species."
www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
Wolves have returned to California after a century. We should welcome them, not fear them | Opinion
“Most ranchers understand that people can coexist with this long-missing, ecologically valuable native species.”
www.sacbee.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Despite a loud minority of voices calling for wolves to be killed, to return to last century’s status quo, most ranchers understand that people can coexist with this long-missing, ecologically-valuable native species."
www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
Trump is trying to destroy the Endangered Species Act.
This morning, rules were proposed to make it legal for companies to wipe out the places where endangered plants and animals live, without consequence. If they're allowed to stand, any shitty company can make a buck driving wildlife extinct.
This morning, rules were proposed to make it legal for companies to wipe out the places where endangered plants and animals live, without consequence. If they're allowed to stand, any shitty company can make a buck driving wildlife extinct.
UPDATE: The Trump administration issued a proposed rule today that would rescind nearly all habitat protections for endangered species nationwide.
You can't protect animals and plants from extinction without protecting the places they live.
More info: biodiv.us/42EnuQH
You can't protect animals and plants from extinction without protecting the places they live.
More info: biodiv.us/42EnuQH
April 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Trump is trying to destroy the Endangered Species Act.
This morning, rules were proposed to make it legal for companies to wipe out the places where endangered plants and animals live, without consequence. If they're allowed to stand, any shitty company can make a buck driving wildlife extinct.
This morning, rules were proposed to make it legal for companies to wipe out the places where endangered plants and animals live, without consequence. If they're allowed to stand, any shitty company can make a buck driving wildlife extinct.
Reposted by Aaron Kunkler
The Beaver Seekers #InternationalBeaverDay therevelator.org/beaver-seeke...
The Beaver Seekers • The Revelator
Citizen scientists are helping restore the ecosystem engineers to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon.
therevelator.org
April 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Beaver Seekers #InternationalBeaverDay therevelator.org/beaver-seeke...
Who could have known that an administration filled with braindead white nationalists and failed social media influencers would be so cruel and turbulent?
April 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Who could have known that an administration filled with braindead white nationalists and failed social media influencers would be so cruel and turbulent?
#Republicans are trying to sell off public lands and degrade our National Parks.
Why?
Because they want to extend #Trump 1.0's tax cuts for billionaires. If you're tired of this garbage, join us this Saturday, April 5, across the country.
👀🫵🛣️
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Why?
Because they want to extend #Trump 1.0's tax cuts for billionaires. If you're tired of this garbage, join us this Saturday, April 5, across the country.
👀🫵🛣️
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Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#Republicans are trying to sell off public lands and degrade our National Parks.
Why?
Because they want to extend #Trump 1.0's tax cuts for billionaires. If you're tired of this garbage, join us this Saturday, April 5, across the country.
👀🫵🛣️
handsoff2025.com?utm_source=c...
Why?
Because they want to extend #Trump 1.0's tax cuts for billionaires. If you're tired of this garbage, join us this Saturday, April 5, across the country.
👀🫵🛣️
handsoff2025.com?utm_source=c...
Reposted by Aaron Kunkler
Happening NOW: our @biologicaldiversity.org Climate team is testifying in support of California SB 684, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act 🌟
Watch live: www.senate.ca.gov/media-live-e...
bill by @dawnaddis.bsky.social & Sen. Menjivar
Watch live: www.senate.ca.gov/media-live-e...
bill by @dawnaddis.bsky.social & Sen. Menjivar
April 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happening NOW: our @biologicaldiversity.org Climate team is testifying in support of California SB 684, the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act 🌟
Watch live: www.senate.ca.gov/media-live-e...
bill by @dawnaddis.bsky.social & Sen. Menjivar
Watch live: www.senate.ca.gov/media-live-e...
bill by @dawnaddis.bsky.social & Sen. Menjivar
Reposted by Aaron Kunkler
The illegal killing of the Metolius wolf father in Oregon may condemn the pups to starvation.
Killing federally protected wolves, esp. pack leaders/experienced hunters, has no justification. It can *create* not resolve conflicts with livestock - easier prey for desperate pups.
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Killing federally protected wolves, esp. pack leaders/experienced hunters, has no justification. It can *create* not resolve conflicts with livestock - easier prey for desperate pups.
biodiv.us/4iLKRhF
March 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The illegal killing of the Metolius wolf father in Oregon may condemn the pups to starvation.
Killing federally protected wolves, esp. pack leaders/experienced hunters, has no justification. It can *create* not resolve conflicts with livestock - easier prey for desperate pups.
biodiv.us/4iLKRhF
Killing federally protected wolves, esp. pack leaders/experienced hunters, has no justification. It can *create* not resolve conflicts with livestock - easier prey for desperate pups.
biodiv.us/4iLKRhF
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From state legislatures to community groups, from tribal lands to city parks to postage-stamp backyards, people are doing quiet, vital work to confront climate change and biodiversity loss. All year, @carabuckley.bsky.social and I will be writing about these efforts.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
50 States, 50 Fixes
A series about local solutions, and the people behind them, to environmental problems.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
From state legislatures to community groups, from tribal lands to city parks to postage-stamp backyards, people are doing quiet, vital work to confront climate change and biodiversity loss. All year, @carabuckley.bsky.social and I will be writing about these efforts.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
@biologicaldiversity.org sued the Trump admin today for delaying protections for two highly imperiled California salamanders.
Neither species have lungs and instead breathe through their skin. How cool is that? Who couldn't love these little guys?
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Neither species have lungs and instead breathe through their skin. How cool is that? Who couldn't love these little guys?
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Over Delayed Protections for Two California Salamanders
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Trump administration for delaying Endangered Species Act protections for the Kern Canyon slender salamander and relictual slender...
biologicaldiversity.org
March 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
@biologicaldiversity.org sued the Trump admin today for delaying protections for two highly imperiled California salamanders.
Neither species have lungs and instead breathe through their skin. How cool is that? Who couldn't love these little guys?
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Neither species have lungs and instead breathe through their skin. How cool is that? Who couldn't love these little guys?
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Reposted by Aaron Kunkler
The AP has no corporate owner and no shareholders. If we don’t step up to defend Americans’ right to speak freely, who will? Today the U.S. government wants to control the AP’s speech. Tomorrow it could be someone else’s.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The AP’s Freedom of Speech—and Yours
A brazen attempt to punish us for using words Trump dislikes.
www.wsj.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The AP has no corporate owner and no shareholders. If we don’t step up to defend Americans’ right to speak freely, who will? Today the U.S. government wants to control the AP’s speech. Tomorrow it could be someone else’s.
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
The Trump administration is moving at breakneck speed to destroy so many things. Here at the Center we're fighting back, but it'll take all of us to stop this bullshit for good.
See you in the streets.
For info & actions near you:👇👇👇
handsoff2025.com
See you in the streets.
For info & actions near you:👇👇👇
handsoff2025.com
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Trump administration is moving at breakneck speed to destroy so many things. Here at the Center we're fighting back, but it'll take all of us to stop this bullshit for good.
See you in the streets.
For info & actions near you:👇👇👇
handsoff2025.com
See you in the streets.
For info & actions near you:👇👇👇
handsoff2025.com
Reposted by Aaron Kunkler
“Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats who voted for the Republican bill should pack up and go home for the next two years, as they’ve just handed Musk and Trump free rein to destroy our environmental agencies and gut the civil service,” said @bretthartl.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats who voted for the Republican bill should pack up and go home for the next two years, as they’ve just handed Musk and Trump free rein to destroy our environmental agencies and gut the civil service,” said @bretthartl.bsky.social
“It basically means that the Fish and Wildlife Service won’t take enforcement action against any private party that unintentionally kills migratory birds,” said Tara Zuardo, senior advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. “It’s devastating.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
Birds Face Weakened Protections Under Trump Move
The Interior Department is suspending 20 Biden-era legal opinions, including one leading to fines against energy companies if birds die in oil spills or other industrial activities.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“It basically means that the Fish and Wildlife Service won’t take enforcement action against any private party that unintentionally kills migratory birds,” said Tara Zuardo, senior advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. “It’s devastating.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
Monarchs are doing better than last year which is good. But they're way below sustainable thresholds. The Fish and Wildlife Service rightfully promised these butterflies protections last December. Keep your eyes on Trump to make sure he doesn't reverse them.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Eastern Monarch Population Improves But Remains Threatened
Center for Biological Diversity: Safeguards Still Urgently Needed to Save Iconic Butterfly
biologicaldiversity.org
March 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Monarchs are doing better than last year which is good. But they're way below sustainable thresholds. The Fish and Wildlife Service rightfully promised these butterflies protections last December. Keep your eyes on Trump to make sure he doesn't reverse them.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Rest assured that we won't quietly watch Trump destroy the United States' plants, animals and wild places just so his oligarch pals can buy another vacation home.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rest assured that we won't quietly watch Trump destroy the United States' plants, animals and wild places just so his oligarch pals can buy another vacation home.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
The damage that the richest man on the planet and his lapdog #Trump are doing to imperiled species is already unfolding. One example: funding for monitoring northern spotted owls in the #PNW is being cut, leaving conservation agencies without lifesaving data.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
President Trump’s Hiring Freeze Stymies Spotted Owl Monitoring
PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity learned this week from a project collaborator, Taal Levi, that regional monitoring for northern spotted owls either won’t occur or will be greatly r...
biologicaldiversity.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The damage that the richest man on the planet and his lapdog #Trump are doing to imperiled species is already unfolding. One example: funding for monitoring northern spotted owls in the #PNW is being cut, leaving conservation agencies without lifesaving data.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Reposted by Aaron Kunkler
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
February 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years