Merv Barenie
@mbarenie.bsky.social
Grosvenor Teacher Fellow ‘23; FulbrightTGC ‘21-‘22; Indiana Middle School Geography Teacher of the Year ‘20
Sandhill Cranes returning to roost at Jasper-Pulaski FWA, Indiana.
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Sandhill Cranes returning to roost at Jasper-Pulaski FWA, Indiana.
A great day for migratory birds at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis.
#migration #birds #heron #egret #pelican
#migration #birds #heron #egret #pelican
September 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A great day for migratory birds at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis.
#migration #birds #heron #egret #pelican
#migration #birds #heron #egret #pelican
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Beyond the tourist sites that lure millions to #Japan—the temples, dazzling city cores, & national parks—sprawls a world few outsiders see: a rural landscape stripped of people & steeped in loneliness. An @outofedenwalk dispatch from a Japanese ghostlands. https://t.co/hFnCWu0yz7
The Geography of Loneliness
Navigating Japan’s emptied countryside.
outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org
July 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Beyond the tourist sites that lure millions to #Japan—the temples, dazzling city cores, & national parks—sprawls a world few outsiders see: a rural landscape stripped of people & steeped in loneliness. An @outofedenwalk dispatch from a Japanese ghostlands. https://t.co/hFnCWu0yz7
Mushrooms along Trail 2 at @indiana-dunes.bsky.social State Park. I think @lukelukeluke.bsky.social would appreciate this trail.
#mushrooms #dunes #nature #hiking
#mushrooms #dunes #nature #hiking
July 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Mushrooms along Trail 2 at @indiana-dunes.bsky.social State Park. I think @lukelukeluke.bsky.social would appreciate this trail.
#mushrooms #dunes #nature #hiking
#mushrooms #dunes #nature #hiking
When are we going to get “Win Jimmy Kimmel’s Money,” @jimmykimmel.com ?
July 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
When are we going to get “Win Jimmy Kimmel’s Money,” @jimmykimmel.com ?
@jeffmeller.bsky.social can we nickname Chase Meidroth “flip” for every time he loses his helmet and flips his hair back?
May 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
@jeffmeller.bsky.social can we nickname Chase Meidroth “flip” for every time he loses his helmet and flips his hair back?
May 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
First photo of a Scarlet Tanager. Winfield, Indiana.
May 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
First photo of a Scarlet Tanager. Winfield, Indiana.
Went to @indiana-dunes.bsky.social Great Marsh in Beverly Shores to check out some migrating birds. I had better luck in the herpetology department.
April 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Went to @indiana-dunes.bsky.social Great Marsh in Beverly Shores to check out some migrating birds. I had better luck in the herpetology department.
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I can’t imagine any group less qualified to make judgements about managing a sprawling, ecologically sensitive, and high-traffic National Park than a tech billionaire and a cadre of trollish engineers who’ve never touched grass (or sedge or rush).
Call your reps to demand they save IDNP from DOGE!
Call your reps to demand they save IDNP from DOGE!
Davich: Indiana Dunes National Park workers fired: 'Don’t let them take yours'
“The Trump/Musk agenda for government efficiency is a farce," said Beth Shrader, who managed infrastructure projects at Indiana Dunes National Park.
www.nwitimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I can’t imagine any group less qualified to make judgements about managing a sprawling, ecologically sensitive, and high-traffic National Park than a tech billionaire and a cadre of trollish engineers who’ve never touched grass (or sedge or rush).
Call your reps to demand they save IDNP from DOGE!
Call your reps to demand they save IDNP from DOGE!
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Asian carp & their voracious appetite in me would cause irreparable damage to my fisheries. In the Mississippi River where they have taken over, Asian carp are 95% of biomass. Bye bye perch, walleye, whitefish and more. Brandon Road project must move forward as it is the choke-point 🌊🌊😳
Today, Gov Pritzker announced Illinois is postponing construction of a long-awaited project to stop the movement of invasive carp upstream into the Great Lakes, with the Illinois DNR anticipating a lack of federal funding as the Trump admin. withholds $117 million in grants. For @chicagotribune.com:
Pritzker delays start of invasive carp project at Brandon Road in Joliet amid federal funding concerns
Experts want to install layered technologies at a “critical pinch point” of the Des Plaines River to try and stop silver and bighead carp from getting to Lake Michigan.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Asian carp & their voracious appetite in me would cause irreparable damage to my fisheries. In the Mississippi River where they have taken over, Asian carp are 95% of biomass. Bye bye perch, walleye, whitefish and more. Brandon Road project must move forward as it is the choke-point 🌊🌊😳
Skunk cabbage in the Great Marsh just below the Dune Ridge trail. And one of my favorites--a sandhill crane and red-winged blackbird facing off at Cowles Bog. The crane had been raiding the red-winged blackbirds nests.
February 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Skunk cabbage in the Great Marsh just below the Dune Ridge trail. And one of my favorites--a sandhill crane and red-winged blackbird facing off at Cowles Bog. The crane had been raiding the red-winged blackbirds nests.
Great day for checking out winter wildlife at @indiana-dunes.bsky.social state and national parks. Started the day at the state park where trail 2/10 sounded like a construction zone from all the woodpeckers. Continued at the Kemil Beach Dune Ridge trail. #birds #wildlife #nature #photography
January 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Great day for checking out winter wildlife at @indiana-dunes.bsky.social state and national parks. Started the day at the state park where trail 2/10 sounded like a construction zone from all the woodpeckers. Continued at the Kemil Beach Dune Ridge trail. #birds #wildlife #nature #photography
January 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
November 26, 2024 at 8:45 PM
During Geography Awareness Week, it's pretty cool to be featured in a National Geographic Newsroom story.
Check out the link to see the many, many resources that National Geographic Education provides for formal and informal educators.
news.nationalgeographic.org/geo-literacy...
Check out the link to see the many, many resources that National Geographic Education provides for formal and informal educators.
news.nationalgeographic.org/geo-literacy...
Geo-literacy is a key component of the National Geographic Society’s education strategy
Chief Education Officer Dr. Deborah Grayson discusses the importance of geographic education in building the Explorer Mindset.
news.nationalgeographic.org
November 19, 2024 at 7:12 PM
During Geography Awareness Week, it's pretty cool to be featured in a National Geographic Newsroom story.
Check out the link to see the many, many resources that National Geographic Education provides for formal and informal educators.
news.nationalgeographic.org/geo-literacy...
Check out the link to see the many, many resources that National Geographic Education provides for formal and informal educators.
news.nationalgeographic.org/geo-literacy...
I’m an educator that’s migrating over here from Twitter. For the past 7-8 years, I’ve built connections through NatGeo education and Fulbright.
I hope that this space turns into one of collaboration and propping each other up.
I love nature and am working to get my students to care as well.
I hope that this space turns into one of collaboration and propping each other up.
I love nature and am working to get my students to care as well.
November 13, 2024 at 3:35 PM
I’m an educator that’s migrating over here from Twitter. For the past 7-8 years, I’ve built connections through NatGeo education and Fulbright.
I hope that this space turns into one of collaboration and propping each other up.
I love nature and am working to get my students to care as well.
I hope that this space turns into one of collaboration and propping each other up.
I love nature and am working to get my students to care as well.