Rhiannon Kirton
@rhikirton.bsky.social
Wildlife Ecologist | Nat Geo Explorer | Cervidologist | Adventurer | Dog Mum | Wool Spinner | Conservationist.
Interested in large mammals, ungulates, landscape ecology, nutritional ecology, Indigenous Rights, DEI in STEM.
Interested in large mammals, ungulates, landscape ecology, nutritional ecology, Indigenous Rights, DEI in STEM.
I'm taking part in the Push Up Challenge this month to raise funds for mental health! Especially in the BC interior there is a real lack of access to resources for such services! If you're able we would love your support www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraiser/r...
February 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'm taking part in the Push Up Challenge this month to raise funds for mental health! Especially in the BC interior there is a real lack of access to resources for such services! If you're able we would love your support www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraiser/r...
Listening to this right now! It's a great listen if you haven't read/listened already!
February 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Listening to this right now! It's a great listen if you haven't read/listened already!
Looks like I'm taking a job in Victoria, BC! Which is to say, if you're in Victoria and know of anyone looking for roommates and/or a rental for March 1 let me know! TIA!
January 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Looks like I'm taking a job in Victoria, BC! Which is to say, if you're in Victoria and know of anyone looking for roommates and/or a rental for March 1 let me know! TIA!
It's been a minute since I've printed a paper! Excited to read this one though! Maybe this is the answer to my career path queries!
January 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It's been a minute since I've printed a paper! Excited to read this one though! Maybe this is the answer to my career path queries!
This is only 4/6 muleys that were in the yard this morning! I shooed them away like cows 😅 deer around town can be aggressive to dogs so I try to shoo them before I let Findlay out!
December 19, 2024 at 3:36 PM
This is only 4/6 muleys that were in the yard this morning! I shooed them away like cows 😅 deer around town can be aggressive to dogs so I try to shoo them before I let Findlay out!
If you were going to buy just one book on #wildlifehealth out of the ones below, which would you pick?! Or is there another one I'm missing...
December 12, 2024 at 7:01 PM
If you were going to buy just one book on #wildlifehealth out of the ones below, which would you pick?! Or is there another one I'm missing...
What were you doing in May Rhiannon? Stress leave! 🤣
December 4, 2024 at 4:38 PM
What were you doing in May Rhiannon? Stress leave! 🤣
One of the things that prompted my renewed interest in wildlife health was photos like this that we got off our camera traps! Ungulates in seemingly poor/skinny body condition even after full green up! So I started to investigate 🧵
December 1, 2024 at 5:56 PM
One of the things that prompted my renewed interest in wildlife health was photos like this that we got off our camera traps! Ungulates in seemingly poor/skinny body condition even after full green up! So I started to investigate 🧵
If you're interested in Wildlife Health I will be helping out with this conference in July next year! wda2025.com website is still under construction!
November 29, 2024 at 1:31 AM
If you're interested in Wildlife Health I will be helping out with this conference in July next year! wda2025.com website is still under construction!
Oh Findlay is doing great! I kept him and he is the centre of my world, I have no other responsibilities so it's just me and Fin! Here he is sleeping on the couch!
November 28, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Oh Findlay is doing great! I kept him and he is the centre of my world, I have no other responsibilities so it's just me and Fin! Here he is sleeping on the couch!
Also if you haven't go and read this piece by my friends!!! I note that it says Cesar is a candidate but he passed his PhD! The link is here! conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and I can't figure out how to tag people!
November 27, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Also if you haven't go and read this piece by my friends!!! I note that it says Cesar is a candidate but he passed his PhD! The link is here! conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and I can't figure out how to tag people!
If you haven't listened to/read this by @jennifergrenz.bsky.social yet I highly encourage it! I sent it to my Parks+ fellowship group chat while listening to Ch 9... so many amazing learnings and so much that resonates as a Black woman scientist!
November 27, 2024 at 5:30 PM
If you haven't listened to/read this by @jennifergrenz.bsky.social yet I highly encourage it! I sent it to my Parks+ fellowship group chat while listening to Ch 9... so many amazing learnings and so much that resonates as a Black woman scientist!
The Forest Practices Board published a report last year that speaks to the issues with monitoring and allocation at a provincial scale for rangelands! www.bcfpb.ca/release-publ...
November 22, 2024 at 9:38 PM
The Forest Practices Board published a report last year that speaks to the issues with monitoring and allocation at a provincial scale for rangelands! www.bcfpb.ca/release-publ...
Some of this loss is due to encroachment from conifers into grasslands! BUT conifers aren't all bad, areas of the East Kootenays would have historically been ponderosa pine savannah! Conifers and their canopy cover provide important snow interception on ungulate winter ranges!
November 22, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Some of this loss is due to encroachment from conifers into grasslands! BUT conifers aren't all bad, areas of the East Kootenays would have historically been ponderosa pine savannah! Conifers and their canopy cover provide important snow interception on ungulate winter ranges!
Reading this as my winter reading project! I so wish we'd had better training in vegetation ecology and agrology as undergrads!
Do you know any courses on range science/plant ID that are available online that you'd recommend?! #interdisciplinary #mammology #range #ungulates
Do you know any courses on range science/plant ID that are available online that you'd recommend?! #interdisciplinary #mammology #range #ungulates
November 22, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Reading this as my winter reading project! I so wish we'd had better training in vegetation ecology and agrology as undergrads!
Do you know any courses on range science/plant ID that are available online that you'd recommend?! #interdisciplinary #mammology #range #ungulates
Do you know any courses on range science/plant ID that are available online that you'd recommend?! #interdisciplinary #mammology #range #ungulates
People like to blame recreation for poor rangeland health... is it part of the picture? Sure! But how much of an impact it has also depends on the state of the landscape to begin with! Healthy rangelands are more resilient to disturbance! 1/2
November 15, 2024 at 4:16 AM
People like to blame recreation for poor rangeland health... is it part of the picture? Sure! But how much of an impact it has also depends on the state of the landscape to begin with! Healthy rangelands are more resilient to disturbance! 1/2