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Danielle Ignace
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Indigenous (Coeur d'Alene) Ecophysiologist / Associate Professor at UMNForestRes / Research Associate @HarvardForest / Associate Editor @ElementaScience / Chair @esa_tek
🚨Special organized oral session at #ESA2025!! The Coeur d’Alene Tribe created a full session devoted to our new work that focuses on healing the land and salmon restoration…and lots more! So grab a coffee or two and join us Tuesday morning at 8:00am, Hilton Holiday 5.
August 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It was an honor to give the first talk in the @aspbofficial.bsky.social Presidential Plenary for #PlantBio2025! My brother also gave the land acknowledgement and welcome for the conference. 🌱❤️
Plenary Speaker Danielle Ignace takes the audience on a journey considering how diverse experiences will mentor future generations faced with solving complex environmental problems. #PlantBio2025
July 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🚨 New Paper Alert! Our Indigenous group stays strong with this new paper led by the awesome Joseph Gazing Wolf @shunkaha3.bsky.social!

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/35WCKS...
A path to reconciliation between Indigenous and settler–colonial epistemologies
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esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ignace Lab PhD student, Miah Godek, has advanced to candidacy! 🎉 I was impressed by the depth and breadth of knowledge during the comprehensive exam. Miah is also co-advised by the awesome @warrencm.bsky.social and studying the impacts of fire on the below-ground community in the Okanagan Valley.
April 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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📣Happening next Wednesday, March 12 at 1 pm Eastern time. Join us!

👉Learn more and register at blog.aspb.org/march-12-wha...

#PlantScience
📣Join us for the upcoming ASPB Member webinar on Wednesday, March 12 at 1 pm Eastern time, hosted by ASPB’s Early Career Plant Scientists Section.

👉Learn more and register at https://buff.ly/3XhLtmC

#plantscience
March 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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February 25th, 11AM EST.
Join us for a panel discussion on "Perspectives from Black Professionals in the Plant Sciences" featuring Dr. Margaret Young, Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, & Dr. Jason B. Thomas.
rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-w...
Open to all, come be a part of it!
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Reposted by Danielle Ignace
ASPB "remains committed to robustly supporting and strongly advocating for diversity and inclusion in the plant sciences, period."

Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.
February 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We still believe that we can create something very powerful and impactful. Thank you @catrineinhorn.bsky.social @nytimes.com for reporting about our national nature assessment work that is “too important to die”
February 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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To keep our members and community informed, we created this resource on new developments in U.S. policy at the federal level, plus other important news. Updated regularly: Check back often! esa.org/esablog/poli...
February 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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📢 We’re hiring! 🌳 Each year, our Summer Research Program in Ecology is supported by an Assistant Coordinator / Resident advisor. Know anyone who would be a good fit? 🤔 👨🏽‍🎓👩🏻‍🏫

See this and several other job openings here: harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/employment
February 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I was on NPR's All Things Considered today talking about how all the uncertainty around science funding is affecting researchers. I'm still following this story, so please do DM or signal me if you're dealing with this and would like to talk.
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
Scientists scramble to understand Trump administration actions
President Trump's executive orders and actions, as well as the temporary funding freeze, have sewn confusion with many scientists who receive federal funding.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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It is now time for us to practice what we preach and stand up for our values in promoting equity and opportunity regardless of what the calls say.
Just got this message, supposedly from the head of NSF
January 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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If you're a scientist that serves on an NSF panel that got cancelled today, I'd love to talk to you about it for an NPR story. DM, email or reach out on signal.
January 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🚨TENURED!!! 🎉 Thank you to Forest Resources and CFANS at the University of Minnesota for valuing and supporting me as an Indigenous woman in STEM. WI ➡️ AZ ➡️ MA ➡️ Canada ➡️ MN…it feels amazing to have a home! I couldn’t have done this without amazing support from my husband, family, and friends.
December 17, 2024 at 5:58 PM
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe was well represented at #AGU24! @agu.org
December 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Going to #AGU24? Join the Indigenous Science to Action team for the following events. Looking forward to seeing everyone! @agu.org
December 6, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Who’s going to AGU next week?! Message me to meet up!
December 4, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Hello new friends: I’m a new Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Forest Resources. I’m an enrolled member of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and I’m also Menominee. A few fun facts about me and my work:
November 26, 2024 at 4:23 PM
✨I am overjoyed to announce that I’ll be joining the faculty at the University of Minnesota this fall as an Associate Professor in the Department of Forest Resources! I’m so excited to collaborate with an incredible group of scholars @UMNews. Midwest friends, get in touch! 🎉
July 18, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Just us four Coeur d’Alene women representing at the Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest Indians Climate Summit. So happy to see the young ones here! I love this event with national tribal leaders. @atnitribes
April 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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Delighted to share a new paper out today in Science!

We discuss federal climate incentives, challenges, and opportunities. And we present a roadmap for bold action to address unmanageable time scales, limited access to information, and a need to build capacity.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Opportunities to grow tribal clean energy in the US
Bold action is needed to address unmanageable time scales, limited access to information, and a need to build capacity
www.science.org
April 11, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I’m giving a talk today hosted by the Dept. of Soil and Water Systems at the University of Idaho! Very excited to talk about working with my tribe (Coeur d’Alene) and meeting with new collaborators in person!
March 28, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Excited to announce that I’ve been selected to be a Chapter Lead for the first-ever U.S. National Nature Assessment! Together we will create a broad and holistic understanding of nature to inform decision making and planning.

www.globalchange.gov/our-work/ann...
March 11, 2024 at 4:13 PM
How many pieces of chocolate did it take to get through the term? 100! I always have chocolate available for student drop-in hours. I pass them out to faculty too. I ate the last of the variety pack on Wednesday after we wrapped up Intro to Forest Ecology @ubcforestry
December 8, 2023 at 7:29 PM