First monarch butterfly I’ve seen for the summer here in Richmond VA;

The kiss of death.

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Camouflage in the concrete jungle! ; Kudos Cope’s Gray Tree Frog 🐸

I found a brook lamprey while checking out a local creek with my son. These guys are not actually parasitic like their sea cousins but use their jawless suction-cup mouths to keep from being washed away and build little rock nests. They are filter feeders and sensitive to water quality.

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It is really hard to see so much good work suddenly halted😔

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“Taking a wrecking ball to federal agencies and grants not only cripples progress, it will leave future generations with air choked by emissions, fouled beaches where it’s unsafe to swim, and empty tables at crab feasts.” www.cbf.org/news-media/n...

Seeing salt residue all over cars and driving around chalky white roads is a good reminder that Salinization of Freshwater is a really big problem that no one is talking about. 1 in 4 freshwater organisms is at risk of extinction, and this sure doesn’t help.

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Putting a pause on control of carcinogenic PFAS aka forever chemicals, which have made there way into literally every living thing on the planet, immediately and permanently removes all credibility regarding an intention of ‘Making America Healthy Again’.

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A dated but still
relevant call for freshwater mussel conservation in Virginia

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