The transition is now complete

Here are a couple photos of the working groups I was part of: the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Science Initiative (CAVSI) and the Polar Early Career World Summit (PECWS)

#LatePost - time has been flying. I was honored to participate in the #ASSW2025 conference in Boulder Colorado including, #ICARP-IV, #CAVSI, and #PECWS workshops in late March.
This meeting restored my wilting hope for conservation of Arctic ecosystems by those who care and depend on them.

#Nuisance
#WomeninArcticScience

Anyone else heading to Arctic Science Summit Week 2025 in Boulder? Excited to be involved in planning research priorities for the next 10 years of Arctic research, participating in the Polar Early Career World Summit, and participating in indigenous focus groups!
#ASSW2025
#DefendTheSacred

I went with this “LoveBEIDI” case. It seems sturdy. We’ll see how it handles a 4 day long ski trip/music festival this weekend!

ALL my botanical survey work this summer has been halted indefinitely. This work monitors recovery of ecosystems post disturbance which provide important habitat and ecosystem services that keep soils stable, and clean water and air. This work is disappearing in the US under authoritarian regime.

Hayyyyyy fellow field biologists! What waterproof/shock absorbing phone case do you use now that the LifeProof cases have been disconnected? I haven't been able to find anything that offers comparable protection without being incredibly bulky.
Field foto for tax: Brooks Range Alaska, Summer 2017

Looks like I won't be submitting this proposal I've been working on for a year in February. Science has officially been defunded in the USA. My heart is breaking for our wild and natural spaces.

In case anyone is wondering what the status of Federal Environmental Science jobs in the US is really like right now. I logged in to apply for a job that was supposed to open on the 22nd of January with the NRCS, only to find out it WAS opened on the 22nd, but closed on the 21st...

Hi Bluesky! I'm Shawnee Kasanke, I recently completed my PhD in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University. I study mutualism between plants, fungi and bacteria and Arctic/alpine ecology.
Moving back to Alaska this summer and on the search for a big girl job!