Chhaya Werner, PhD
@restoration.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Southern Oregon University. Studying plant ecology, restoration, and fire ecology. she/her
Was reminded on a beautiful trip to the Klamath River today how intensely we would love to collaborate with folks studying pollinators in this space. Amazing restoration of the reservoirs with so much going on. N CA and OR pollinator peeps, we have veg data and would love to chat!
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Was reminded on a beautiful trip to the Klamath River today how intensely we would love to collaborate with folks studying pollinators in this space. Amazing restoration of the reservoirs with so much going on. N CA and OR pollinator peeps, we have veg data and would love to chat!
If you're interested in what two years of revegetation look like in the Klamath reservoirs, I'm presenting this Thursday at the Native Plant Society of Oregon, Siskiyou chapter meeting!
October 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you're interested in what two years of revegetation look like in the Klamath reservoirs, I'm presenting this Thursday at the Native Plant Society of Oregon, Siskiyou chapter meeting!
Woohoo! SOU Softball taking home the NAIA championship after loosing their first game, proceeding to fight their way through the entire lower bracket, and defeating Oklahoma City twice to win the whole thing ❤️🖤❤️
May 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Woohoo! SOU Softball taking home the NAIA championship after loosing their first game, proceeding to fight their way through the entire lower bracket, and defeating Oklahoma City twice to win the whole thing ❤️🖤❤️
Relevant rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...
May 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Relevant rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...
Hoping @rosemarymosco.com and others will appreciate this beautifully framed photo of a snipe butt
May 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hoping @rosemarymosco.com and others will appreciate this beautifully framed photo of a snipe butt
My cheap hack for tablet weaving in the car (warped on the table at home), held together with binder clips, and the tablets are made from last year's holiday cards
May 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My cheap hack for tablet weaving in the car (warped on the table at home), held together with binder clips, and the tablets are made from last year's holiday cards
Intro Ecology lab at our local park identifying and describing organisms, including these gorgeous magnolias and lovely female wood duck
April 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Intro Ecology lab at our local park identifying and describing organisms, including these gorgeous magnolias and lovely female wood duck
Thinking about restoration and landscape diversity? @holdenrestoration.bsky.social and my paper explores year effects as a driver of beta-diversity and heterogeneity
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April 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thinking about restoration and landscape diversity? @holdenrestoration.bsky.social and my paper explores year effects as a driver of beta-diversity and heterogeneity
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Timeline cleanse -- slime mold fruiting bodies (I think genus Didymium) looking like tiny old trees
April 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Timeline cleanse -- slime mold fruiting bodies (I think genus Didymium) looking like tiny old trees
Such a delight hearing @rosemarymosco.com present for our local Audubon chapter! After a chance encounter with a ferocious-looking Northern Pygmy Owl at SOU, I posted her comic of the same species on my office door where it brings me daily joy
March 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Such a delight hearing @rosemarymosco.com present for our local Audubon chapter! After a chance encounter with a ferocious-looking Northern Pygmy Owl at SOU, I posted her comic of the same species on my office door where it brings me daily joy
Sharing some of my favorite green places 💚#InternationalForestDay 🌎🌍
March 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Sharing some of my favorite green places 💚#InternationalForestDay 🌎🌍
Recommendations for favorite places to get small-batch stickers or mugs printed? New gorgeous lab logo, designed by researcher and sci-artist extraordinaire Dr. Janette Davidson, needs opportunities to shine
March 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Recommendations for favorite places to get small-batch stickers or mugs printed? New gorgeous lab logo, designed by researcher and sci-artist extraordinaire Dr. Janette Davidson, needs opportunities to shine
Wrapping up a quarter-long Intro to Scientific Computing class -- we've had a blast! So grateful for @allisonhorst.bsky.social amazingly joyful illustrations and @uslter.bsky.social LTER datasampler package of simplified environmental datasets for teaching and learning 🧪🌎🌱⌨️
March 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Wrapping up a quarter-long Intro to Scientific Computing class -- we've had a blast! So grateful for @allisonhorst.bsky.social amazingly joyful illustrations and @uslter.bsky.social LTER datasampler package of simplified environmental datasets for teaching and learning 🧪🌎🌱⌨️
#signsofspring Last weekend we found tens of thousands of ladybugs coming out of diapause (a hibernation-like state for invertebrates) on one of our local trails 🤩 ❤️🖤❤️
March 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#signsofspring Last weekend we found tens of thousands of ladybugs coming out of diapause (a hibernation-like state for invertebrates) on one of our local trails 🤩 ❤️🖤❤️
Quote post with a picture you took in a national park.
Olympic National Park, Elwha restoration 2022
Olympic National Park, Elwha restoration 2022
February 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Quote post with a picture you took in a national park.
Olympic National Park, Elwha restoration 2022
Olympic National Park, Elwha restoration 2022
Just got my copy, so excited! Showed it off to co-workers who are now also ordering copies
February 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Just got my copy, so excited! Showed it off to co-workers who are now also ordering copies
This is so important, building-based fires are so much more toxic than vegetation fires. Air purifiers are key -- if you can't buy them, you can make pretty effective ones for yourself and your community!
January 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is so important, building-based fires are so much more toxic than vegetation fires. Air purifiers are key -- if you can't buy them, you can make pretty effective ones for yourself and your community!
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, common desert centipede, Arcyria slime mold, and Chinook salmon (2/2)
December 11, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, common desert centipede, Arcyria slime mold, and Chinook salmon (2/2)
#iNaturalist #YearInReview 125 observations of 116 species, with an unsurprising abundance of plants 🪷Some highlights: Northern pygmy owl, yellow mariposa lily, speckled gall wasp (1/2)
December 11, 2024 at 8:00 PM
#iNaturalist #YearInReview 125 observations of 116 species, with an unsurprising abundance of plants 🪷Some highlights: Northern pygmy owl, yellow mariposa lily, speckled gall wasp (1/2)
#TenMinMerlin heard 17 species by our campus birdfeeders, including doves, geese, towhee, woodpeckers, goldfinch, nuthatch. Halfway through everyone got really quiet -- and a few moments later a Merlin swooped past!
April 9, 2024 at 3:03 PM
#TenMinMerlin heard 17 species by our campus birdfeeders, including doves, geese, towhee, woodpeckers, goldfinch, nuthatch. Halfway through everyone got really quiet -- and a few moments later a Merlin swooped past!
Fire Ecology students had a few minutes at the end of our course to depict their vision of a positive fire future, and what it would take to get there. I love their ideas!
March 13, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Fire Ecology students had a few minutes at the end of our course to depict their vision of a positive fire future, and what it would take to get there. I love their ideas!
My department is hiring! Assistant prof of Hydrology, Geology, or Geomorphology. Our incredible "Klamath Knot" region has diverse geology, amazing rivers, and incredible restoration work. I love working here, and am happy to chat with anyone who is interested 🌎 🧪#geosky jobs.sou.edu/postings/11861
January 19, 2024 at 10:15 PM
My department is hiring! Assistant prof of Hydrology, Geology, or Geomorphology. Our incredible "Klamath Knot" region has diverse geology, amazing rivers, and incredible restoration work. I love working here, and am happy to chat with anyone who is interested 🌎 🧪#geosky jobs.sou.edu/postings/11861
Pretty good year for naturalizing!
January 3, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Pretty good year for naturalizing!