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Author of BELOVED BEASTS, http://tinyurl.com/belovedbeasts. Contributing ed. @HighCountryNews.org, bylines @nybooks.com, @TheAtlantic.bsky.social, etc. Conservation Works newsletter: http://substack.com/conservationworks Signal @shellhuis.21
An interview with wildlife biologist Nitin Sekar, author of The Elephant Jungle, about the complexities of elephant-human conflict. I learned so much from this conversation — and from Nitin's fascinating book, too. 🐘 #biodiversity #conservation conservationworks.substack.com/p/both-are-v...
“Both are Victims of Victims”
An interview with wildlife biologist Nitin Sekar, author of The Elephant Jungle.
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Transforming the "crisis discipline" of #conservation science into an engine of conservation progress. #biodiversity conservationworks.substack.com/p/building-a...
Building a Science of Recovery
Transforming the "crisis discipline" into an engine of conservation progress.
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@jasondovemark.bsky.social's THE EARTH SAID REMEMBER ME is a wonderful testament to ecological observation and recordkeeping in a time of “shifting baselines.” Join him (and me) at 4 pm PT / 7 pm ET today for a chat and some giveaways! Register: us02web.zoom.us/.../register...
Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.
What is #conservation, anyway? Conservation biologists (finally) propose an answer. #biodiversity #conservationscience open.substack.com/pub/conserva...
A New Definition of Conservation
The Society for Conservation Biology North America makes it official.
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An interview with Heather Abel about her brand-new novel THE EMILYS, which is about parenting, climate anxiety, the solace of "greentime," and so much more. 📚 #booksky conservationworks.substack.com/p/words-we-n...
Words We Need: Greentime
An interview with the author of The Emilys.
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On protecting “connective labor” in the age of artificial intelligence. Or: what do conservation, journalism, and hairdressing have in common? conservationworks.substack.com/p/ecological...
"Ecological in the Deepest Sense"
Protecting connective labor in the age of artificial intelligence.
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“Conservation is not a failure — it’s actually achieving real results. But those results are uneven, sometimes inefficient, and often poorly tracked.” A new paper suggests that success depends on measuring what works. substack.com/home/post/p-...
"Conservation Is Not a Failure"
A new paper argues that success depends on measuring what works.
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“I do find hope in the fact that wildlife can surprise us so much.” An interview with Hilary Flower, author of the new book The Kite and the Snail. substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Little Kite Who Could
An interview with Hilary Flower, author of The Kite and the Snail.
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Is stewardship “the overlooked and most important leg of the conservation stool?” People have some feelings about this one ... maybe you will, too. New post from #Conservation Works. conservationworks.substack.com/p/words-we-n...
Words We Need: Stewardship
Modern conservation's missing piece.
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I’ve been thinking about Liz Bucar's viral essay "What If Trevor Noah Is Right About the Left and Religion?" since she published it last month. Here are a few thoughts about that piece — and about transformation, #conservation, & the imaginative power of both. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Is Conservation a Religion?
Hear me out.
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Until last year, the US government was one of the world's biggest funders of #biodiversity protection. For @biographic.bsky.social, I wrote about what's been lost since Trump slashed USAID and other agencies, and how people & organizations are moving forward now. www.biographic.com/the-future-o...
The Future of Conservation Without U.S. Aid
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats, and the people who defend both. Now the world seeks a new way forward.
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The US government has long been one of the world's biggest funders of biodiversity protection. @nijhuism.bsky.social looks into what we lost when USAID and other agencies got slashed, and how people and organizations are trying to rebuild from the rubble. www.biographic.com/the-future-o...
The Future of Conservation Without U.S. Aid
In the United States, efforts to save a beloved species face pushback from a surprising foe: gun rights advocates.
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Join me this Thursday at 7 pm AKST / 8 pm PST for a discussion about the future of environmental journalism, kindly hosted by UAF Journalism. I'll be in Fairbanks in person, but if you'd rather not break out your Sorels, please tune in on Zoom! 🥶 🙏 🌌 www.uaf.edu/news/environ...
Environmental journalist Michelle Nijhuis to speak at UAF Feb. 26
Award-winning journalist and author Michelle Nijhuis will speak Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the BP Design Theater at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Rachel Carson's "Fable for Tomorrow" worked brilliantly — but only once. How can we create conservation fables for today? conservationworks.substack.com/p/how-to-bui...
How to Build a Better Fable
Adventures in conservation messaging.
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Congressional Republicans are breaking conservation and using democracy as a cover. New from Conservation Works: conservationworks.substack.com/p/the-other-...
The Other Crisis in Minnesota
Congressional Republicans are breaking conservation and using democracy as a cover.
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Writers and readers — please tell me about the essays you can’t forget. 💙📚
How Octavia Butler predicted the rise of MAGA ... and how conservation can learn from her. conservationworks.substack.com/p/how-and-wh...
How (and Why) to Predict the Future
Octavia Butler and the conservation horizon.
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@highcountrynews.org and our friends at Public Domain got a shoutout on Maddow last night for our story on Trump official Karen Budd-Falen's financial ties to the Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada. Kudos to Jimmy Tobias for his tenacious reporting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bycH...
Change socks, beat fascism: Woody's New Years Rulin's are forever. #happy2026 conservationworks.substack.com/p/wake-up-an...
Wake Up and Fight (Again)
Woody Guthrie and the importance of clarity in bad times
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My story @theatlantic.com about the Trump administration's proposed dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a global hub for climate and weather science. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
The U.S. Is on the Verge of Meteorological Malpractice
The Trump administration says it will dismantle a premier climate center, while somehow keeping weather forecasting intact.
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Before the Trump administration took a USAID archive offline earlier this year, researchers organized a digital rescue mission to distill the archive's lessons. Here's what they found. New post from Conservation Works — thanks for reading! conservationworks.substack.com/p/sixty-year...
Sixty Years of Lessons for Conservation
What a digital rescue mission found in the archives of USAID.
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On the persistence of Silent Spring persuasion tactics in a Braiding Sweetgrass world. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Is Environmentalism Out of Ideas?
The answer depends on where you look.
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A thoughtful piece here by @nijhuism.bsky.social about the state of environmental advocacy today. Give it a read conservationworks.substack.com/p/is-environ...
Is Environmentalism Out of Ideas?
The answer depends on where you look.
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"I’d rather see environmental organizations of all kinds drive home the relationship between environ. issues & the concerns voters are already talking about—health, safety, affordability." @nijhuism.bsky.social on how enviros can start winning again. conservationworks.substack.com/p/is-environ...
Is Environmentalism Out of Ideas?
The answer depends on where you look.
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On "A House of Dynamite," the meaning of expertise, and the one thing I really admire about Pete Hegseth. 💇♂️ New post at Conservation Works. conservationworks.substack.com/p/a-primal-s...
A Primal Scream for Competence
"A House of Dynamite" and the meaning of expertise
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Winter's coming. Time to sinter ❄️ New post from Conservation Works. conservationworks.substack.com/p/words-we-n... #conservation #biodiversity
Words We Need: Sintering
The rewards of bonding with your fellow flakes.
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A bittersweet pleasure to stay up late last night thinking about Dr. Jane Goodall for @theatlantic.com. She was truly one of the greats. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall’s Second-Greatest Talent
She knew how to wield her fame to protect the animals she loved.
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New post at Conservation Works about gratitude, darkness, going forth, and the legacies of Joanna Macy and my friend Nathan Suter. #ecogrief #biodiversity #conservationscience 🌍🌎🌏 Photo from Amanda Stronza's Animal Memorials series. conservationworks.substack.com/p/the-work-t...
The Work That Reconnects
How conservationists get through it.
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