Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar
@ryankbrook.bsky.social
🍁• #ElbowsUpCanada • Community Engaged Wildlife Research • Professor • University of Saskatchewan • farmkid • dadof2 • Rebel Scum • born@330ppm CO2 now 428 • 7x covid vax • caribou • invasive pigs • wolves • peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowlands Manitoba
Subway should really be offering an anti-ice 'throwing sandwich' at this point, made of nothing but onions and mustard.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Subway should really be offering an anti-ice 'throwing sandwich' at this point, made of nothing but onions and mustard.
That time again.
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
That time again.
Remember nine years ago today when life was simple and I thought things were bad in the United States?
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Remember nine years ago today when life was simple and I thought things were bad in the United States?
Budget drop confirms $180 million over the next five years to continue strengthening the Hudson Bay Railway and diversifying operations at the Port of Churchill.
Hopefully this puts to rest the absolute nonsense around considering Port Nelson as another option, even though we know it is a scam.
Hopefully this puts to rest the absolute nonsense around considering Port Nelson as another option, even though we know it is a scam.
November 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Budget drop confirms $180 million over the next five years to continue strengthening the Hudson Bay Railway and diversifying operations at the Port of Churchill.
Hopefully this puts to rest the absolute nonsense around considering Port Nelson as another option, even though we know it is a scam.
Hopefully this puts to rest the absolute nonsense around considering Port Nelson as another option, even though we know it is a scam.
My what a big nose you have Little Red Riding Hood.
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My what a big nose you have Little Red Riding Hood.
Treats are ready just in case we get any early kids today.
October 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Treats are ready just in case we get any early kids today.
A total of 130 pieces and none are kit-kat…dam mice are very selective.
October 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A total of 130 pieces and none are kit-kat…dam mice are very selective.
Building a railroad through the largest wetland in North America was no small feat and met with some significant challenges getting all the way from The Pas to Churchill, Manitoba.
This engine derailed on the soft muskeg ground about 1925.
This engine derailed on the soft muskeg ground about 1925.
October 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Building a railroad through the largest wetland in North America was no small feat and met with some significant challenges getting all the way from The Pas to Churchill, Manitoba.
This engine derailed on the soft muskeg ground about 1925.
This engine derailed on the soft muskeg ground about 1925.
Figure 1 is a zoom in on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.
October 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Figure 1 is a zoom in on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.
Wondering if grad school is for you? Check it out!
7 research-intensive thesis-based graduate programs;
guaranteed stipend of at least $23,000/year for a Master’s program (for 2 years) and $27,000/year for a PhD program (for 4 years);
access to world-class research facilities and infrastructure
7 research-intensive thesis-based graduate programs;
guaranteed stipend of at least $23,000/year for a Master’s program (for 2 years) and $27,000/year for a PhD program (for 4 years);
access to world-class research facilities and infrastructure
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Wondering if grad school is for you? Check it out!
7 research-intensive thesis-based graduate programs;
guaranteed stipend of at least $23,000/year for a Master’s program (for 2 years) and $27,000/year for a PhD program (for 4 years);
access to world-class research facilities and infrastructure
7 research-intensive thesis-based graduate programs;
guaranteed stipend of at least $23,000/year for a Master’s program (for 2 years) and $27,000/year for a PhD program (for 4 years);
access to world-class research facilities and infrastructure
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Saskatchewan.
CWD is arguably the greatest wildlife management failure in North America. Top ten for sure.
CWD is arguably the greatest wildlife management failure in North America. Top ten for sure.
October 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Saskatchewan.
CWD is arguably the greatest wildlife management failure in North America. Top ten for sure.
CWD is arguably the greatest wildlife management failure in North America. Top ten for sure.
Had a fun time talking about wildlife-human conflicts and urban wildlife. Got sidetracked telling some polar bear stories but it went really well.
Thanks SASK SPCA
Thanks SASK SPCA
October 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Had a fun time talking about wildlife-human conflicts and urban wildlife. Got sidetracked telling some polar bear stories but it went really well.
Thanks SASK SPCA
Thanks SASK SPCA
How can a fly somehow squeeze through a tiny tiny space to get in the house but then can't exit out the giant open patio door that is a thousand times larger?
October 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
How can a fly somehow squeeze through a tiny tiny space to get in the house but then can't exit out the giant open patio door that is a thousand times larger?
We thought the idea of a dog-moose hybrid was good at the time, but she can’t decide whether to fetch sticks or eat them.
October 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
We thought the idea of a dog-moose hybrid was good at the time, but she can’t decide whether to fetch sticks or eat them.
Happy Thanksgiving from the Brookseses.
Some were more prepared for the cold than others.
Some were more prepared for the cold than others.
October 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Happy Thanksgiving from the Brookseses.
Some were more prepared for the cold than others.
Some were more prepared for the cold than others.
This year on my arctic field course I tried making a bunch of different teas using what we had on hand:
1. labrador tea
2. fireweed tea
3. blueberry/bearberry tea
4. Hudson Fog- cheap rip off from the classic London Fog but with earl grey, hot chocolate, cream, hint of labrador tea plant
1. labrador tea
2. fireweed tea
3. blueberry/bearberry tea
4. Hudson Fog- cheap rip off from the classic London Fog but with earl grey, hot chocolate, cream, hint of labrador tea plant
October 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This year on my arctic field course I tried making a bunch of different teas using what we had on hand:
1. labrador tea
2. fireweed tea
3. blueberry/bearberry tea
4. Hudson Fog- cheap rip off from the classic London Fog but with earl grey, hot chocolate, cream, hint of labrador tea plant
1. labrador tea
2. fireweed tea
3. blueberry/bearberry tea
4. Hudson Fog- cheap rip off from the classic London Fog but with earl grey, hot chocolate, cream, hint of labrador tea plant
Who has memes to share today?
October 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Who has memes to share today?
If you think that trudging 22 km through a peatland while watching for polar bears in order to collect science data is a good time then my undergraduate/graduate field course in August 2026 might be just for you!
ryan.brook@usask.ca
ryan.brook@usask.ca
October 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
If you think that trudging 22 km through a peatland while watching for polar bears in order to collect science data is a good time then my undergraduate/graduate field course in August 2026 might be just for you!
ryan.brook@usask.ca
ryan.brook@usask.ca
How's your day going?
October 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
How's your day going?
Senior undergraduates playing hungry hungry hippo. No injuries so far!
October 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Senior undergraduates playing hungry hungry hippo. No injuries so far!
I’m out in rural Saskatchewan- anyone know where I’m at Under this round roof?
October 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I’m out in rural Saskatchewan- anyone know where I’m at Under this round roof?
In 1979 my parents bought me this bike and what a doozy it was- banana seat, chain guard, hand brakes. At one point even got a light that worked off the spinning front wheel. We all attached AM/FM portable radios to the handlebars.
My coolness peaked 46 years ago.
My coolness peaked 46 years ago.
October 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In 1979 my parents bought me this bike and what a doozy it was- banana seat, chain guard, hand brakes. At one point even got a light that worked off the spinning front wheel. We all attached AM/FM portable radios to the handlebars.
My coolness peaked 46 years ago.
My coolness peaked 46 years ago.
Throwback Thursday - some will remember using very large differential GPS that took up much of a backpac!
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Throwback Thursday - some will remember using very large differential GPS that took up much of a backpac!
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