Patrick Culbert
@patrick-culbert.bsky.social
Assoc. Professor of Teaching, UBC Faculty of Forestry
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I love forests and teaching! I’m an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Dept of Forest & Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia. I enjoy making nerdy videos to teach my (and your!) students about forest ecology and management. youtube.com/@patrickculb...
Apparently, I now work at the Smithsonian Museum of arts and industries. (Either that or my building is serving as the backdrop for an action sequence in Percy Jackson and The Olympians season 3.)
October 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Apparently, I now work at the Smithsonian Museum of arts and industries. (Either that or my building is serving as the backdrop for an action sequence in Percy Jackson and The Olympians season 3.)
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Reach out if you are interested in applying to the Liber Ero postdoctoral fellowship program. I work on caribou, wolves, invasive wild pigs, farmland moose, and a lot more.
ryan.brook@usask.ca
liberero.ca
ryan.brook@usask.ca
liberero.ca
September 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Reach out if you are interested in applying to the Liber Ero postdoctoral fellowship program. I work on caribou, wolves, invasive wild pigs, farmland moose, and a lot more.
ryan.brook@usask.ca
liberero.ca
ryan.brook@usask.ca
liberero.ca
First time I’ve ever seen nodding onion in landscaping 😊. I remember a few years ago when there was a stink because the university insisted on mowing down some fireweed (an art installation) before it went to seed, lest it establish on campus. I really appreciate the complete turnaround on this.
July 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
First time I’ve ever seen nodding onion in landscaping 😊. I remember a few years ago when there was a stink because the university insisted on mowing down some fireweed (an art installation) before it went to seed, lest it establish on campus. I really appreciate the complete turnaround on this.
Reposted by Patrick Culbert
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Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes".
Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied.
🧪🔥
Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes".
Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied.
🧪🔥
Aspen impedes wildfire spread in southwestern United States landscapes
Aspen (Populus tremuloides) forests are generally thought to impede fire spread, yet the extent of this effect is not well quantified in relation to other vegetation types. We examined the influence ...
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July 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes".
Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied.
🧪🔥
Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes".
Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied.
🧪🔥
Reposted by Patrick Culbert
Herbarium director position opening at Oregon State University @osu-herbarium.bsky.social Great opportunity for herbarium- and field-trained botanists at any rank. bpp.oregonstate.edu/bpp/about/op...
Open Positions
bpp.oregonstate.edu
July 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Herbarium director position opening at Oregon State University @osu-herbarium.bsky.social Great opportunity for herbarium- and field-trained botanists at any rank. bpp.oregonstate.edu/bpp/about/op...
Sometimes a humpback whale photobombs your shot of orca mom and baby. 🤷♂️
July 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Sometimes a humpback whale photobombs your shot of orca mom and baby. 🤷♂️
One convenient thing about camping with an EV is powering an electric kettle with the car. I’m really tempted to ditch the propane Coleman stove for an electric tabletop induction burner.
July 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
One convenient thing about camping with an EV is powering an electric kettle with the car. I’m really tempted to ditch the propane Coleman stove for an electric tabletop induction burner.
Just ran 5K for the first time in my life. (33:22 PB! 😂) I will assume the coyote pup I saw at the start of my run was a good omen.
June 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just ran 5K for the first time in my life. (33:22 PB! 😂) I will assume the coyote pup I saw at the start of my run was a good omen.
The planting at the reconciliation pole is looking quite nice. Definitely prefer this over mowed grass.
June 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The planting at the reconciliation pole is looking quite nice. Definitely prefer this over mowed grass.
If anyone’s looking for a PhD position, I strongly recommend Tobias’s lab.
Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...
New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab
We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!
pages.cms.hu-berlin.de
June 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If anyone’s looking for a PhD position, I strongly recommend Tobias’s lab.
Need a momentary escape? Enjoy a snowy winter (Feb) day at Malcolm Knapp Research Forest in Maple Ridge, BC. youtu.be/v6vHMDQ0nsM
Snowy Day in the Coastal Temperate Rainforest of BC (CWHvm1) - 4K Drone Fly-Through
YouTube video by Patrick Culbert - UBC Forestry
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June 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Need a momentary escape? Enjoy a snowy winter (Feb) day at Malcolm Knapp Research Forest in Maple Ridge, BC. youtu.be/v6vHMDQ0nsM
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Harvey Milk served in the Navy during the Korean War, but was discharged in 1955, not for any misconduct, but because he was gay.
And now his name is being removed from a Navy vessel, once again not because of anything he did wrong, but because he was gay.
It's the same hate from the same scum.
And now his name is being removed from a Navy vessel, once again not because of anything he did wrong, but because he was gay.
It's the same hate from the same scum.
June 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Harvey Milk served in the Navy during the Korean War, but was discharged in 1955, not for any misconduct, but because he was gay.
And now his name is being removed from a Navy vessel, once again not because of anything he did wrong, but because he was gay.
It's the same hate from the same scum.
And now his name is being removed from a Navy vessel, once again not because of anything he did wrong, but because he was gay.
It's the same hate from the same scum.
Worst campus parking space ever.
May 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Worst campus parking space ever.
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
This tree didn’t come to play. 👀
May 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This tree didn’t come to play. 👀
Greatly looking forward to my 12-hour layover in Hong Kong tomorrow. 😊
May 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Greatly looking forward to my 12-hour layover in Hong Kong tomorrow. 😊
Course eval time. Made minimal changes in my two courses this term, evals for one improved modestly, evals for the other dropped dramatically 😕🤷♂️. Time for some pondering.
May 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Course eval time. Made minimal changes in my two courses this term, evals for one improved modestly, evals for the other dropped dramatically 😕🤷♂️. Time for some pondering.
I appreciate this false Solomon’s seal that popped up in an otherwise unkept planter on campus.
May 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I appreciate this false Solomon’s seal that popped up in an otherwise unkept planter on campus.
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Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)
May 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Twice
Twice
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Two flew over the cuckoo's nest
Two flew over the cuckoo's nest
Implement a 100% tariff and run a movie
The 12th Sense
The 12th Sense
May 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie
Twice
Twice
Cast my first Canadian federal election ballot! 🇨🇦 (A bit disappointed there were no “I voted” stickers.)
April 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Cast my first Canadian federal election ballot! 🇨🇦 (A bit disappointed there were no “I voted” stickers.)
Most of my podcasts (news-focused) are depressing at the moment. But this episode of Hyperfixed just brought me some joy.
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Parker’s Obsessed with this Movie (But She Cannot Find it Anywhere)
Podcast Episode · Hyperfixed · 2025-04-24 · 34m
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April 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Most of my podcasts (news-focused) are depressing at the moment. But this episode of Hyperfixed just brought me some joy.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
Really looking forward to this, though I’m wondering whether I should rewatch season one first. (IMO, this is the best Star Wars show by far.) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/a...
‘Andor’ Shows How a Resistance Is Built, One Brick at a Time
In the best of the Disney+ “Star Wars” series, returning for its final season, fighting fascism is more than just a joyride.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Really looking forward to this, though I’m wondering whether I should rewatch season one first. (IMO, this is the best Star Wars show by far.) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/a...
The Workday Final Grade Submission Tool is pushing me over the brink. (Dear software engineers, if a process fails for some reason, give an error message!)
April 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Workday Final Grade Submission Tool is pushing me over the brink. (Dear software engineers, if a process fails for some reason, give an error message!)
If you know, you know. youtube.com/watch?v=2z7k...
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April 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
If you know, you know. youtube.com/watch?v=2z7k...