Andrew Carter
@ecoandrew.bsky.social
Director of Biodiversity Policy, Dept. of Conservation Policy, Defenders of Wildlife. Affiliate faculty at GMU ESP. JD, PhD. Environmental social scientist, lawyer, policy analyst. #Wildlife Conservation feed. My views here, not employer's.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
Tip for iNaturalist users in the United States:
If a species is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, you probably should not take a picture of you holding it for iNaturalist.
If a species is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, you probably should not take a picture of you holding it for iNaturalist.
October 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Tip for iNaturalist users in the United States:
If a species is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, you probably should not take a picture of you holding it for iNaturalist.
If a species is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, you probably should not take a picture of you holding it for iNaturalist.
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After a few days of travel, i walked into my office and something looked a bit off.
May 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
After a few days of travel, i walked into my office and something looked a bit off.
Published today by our team at Defenders of Wildlife's Center for Conservation Innovation on the Endangered Species Act's HCP program:
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Lead author is CCI's Heather Harl!
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Lead author is CCI's Heather Harl!
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Published today by our team at Defenders of Wildlife's Center for Conservation Innovation on the Endangered Species Act's HCP program:
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Lead author is CCI's Heather Harl!
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Lead author is CCI's Heather Harl!
Unfortunately the administration is setting it up to deny migratory birds protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Good article (and not just because they quote me!) on this:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump just weakened one of the nation’s oldest environmental laws
The Interior Department suspended a legal opinion holding companies liable for accidentally killing ducks, cranes, pelicans, owls and other bird species.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Unfortunately the administration is setting it up to deny migratory birds protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Good article (and not just because they quote me!) on this:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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90% of Americans accept the science on vaccines.
Because they save millions of lives.
Because they are safe and effective.
Because it's the least we can do for each other.
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Because they save millions of lives.
Because they are safe and effective.
Because it's the least we can do for each other.
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Americans don’t agree on much, but nine in 10 endorse childhood vaccines, Caitlin Rivers writes. Emphasizing the popularity of the shots is not just about correcting the record — it’s key to protecting them.
Opinion | Kennedy’s Anti-Vaccine Views Don’t Represent America
Threatening vaccine access is not only bad science, it’s bad politics.
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
90% of Americans accept the science on vaccines.
Because they save millions of lives.
Because they are safe and effective.
Because it's the least we can do for each other.
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Because they save millions of lives.
Because they are safe and effective.
Because it's the least we can do for each other.
🧪
It is beyond annoying to get locked into an argument with a 4 year old then realize at the end that they are actually right about something.
February 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It is beyond annoying to get locked into an argument with a 4 year old then realize at the end that they are actually right about something.
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So, yeah, shameless plug: Back my Patreon. Patreon contributions absolutely made the OpenCTD possible. Patreon contributions keep Southern Fried Science running. Patreon contributions let me take time to work on our town's Smart Buoy for sea level rise monitoring.
www.patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
www.patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
Get more from Andrew Thaler on Patreon
creating tools for ocean science, education, and conservation.
www.patreon.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
So, yeah, shameless plug: Back my Patreon. Patreon contributions absolutely made the OpenCTD possible. Patreon contributions keep Southern Fried Science running. Patreon contributions let me take time to work on our town's Smart Buoy for sea level rise monitoring.
www.patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
www.patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
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This is so cool - this study used Chinese poetry to reconstruct 1400 years of range change for the Yangtze finless porpoise, and showed that most of the range loss happened in the last century
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 27, 2024 at 4:51 PM
This is so cool - this study used Chinese poetry to reconstruct 1400 years of range change for the Yangtze finless porpoise, and showed that most of the range loss happened in the last century
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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every truly quality poster i know treats this website like a dumping ground for the evil thoughts infesting their brain and posts like they're trying to get rid of their followers as quickly as possible
December 26, 2024 at 12:38 PM
every truly quality poster i know treats this website like a dumping ground for the evil thoughts infesting their brain and posts like they're trying to get rid of their followers as quickly as possible
My 4-year old referred to my job as "writing animals" and I guess that's kind of a good, punchy description.
December 11, 2024 at 9:31 PM
My 4-year old referred to my job as "writing animals" and I guess that's kind of a good, punchy description.
Found on my office desk this morning…
December 10, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Found on my office desk this morning…
Do you know a government website with data that might be at risk in the new administration? Nominate sites for inclusion in the EOT Web Archive!
Every US presidential election period we do a wide crawl of all federal websites.
YOU can contribute to the 2024 End of Term Web Archive eotarchive.org/contribute/
- Nominate Gov URLs
- Upload bulk seed lists
- Help surface database deep links
- Spread the word #EOT2024 #EOTArchive
YOU can contribute to the 2024 End of Term Web Archive eotarchive.org/contribute/
- Nominate Gov URLs
- Upload bulk seed lists
- Help surface database deep links
- Spread the word #EOT2024 #EOTArchive
Contribute
The End of Term Web Archive is a collaborative initiative that collects, preserves, and makes accessible United States Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
eotarchive.org
December 5, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Do you know a government website with data that might be at risk in the new administration? Nominate sites for inclusion in the EOT Web Archive!
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darmok and jalad at lunch
November 30, 2024 at 3:40 PM
darmok and jalad at lunch
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November 21, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Defenders of Wildlife disagrees with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to downlist red-cockaded woodpeckers from an endangered species to threatened. National Parks Traveler’s podcast explores Defenders’ position.
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/podcast/2024...
www.nationalparkstraveler.org/podcast/2024...
National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 301 | Red-Cockaded Woodpecker--A Decision Too Soon?
Recently the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service moved to downlist the red-cockaded woodpecker from being an endangered species to being threatened. Lynn Riddick discusses this decision with the southeast ...
www.nationalparkstraveler.org
November 19, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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❗ Big enviro law breaking news:
DC Circuit holds that Council on Enviro Quality (CEQ) doesn't have lawful authority to issue binding regs interpreting NEPA (a position no party in the case advanced.)
Still digesting what this could mean. CEQ had an Exec Order from Nixon to promulgate regs.
DC Circuit holds that Council on Enviro Quality (CEQ) doesn't have lawful authority to issue binding regs interpreting NEPA (a position no party in the case advanced.)
Still digesting what this could mean. CEQ had an Exec Order from Nixon to promulgate regs.
November 12, 2024 at 7:30 PM
❗ Big enviro law breaking news:
DC Circuit holds that Council on Enviro Quality (CEQ) doesn't have lawful authority to issue binding regs interpreting NEPA (a position no party in the case advanced.)
Still digesting what this could mean. CEQ had an Exec Order from Nixon to promulgate regs.
DC Circuit holds that Council on Enviro Quality (CEQ) doesn't have lawful authority to issue binding regs interpreting NEPA (a position no party in the case advanced.)
Still digesting what this could mean. CEQ had an Exec Order from Nixon to promulgate regs.
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"The most common ranking across all five countries is ‘Grossly Unaligned’, with Norway coming out worst with seven ‘Grossly Unaligned’ ratings out of 11"
Huge new OCI report out today on us North Sea fossil fuel suppliers - and our desires to supply even more
priceofoil.org/2024/03/12/n...
Huge new OCI report out today on us North Sea fossil fuel suppliers - and our desires to supply even more
priceofoil.org/2024/03/12/n...
March 12, 2024 at 10:59 AM
"The most common ranking across all five countries is ‘Grossly Unaligned’, with Norway coming out worst with seven ‘Grossly Unaligned’ ratings out of 11"
Huge new OCI report out today on us North Sea fossil fuel suppliers - and our desires to supply even more
priceofoil.org/2024/03/12/n...
Huge new OCI report out today on us North Sea fossil fuel suppliers - and our desires to supply even more
priceofoil.org/2024/03/12/n...
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Last year marked 50 years of the Endangered Species Act, one of the most important environmental laws.
I interviewed conservation scientist Dr. Lindsay Rosa, the author of a new report about what the ESA needs for the future.
Enjoy! 🧪🌎
I interviewed conservation scientist Dr. Lindsay Rosa, the author of a new report about what the ESA needs for the future.
Enjoy! 🧪🌎
After 50 years of conservation, what’s next for the Endangered Species Act?
2023 marked the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, one of the earliest, strongest, and most important conservation laws on Earth. The environmental non-profit Defenders of Wildlife wro…
www.southernfriedscience.com
February 23, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Last year marked 50 years of the Endangered Species Act, one of the most important environmental laws.
I interviewed conservation scientist Dr. Lindsay Rosa, the author of a new report about what the ESA needs for the future.
Enjoy! 🧪🌎
I interviewed conservation scientist Dr. Lindsay Rosa, the author of a new report about what the ESA needs for the future.
Enjoy! 🧪🌎
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Clear smoking-gun evidence that one of the most critically endangered marine mammals was killed by lobster fishing gear- something lobstermen have been vehemently claiming is impossible.
NOAA confirms North Atlantic Right Whale killed by commercial lobster gear
www.southernfriedscience.com/noaa-confirm...
www.southernfriedscience.com/noaa-confirm...
NOAA confirms North Atlantic Right Whale killed by commercial lobster gear
North Atlantic Right whales are on the brink of extinction. There are approximately 360 individuals left, of which only about 70 are reproductively active females. In 2017, an unusual mortality eve…
www.southernfriedscience.com
February 16, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Clear smoking-gun evidence that one of the most critically endangered marine mammals was killed by lobster fishing gear- something lobstermen have been vehemently claiming is impossible.