Erin Tate
@erinbaskir.bsky.social
St. Louis. Human dimensions of conservation - visitor studies - research and evaluation. Appalachian Trail fangirl, wetland cryptid, twin mom, geriatric millennial. When I know better, I do better.
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As we enter fall, it's so important that we tell everyone to leave those leaves! Mads Torres designed a poster to help us.
Lightning bugs are one of the most charismatic insects we've got. Actions we take to protect them protects many insects!
Get some to hang in your neighborhood!
Squidfacts.net
Lightning bugs are one of the most charismatic insects we've got. Actions we take to protect them protects many insects!
Get some to hang in your neighborhood!
Squidfacts.net
September 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
As we enter fall, it's so important that we tell everyone to leave those leaves! Mads Torres designed a poster to help us.
Lightning bugs are one of the most charismatic insects we've got. Actions we take to protect them protects many insects!
Get some to hang in your neighborhood!
Squidfacts.net
Lightning bugs are one of the most charismatic insects we've got. Actions we take to protect them protects many insects!
Get some to hang in your neighborhood!
Squidfacts.net
Opossum on the roof!!
Being surrounded by some of the most wonderful, charismatic endangered species on the planet doesn't take away the absolute joy of catching a glimpse of one of my favorite local pals living their best life.
Being surrounded by some of the most wonderful, charismatic endangered species on the planet doesn't take away the absolute joy of catching a glimpse of one of my favorite local pals living their best life.
September 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Opossum on the roof!!
Being surrounded by some of the most wonderful, charismatic endangered species on the planet doesn't take away the absolute joy of catching a glimpse of one of my favorite local pals living their best life.
Being surrounded by some of the most wonderful, charismatic endangered species on the planet doesn't take away the absolute joy of catching a glimpse of one of my favorite local pals living their best life.
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ICYMI: After years of hearing complaints that it's hard to get good career advice in marine biology, I assembled an expert panel to answer your questions about graduate school, where to find jobs, what skills are needed, and much, much more.
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Marine Biology Career Advice
You asked us questions about marine biology careers, and our panel of experts answered them! In April, I solicited your questions about careers in marine biology, and we received nearly 100 questio…
www.southernfriedscience.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
ICYMI: After years of hearing complaints that it's hard to get good career advice in marine biology, I assembled an expert panel to answer your questions about graduate school, where to find jobs, what skills are needed, and much, much more.
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If you haven't spent much time in rural areas- especially rural AK- you probably think of your local public media as just one of many options. But in rural areas, they're *the* option.
If you're thinking about donating, consider sending it to KOTZ or another small station- it'll go a lot further.
If you're thinking about donating, consider sending it to KOTZ or another small station- it'll go a lot further.
Just saw a post on FB....KOTZ will close in October without CPB funding. This is a huge loss to the area :(
This was my first official job. I started as a secretary/janitor and was a DJ for many years. This is so sad, and devastating for our region :(
www.facebook.com/100005474286...
This was my first official job. I started as a secretary/janitor and was a DJ for many years. This is so sad, and devastating for our region :(
www.facebook.com/100005474286...
July 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
If you haven't spent much time in rural areas- especially rural AK- you probably think of your local public media as just one of many options. But in rural areas, they're *the* option.
If you're thinking about donating, consider sending it to KOTZ or another small station- it'll go a lot further.
If you're thinking about donating, consider sending it to KOTZ or another small station- it'll go a lot further.
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The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House, as expected, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white.
July 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House, as expected, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white.
We will likely have to take our kids to a major annual conference because both my husband and I are on committees and have other duties, so are expected to be there. But the conference, despite being in a field dominated by women, does not offer childcare.
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We will likely have to take our kids to a major annual conference because both my husband and I are on committees and have other duties, so are expected to be there. But the conference, despite being in a field dominated by women, does not offer childcare.
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Biggest difference between my original Oblivion experience and the remaster is how vivid the flora looks!
Realizing I had Columbine, (wild) strawberry, and bergamot (bee balm) in my own pollinator garden blooming right now really shows how much I've grown myself in the last 20 years.
Realizing I had Columbine, (wild) strawberry, and bergamot (bee balm) in my own pollinator garden blooming right now really shows how much I've grown myself in the last 20 years.
May 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Biggest difference between my original Oblivion experience and the remaster is how vivid the flora looks!
Realizing I had Columbine, (wild) strawberry, and bergamot (bee balm) in my own pollinator garden blooming right now really shows how much I've grown myself in the last 20 years.
Realizing I had Columbine, (wild) strawberry, and bergamot (bee balm) in my own pollinator garden blooming right now really shows how much I've grown myself in the last 20 years.
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Barriers to writing a research paper that's been looming over me for months:
- what if it's been too long/no longer relevant
- what if our methodology was bad
- what if I misrepresent the articles/theory I've cited
- what if I leave out a glaringly obvious reference
- general situation RE fascism
- what if it's been too long/no longer relevant
- what if our methodology was bad
- what if I misrepresent the articles/theory I've cited
- what if I leave out a glaringly obvious reference
- general situation RE fascism
February 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Barriers to writing a research paper that's been looming over me for months:
- what if it's been too long/no longer relevant
- what if our methodology was bad
- what if I misrepresent the articles/theory I've cited
- what if I leave out a glaringly obvious reference
- general situation RE fascism
- what if it's been too long/no longer relevant
- what if our methodology was bad
- what if I misrepresent the articles/theory I've cited
- what if I leave out a glaringly obvious reference
- general situation RE fascism
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What are the social impacts of large-scale marine protected areas? We reviewed the evidence in this paper.
Better management of the social impacts of marine protected areas can lead to more equitable & effective outcomes.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Better management of the social impacts of marine protected areas can lead to more equitable & effective outcomes.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Human well-being outcomes of large-scale marine protected areas
Large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs, >100,000 km2) account for over half of the global ocean under protection, yet little is known about their …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What are the social impacts of large-scale marine protected areas? We reviewed the evidence in this paper.
Better management of the social impacts of marine protected areas can lead to more equitable & effective outcomes.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Better management of the social impacts of marine protected areas can lead to more equitable & effective outcomes.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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An insightful story about how snobbish science & fieldwork can be — and how little it can take to be inclusive!
Marlee Parker shows how career diversity helps a team get through tough times.
Starts @ 16m25s. #SciComm 🧪
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Marlee Parker shows how career diversity helps a team get through tough times.
Starts @ 16m25s. #SciComm 🧪
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Excluded: Stories about being left out
Podcast Episode · The Story Collider · 2025-01-24 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
An insightful story about how snobbish science & fieldwork can be — and how little it can take to be inclusive!
Marlee Parker shows how career diversity helps a team get through tough times.
Starts @ 16m25s. #SciComm 🧪
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Marlee Parker shows how career diversity helps a team get through tough times.
Starts @ 16m25s. #SciComm 🧪
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
I admit I thought it was called that because it's an intro to inferential statistics for students, which is how I've always encountered it!
🧪#AcademicSky #PhDSky
I think everyone needs a distractor:
Student’s t-test is one of the most popular statistical tests used by many academics worldwide.
Do you know why it’s called this? Who is this Student?
An alcoholic beverage is partly responsible for the name choice!
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I think everyone needs a distractor:
Student’s t-test is one of the most popular statistical tests used by many academics worldwide.
Do you know why it’s called this? Who is this Student?
An alcoholic beverage is partly responsible for the name choice!
A 🧵 (1/10)
January 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I admit I thought it was called that because it's an intro to inferential statistics for students, which is how I've always encountered it!
AZA doesn't seem to be on here yet (so can't tag) but curious what, if any discussions are happening about how they plan to protect AZA members and guests that belong to marginalized communities at annual conferences in hostile states.
January 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
AZA doesn't seem to be on here yet (so can't tag) but curious what, if any discussions are happening about how they plan to protect AZA members and guests that belong to marginalized communities at annual conferences in hostile states.
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Wowowow WHAT A BAR TO SET 👏🏽 not every time that a scientific paper is done as close to right as it gets (imo) when involving Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific! 💙 www.tinyurl.com/pacifaran
Co-Designing Peer-to-Peer Sharing of Indigenous Knowledge and Science
Co-Designing Peer-to-Peer Sharing of Indigenous Knowledge and Science January 2025 Cite this paper as Pacifaran. 2025. Co-Designing Peer-to-Peer Sharing of Indigenous Knowledge and Sci...
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January 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Wowowow WHAT A BAR TO SET 👏🏽 not every time that a scientific paper is done as close to right as it gets (imo) when involving Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific! 💙 www.tinyurl.com/pacifaran
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How can #birding be more accessible to people with #disability? See our research on constraints and facilitators!
Accessible birding in the United States: constraints to and facilitators of birding with disabilities
While approximately one-quarter of the U.S. population has a disability, many people with disabilities remain excluded from equitable participation in birding. In this study, we compared the constr...
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January 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
How can #birding be more accessible to people with #disability? See our research on constraints and facilitators!
Just pre-ordered. Moving into evaluating applied conservation and wanting the work with my org to be intentional about how we build relationships, maintain those relationships authentically, and decision-make with Indigenous partners and their communities - I'm really looking forward to reading!
Super excited that this amazing book is finally available for preorder. It was written by over 50 Indigenous Peoples from around the world and contains stories, poetry, and critical thought pieces on how TEK is used and extracted from our communities and what folks are doing to protect it.
December 17, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Just pre-ordered. Moving into evaluating applied conservation and wanting the work with my org to be intentional about how we build relationships, maintain those relationships authentically, and decision-make with Indigenous partners and their communities - I'm really looking forward to reading!
My Great Uncle Jimmy spent 9 months as a child in an iron lung. Horrifying outcomes await us with decisions like these.
And now this. My father had polio when he was a child in the 1930s. He thankfully survived. Many did not. This is, well, evil. Let's not mince words. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:05 PM
My Great Uncle Jimmy spent 9 months as a child in an iron lung. Horrifying outcomes await us with decisions like these.
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Just 33 years ago we were erecting statues to celebrate Jonas Salk’s work to eradicate polio with a vaccine. 🥺
December 13, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Just 33 years ago we were erecting statues to celebrate Jonas Salk’s work to eradicate polio with a vaccine. 🥺
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"The Serviceberry" challenges zero-sum economics and celebrates gift economies that build thriving communities.
Read the review here:
Read the review here:
Book Review: The Many Bounties of Collaboration in Nature
Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “The Serviceberry" explores the profound benefits that sharing and mutual exchange can create.
undark.org
December 13, 2024 at 3:31 PM
"The Serviceberry" challenges zero-sum economics and celebrates gift economies that build thriving communities.
Read the review here:
Read the review here:
I just submitted my last grad school assignment and like... what do I do with the rest of my evening???
December 5, 2024 at 4:21 AM
I just submitted my last grad school assignment and like... what do I do with the rest of my evening???
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My most cited paper has a simple message: we have to think about people too in conservation planning esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
A social–ecological approach to conservation planning: embedding social considerations
Many conservation plans remain unimplemented, in part because of insufficient consideration of the social processes that influence conservation decisions. Complementing social considerations with an ...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:13 AM
My most cited paper has a simple message: we have to think about people too in conservation planning esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Closing day for the Shutterbee citizen science gallery at Kooyumjian Gallery, featured alongside celebrated nature photographer Noppadol Paothong. I'm incredibly proud to have played an eensy role in this amazing program.
Also this is how I find out Bluesky doesn't support video 🫠
Also this is how I find out Bluesky doesn't support video 🫠
November 24, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Closing day for the Shutterbee citizen science gallery at Kooyumjian Gallery, featured alongside celebrated nature photographer Noppadol Paothong. I'm incredibly proud to have played an eensy role in this amazing program.
Also this is how I find out Bluesky doesn't support video 🫠
Also this is how I find out Bluesky doesn't support video 🫠
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November 17, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Well well well, here we are, again. Looking for my museum, zoo/aquarium, decolonized conservation, environmental justice, and Project Dragonfly connections is going to be a beast - what strategies are people using to reconnect their networks?
November 15, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Well well well, here we are, again. Looking for my museum, zoo/aquarium, decolonized conservation, environmental justice, and Project Dragonfly connections is going to be a beast - what strategies are people using to reconnect their networks?