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Maria Strack
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Canada Research Chair studying peatland-climate interactions. Fascinated by methane bubbles. Working to restore wetlands. Cyclist. she/her
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The joy of reclaiming the street! (The road as closed for construction at the time and he was gleefully yelling ban cars as he ran down the street)
A child leaps joyfully in the middle of an empty road.
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Working on some paper revisions and encountered some interesting messaging on the USDA webpage. Some propaganda with your soils research...
Screenshot from Forest Service USDA website with notice about the Government Shutdown. Text states "The Radical Left Democrats shut down the government. This government website will be updated periodically during the funding lapse for mission critical functions. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people."
October 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Spent the weekend in my happy place
A beaver pond with shrub and sedge vegetation in the foreground. Sundew in a carpet of green Sphagnum moss. A fen with red Sphagnum moss and pink flowers on a shrub (Spirea tomentosa). A view down a stream in a fen with conifer trees lining the sides as you look down towards a beaver pond in the distance.
August 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Investigating the effect of interacting disturbances - fire and cut lines- on peatland carbon exchange @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com
A linear clearing covered in moss and shrubs within a burnt stand of black spruce. A square metal frame used for carbon flux measurement in the soil in a burned bog with shrubs recovering in the understory.
July 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Spending the day in a boreal bog
Maria in a high visibility vest standing among stunted black spruce trees.
July 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Important session to kickoff #CMOSxCGU2025
May 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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On to the swamps today. Ground layer and tree stem fluxes with @smilingmegs.bsky.social
Two researchers writing down data in a forested wetland. A researcher attaches a chamber to a tree in a wetland while another researcher looks on.
May 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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It’s a fen fluxin’ kinda day
Three researchers wearing high visibility vests in a sedgy fen.
May 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Looking for some fun wetland content to spice up spring break? Enjoy this one-page wetland role playing game. All you need is a 6-sided die and something to mark your progress. Follow this link to the full version with hyperlinks to all the fun wetland facts: uwaterloo.ca/wetland-soil...
Game board and instructions for a one-page role playing game called Wandering in the Wetlands. The link in the post will take you to a downloadable PDF.
March 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Looking forward to a week of peaty discussions and beautiful views
Mountain view with snow in the foreground.
February 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Here's a snowy swamp near Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Fabulous for snowshoeing, but watch out for wet feet if the weather's been warm!
Snow covered coniferous trees in a flooded forest
January 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Just ended a fabulous few days in Vancouver hosted by Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Lots of great conversations about building a love of peatlands and the challenges of maintaining them in urban areas
A peatland with a highway ramp running along its edge. People walk along a boardwalk in a bog. A cranberry farm on drained peatland. An interpretive sign on the value of Burns Bog including carbon storage and habitat.
November 22, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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Ready to talk wetland monitoring at the ABMI wetland workshop in Edmonton
November 15, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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Ready for a great day of discussions at the annual BERA workshop at University of Calgary
November 13, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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Out measuring methane from this wetland with many different techniques today. Yay multidisciplinary collaboration!
A boat with two researchers sits the the middle of a pond while additional researchers with laser sensors work on either shore.
September 19, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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A fentastic day visiting restored sites in southern Manitoba @can-peat.bsky.social
Maria Strack wearing a bug net with a group of researchers behind her on a boardwalk in a fen. A group of researchers wearing high visibility vests in a restored fen with sedges and willows. A moss carpet among sedges in a restored fen.
June 18, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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Never a bad day in the swamp
A forest with understory of shrubs and sedges. Two researchers hold a long soil auger extending several meters into the air and forest canopy above them.
June 11, 2024 at 2:27 AM
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@peatofmind.bsky.social highlights the importance of the fun of myth busting in driving science curiosity at CGU2024
Mike Waddington finishing a talk on Ecohydrology with a slide with peatland artwork in the background.
May 27, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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Excited for a week of awesome Canadian science at CGU 2024
May 26, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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Fabulous (and very windy) day with the Queens crew in a gorgeous bog near Baie Comeau, Quebec.
Maria Strack smiling in the foreground with a group of researchers in high visibility vests standing in a bog. Landscape view of an open bog with red Sphagnum mosses.
May 4, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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It’s World Wetlands Day Eve. Not sure I’ll be able to sleep tonight. So excited!
The sky reflecting in a pond with sedges in the foreground. Trees tower over researchers standing in a swamp. Maria smiling excitedly as she stands in a wetland wearing sunglasses. A close-up of Sphagnum moss and small leafy understory plants.
February 1, 2024 at 11:16 PM
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Enjoying lots of productive discussion at the BERA workshop in Edmonton this week.
3 women posing at the University of Alberta sign.
November 15, 2023 at 6:32 PM
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Beautiful day in Beverly swamp today
Three researcher walking in a swamp. A researcher downloads data to a computer in a flooded forest. Researchers walking in a swamp.
November 4, 2023 at 2:22 AM
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If you're in Waterloo and love wetlands - this event's for you
Poster for the second annual wetland clean-up held on November 9, 2023 at 12 pm at the corner of Fischer-Hallman Road and Columbia Street in Waterloo.
October 25, 2023 at 3:22 AM
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Waterloo park was looking gorgeous in her fall colours today
A grassy field with autumn orange and red trees in the distance. A maple with red leaves with blue sky as the backdrop. A pond with building and trees.
October 18, 2023 at 1:25 AM