Danielle Ignace

@ignacelab.bsky.social

Indigenous (Coeur d'Alene) Ecophysiologist / Associate Professor at UMNForestRes / Research Associate @HarvardForest / Associate Editor @ElementaScience / Chair @esa_tek

🚨Special organized oral session at #ESA2025!! The Coeur d’Alene Tribe created a full session devoted to our new work that focuses on healing the land and salmon restoration…and lots more! So grab a coffee or two and join us Tuesday morning at 8:00am, Hilton Holiday 5.

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Ignace Lab PhD student, Miah Godek, has advanced to candidacy! 🎉 I was impressed by the depth and breadth of knowledge during the comprehensive exam. Miah is also co-advised by the awesome @warrencm.bsky.social and studying the impacts of fire on the below-ground community in the Okanagan Valley.

I was on NPR's All Things Considered today talking about how all the uncertainty around science funding is affecting researchers. I'm still following this story, so please do DM or signal me if you're dealing with this and would like to talk. www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

Scientists scramble to understand Trump administration actions

President Trump's executive orders and actions, as well as the temporary funding freeze, have sewn confusion with many scientists who receive federal funding.

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🚨TENURED!!! 🎉 Thank you to Forest Resources and CFANS at the University of Minnesota for valuing and supporting me as an Indigenous woman in STEM. WI ➡️ AZ ➡️ MA ➡️ Canada ➡️ MN…it feels amazing to have a home! I couldn’t have done this without amazing support from my husband, family, and friends.

Proud to represent my home institution.

Hello new friends: I’m a new Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Forest Resources. I’m an enrolled member of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and I’m also Menominee. A few fun facts about me and my work:

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✨I am overjoyed to announce that I’ll be joining the faculty at the University of Minnesota this fall as an Associate Professor in the Department of Forest Resources! I’m so excited to collaborate with an incredible group of scholars @UMNews. Midwest friends, get in touch! 🎉

Signed contract while on the Coeur d’Alene reservation. Photo edited to protect names and dates. Go Gophers!!

Just us four Coeur d’Alene women representing at the Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest Indians Climate Summit. So happy to see the young ones here! I love this event with national tribal leaders. @atnitribes

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Delighted to share a new paper out today in Science! We discuss federal climate incentives, challenges, and opportunities. And we present a roadmap for bold action to address unmanageable time scales, limited access to information, and a need to build capacity. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Opportunities to grow tribal clean energy in the US

Bold action is needed to address unmanageable time scales, limited access to information, and a need to build capacity

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I’m giving a talk today hosted by the Dept. of Soil and Water Systems at the University of Idaho! Very excited to talk about working with my tribe (Coeur d’Alene) and meeting with new collaborators in person!

A flyer of my talk at University of Idaho. Global change impacts on forest ecosystems: Amplifying Indigenous Knowledge to build climate resilience.

How many pieces of chocolate did it take to get through the term? 100! I always have chocolate available for student drop-in hours. I pass them out to faculty too. I ate the last of the variety pack on Wednesday after we wrapped up Intro to Forest Ecology @ubcforestry

The last chocolate from two variety packs.

Who’s going to #AGU2023 next week?! I’ll be speaking on December 11th along with Melissa Arcand in this awesome #AGUIndigenous session! Message me to meet up at the conference too! Can’t wait! 🌁

Lydia Jennings, PhD@1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 3y ago

#AGU2023 is happening next week! As a co-convener for #AGUIndigenous session, I am wanting to share a few of the Indigenous sessions happening at this mega big science conference! First up: on Monday, SY13A - Indigenous Science to Action: Authentic Contexts for Supporting Indigenous Priorities

At the Fire Ecology Conference this week?! Check out Ignace Lab Indigenous MSc student Gracie Crafts at the poster session on Tue, Dec. 5th 12-2pm! She will highlight fire impacts on diversity and culturally important plants. @fireecology #FireCon2023 @ubcforestry

I had the best time giving a talk for @UConnNRE last week! Such a feel good moment to have my undergrad @maddy_mcdonnell from Smith College do the introduction. She’s doing amazing as a PhD student with Dr. Beth Lawrence as her advisor. Lots of fun meetings too.

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Hi everyone! Good to see you on this platform. I’m a member of the Coeur d’Alene tribe studying the impacts of fire, climate change, and introduced species on ecosystem health. My cat’s name is Chimichanga and I like to play board/card games with my husband. Lately we’ve been playing Yahtzee!!! 🎲

Just a nerdy picture of me on campus after the first day of class.