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· Mar 5
It is a serious thing-
just to be alive-
on this fresh morning-
in this broken world.
~Mary Oliver
just to be alive-
on this fresh morning-
in this broken world.
~Mary Oliver
I needed to hear this, maybe you do too 🖤 Thanks @devonthenatureguy “There are countless others doing their part. You do not need to hold it all…Maybe you know some other beautiful soul that needs to know they are seen, they are cared for and appreciated, and that, yes, they can-and must-rest.”
June 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I needed to hear this, maybe you do too 🖤 Thanks @devonthenatureguy “There are countless others doing their part. You do not need to hold it all…Maybe you know some other beautiful soul that needs to know they are seen, they are cared for and appreciated, and that, yes, they can-and must-rest.”
A kingbird is the only kind of king we need. Thanks to all who raised their voices last weekend 📣❤️ Credit: @seolson5 @feministbirdclub - Madison Wisconsin #Repost #wiscobirder @bipocbirdingclubofwi #morekingbirds #nokings #kingbirdsnotkings #birding #birdingisforeveryone
June 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A kingbird is the only kind of king we need. Thanks to all who raised their voices last weekend 📣❤️ Credit: @seolson5 @feministbirdclub - Madison Wisconsin #Repost #wiscobirder @bipocbirdingclubofwi #morekingbirds #nokings #kingbirdsnotkings #birding #birdingisforeveryone
Trilliumaires unite ✌️
Credit: Anna Brones linktr.ee/annabrones
Credit: Anna Brones linktr.ee/annabrones
April 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Trilliumaires unite ✌️
Credit: Anna Brones linktr.ee/annabrones
Credit: Anna Brones linktr.ee/annabrones
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As a follow up to my previous firefly post, I just published a more in-depth primer on how to help fireflies at home. ✨
How to Help Fireflies - Chasing Bugs
Want to see more fireflies? Start in your own backyard. Helping fireflies—also known as lightning bugs—starts with how we care […]
www.chasingbugs.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
As a follow up to my previous firefly post, I just published a more in-depth primer on how to help fireflies at home. ✨
Here we goooooo!
Are you ready for #CitSciMonth? We challenge you to help us reach #OneMillionActsofScience! blog.scistarter.org/2025/02/log-...
Log One Million Acts of Science in One Month this April to Speed Up Research! - SciStarter Blog
One Million Acts of Science in One Month! Log Observations and Help Accelerate Scientific Research Participatory science gains traction; researchers aim for 1,000,000 Acts of Science this April during...
blog.scistarter.org
April 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Here we goooooo!
Trump attacked Federal Funding for Libraries.
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
PETITION: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacks on Federal Funding for Libraries
In a new executive order, President Trump has targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state librari...
action.everylibrary.org
April 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Trump attacked Federal Funding for Libraries.
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
We need Americans like you to take action today!
Please sign and share the petition before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Urban trees, even small ones, can reduce water run off by 25%!
An evaluation of the stormwater runoff reduction of two distinct tree species to support urban greening as nature-based solutions
Trees, as a vital element of urban greening, have been increasingly recognized for their hydrologic contributions to stormwater management. However, t…
sciencedirect.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Urban trees, even small ones, can reduce water run off by 25%!
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🧪🧬 Let your curiosity take flight at the 13th annual MSU Science Festival 🎉 this April with over 200 FREE community events!
Visit our website to preview this year's exciting lineup of free programs across the state.
View the Schedule of Events: sciencefestival.msu.edu/Event/Schedule
Visit our website to preview this year's exciting lineup of free programs across the state.
View the Schedule of Events: sciencefestival.msu.edu/Event/Schedule
February 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🧪🧬 Let your curiosity take flight at the 13th annual MSU Science Festival 🎉 this April with over 200 FREE community events!
Visit our website to preview this year's exciting lineup of free programs across the state.
View the Schedule of Events: sciencefestival.msu.edu/Event/Schedule
Visit our website to preview this year's exciting lineup of free programs across the state.
View the Schedule of Events: sciencefestival.msu.edu/Event/Schedule
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One of my favourite recent examples of community science:
Park volunteer Deb Manley discovered an entirely new genus & species of plant after uploading it to @inaturalist.bsky.social & realizing no one knew what it was!
It was the first such discovery in a US national park in nearly 50 years! 🧪
Park volunteer Deb Manley discovered an entirely new genus & species of plant after uploading it to @inaturalist.bsky.social & realizing no one knew what it was!
It was the first such discovery in a US national park in nearly 50 years! 🧪
March 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
One of my favourite recent examples of community science:
Park volunteer Deb Manley discovered an entirely new genus & species of plant after uploading it to @inaturalist.bsky.social & realizing no one knew what it was!
It was the first such discovery in a US national park in nearly 50 years! 🧪
Park volunteer Deb Manley discovered an entirely new genus & species of plant after uploading it to @inaturalist.bsky.social & realizing no one knew what it was!
It was the first such discovery in a US national park in nearly 50 years! 🧪
It’s time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries 🫶 action.everylibrary.org/emailreps
March 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It’s time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries 🫶 action.everylibrary.org/emailreps
Here’s a beautiful sunrise for anyone that slept through the amazing lunar eclipse last night like I did 😂😴🌅 I see you. Maybe I won’t be as tired when it happens again in 2048 🫠 #lunareclipsefail #sunrise
March 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Here’s a beautiful sunrise for anyone that slept through the amazing lunar eclipse last night like I did 😂😴🌅 I see you. Maybe I won’t be as tired when it happens again in 2048 🫠 #lunareclipsefail #sunrise
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The 2025 U.S. State of the Birds report is here! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology worked with partners to summarize the latest science on birds to ensure the long-term health of birds in the places where you live. #StateOfTheBirds www.stateofthebirds.org
State of the Birds 2025
This 2025 edition of the State of the Birds report is a status assessment of the health of the nation’s bird populations, delivered to the American people by scientists from U.S. bird conservation gro...
www.StateoftheBirds.org
March 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The 2025 U.S. State of the Birds report is here! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology worked with partners to summarize the latest science on birds to ensure the long-term health of birds in the places where you live. #StateOfTheBirds www.stateofthebirds.org
TODAY (March 12th) is the last day to make your voice heard 📣📣📣 Learn more via @monarchjv.bsky.social monarchjointventure.org/blog/usfws-s... #usfws #monarchbutterfly #esalisting
USFWS Seeks Public Input on Monarch Butterfly ESA Listing
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has announced a proposed rule to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species Act…
monarchjointventure.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
TODAY (March 12th) is the last day to make your voice heard 📣📣📣 Learn more via @monarchjv.bsky.social monarchjointventure.org/blog/usfws-s... #usfws #monarchbutterfly #esalisting
It is a serious thing-
just to be alive-
on this fresh morning-
in this broken world.
~Mary Oliver
just to be alive-
on this fresh morning-
in this broken world.
~Mary Oliver
March 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It is a serious thing-
just to be alive-
on this fresh morning-
in this broken world.
~Mary Oliver
just to be alive-
on this fresh morning-
in this broken world.
~Mary Oliver
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Televangelist Pat Robertson once said "I think having a woman president would be a terrible mistake. Women are too emotional to handle high office."
Strange how when men in office shout and berate others in a childish emotional outburst, it's praised by some as "boldly standing up for our country."
Strange how when men in office shout and berate others in a childish emotional outburst, it's praised by some as "boldly standing up for our country."
March 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Televangelist Pat Robertson once said "I think having a woman president would be a terrible mistake. Women are too emotional to handle high office."
Strange how when men in office shout and berate others in a childish emotional outburst, it's praised by some as "boldly standing up for our country."
Strange how when men in office shout and berate others in a childish emotional outburst, it's praised by some as "boldly standing up for our country."
“Somebody has to believe in the saving of things” 🩷🪱 #bradmontague
February 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“Somebody has to believe in the saving of things” 🩷🪱 #bradmontague
“Conk-La-reee!” Hello, Spring!
February 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Conk-La-reee!” Hello, Spring!
TONIGHT! Dont miss this great learning opportunity with @mich-natives.bsky.social 🌿 No need to sign-up, just walk in. Admission includes a packet of native seeds! #nativeplants #growinghope
February 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
TONIGHT! Dont miss this great learning opportunity with @mich-natives.bsky.social 🌿 No need to sign-up, just walk in. Admission includes a packet of native seeds! #nativeplants #growinghope
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The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist. By @jamesdoubek.bsky.social
Meet the 'wooly devil,' a new plant species discovered in Big Bend National Park
The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist...
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist. By @jamesdoubek.bsky.social
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🎉 Celebrating 100,000 Modeled Taxa in the iNaturalist Open Range Map Dataset!
To mark this milestone, we're making model-generated distribution data even more accessible. Explore, analyze, and use this data to power biodiversity research! 🌍🔍
www.inaturalist.org/posts/106918
To mark this milestone, we're making model-generated distribution data even more accessible. Explore, analyze, and use this data to power biodiversity research! 🌍🔍
www.inaturalist.org/posts/106918
Celebrating 100,000 Modeled Taxa with the iNaturalist Open Range Map Dataset
A Major Milestone for Biodiversity Mapping We passed a major milestone with today’s update to iNaturalist’s Computer Vision and Geomodel—100,000 modeled taxa! To mark this achievement, we’re excited t...
www.inaturalist.org
February 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🎉 Celebrating 100,000 Modeled Taxa in the iNaturalist Open Range Map Dataset!
To mark this milestone, we're making model-generated distribution data even more accessible. Explore, analyze, and use this data to power biodiversity research! 🌍🔍
www.inaturalist.org/posts/106918
To mark this milestone, we're making model-generated distribution data even more accessible. Explore, analyze, and use this data to power biodiversity research! 🌍🔍
www.inaturalist.org/posts/106918
"As the winter thaws, a new life begins to pulse beneath the earth, a promise of spring's vibrant rebirth." -unknown
"Thaw" (2024)
©Andrea Kowch
"Thaw" (2024)
©Andrea Kowch
February 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"As the winter thaws, a new life begins to pulse beneath the earth, a promise of spring's vibrant rebirth." -unknown
"Thaw" (2024)
©Andrea Kowch
"Thaw" (2024)
©Andrea Kowch
You never know where your passions will lead you 🐝 📷 #communityscience #conservation Grateful for your beautiful important work, my friend!
Had some fun writing an article for Nature Photographers Network 😀💚
www.naturephotographers.network/articles/cre...
www.naturephotographers.network/articles/cre...
Finding Your Niche When You Aren’t Looking - Nature Photographers Network
Today, my passion for macro photography and the role invertebrates play in our environment has never been greater. Whether exploring my backyard or visiting new places, each outing feels like an adven...
www.naturephotographers.network
February 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
You never know where your passions will lead you 🐝 📷 #communityscience #conservation Grateful for your beautiful important work, my friend!
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87-year-old powerhouse Jane Fonda receives a Lifetime Achievement Screen Actors Guild Award—and gives a profound, passionate speech.
About the political landscape we are living though right now:
‘This is Our documentary moment.’
Find it. Watch it.
About the political landscape we are living though right now:
‘This is Our documentary moment.’
Find it. Watch it.
February 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
87-year-old powerhouse Jane Fonda receives a Lifetime Achievement Screen Actors Guild Award—and gives a profound, passionate speech.
About the political landscape we are living though right now:
‘This is Our documentary moment.’
Find it. Watch it.
About the political landscape we are living though right now:
‘This is Our documentary moment.’
Find it. Watch it.
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Times are bleak, it’s true. But people are still out here doing incredible work now, when it matters most.
Activists in KY bought land slated for a new prison, and will now fill it with native plants and use it as an intertribal gathering location.
🌱🌎🧪🌿
Activists in KY bought land slated for a new prison, and will now fill it with native plants and use it as an intertribal gathering location.
🌱🌎🧪🌿
Eastern KY activists bought land where feds wanted to build a prison
Rep. Hal Rogers has wanted another prison in eastern Kentucky for years. Local and national activists say the new land owners have better plans for Letcher County.
www.lpm.org
February 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Times are bleak, it’s true. But people are still out here doing incredible work now, when it matters most.
Activists in KY bought land slated for a new prison, and will now fill it with native plants and use it as an intertribal gathering location.
🌱🌎🧪🌿
Activists in KY bought land slated for a new prison, and will now fill it with native plants and use it as an intertribal gathering location.
🌱🌎🧪🌿