Pushes to build a road connecting Brazil’s Acre state to Peru’s Pacific coast could trigger up to 68,500 hectares of Amazon deforestation per year. Experts warn the BR-364 highway extension also threatens carbon credit revenue & accelerates land speculation. @constancemalleret.bsky.social reports.

In Brazil’s Acre, calls for new roads clash with deforestation commitments

Along a freshly repaved stretch of the BR-317 highway in Acre, a Brazilian state bordering Bolivia and Peru in the Western Amazon, pasture stretches out as far as the eye can see. Solitary Brazil nut…

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Across the Northeast, unsafe and outdated dams are coming down to revitalize fish runs and improve public safety. As our Northeast Regional Director, Andy Fisk, says, "Proximity to abundance is transformational." 👏 Thank you @bengoldfarb.bsky.social for the story: biographic.com/death-by-a-t...

Death by a Thousand Dams | bioGraphic

Tens of thousands of small barriers hamper fish recovery in the northeastern United States. But while the demolition of big dams out west gets the most attention, a similar revolution is revitalizing ...

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We are looking forward to recording our next episode featuring our celebrity guest, massive bull elk.

Rocky Mountain Outlook@rockymtnoutlook.bsky.social · last wk.

NEWS: Massive bull elk charges, rams vehicle in Banff

"If eco-social anomie describes a societal forgetting, dam removal achieves the opposite—a 'collective remembering' that unshifts our baselines." This week @biographic.bsky.social published my story on the rewilding of New England rivers, a mill dam at a time. (1/6) biographic.com/death-by-a-t...

Death by a Thousand Dams | bioGraphic

Tens of thousands of small barriers hamper fish recovery in the northeastern United States. But while the demolition of big dams out west gets the most attention, a similar revolution is revitalizing ...

biographic.com

Local stream restoration projects and all the people working on them are what give me hope in this day and age. Locally, we have people doing dam removals, large wood installations, culvert replacements. There are a lot of people, from all walks of life, who are working to help streams and rivers!

bioGraphic@biographic.bsky.social · 2w ago

"If eco-social anomie describes a societal forgetting, dam removal achieves the opposite—a collective remembering that cures our amnesia and unshifts our baselines." A beautiful @bengoldfarb.bsky.social story about the centuries-old dams choking New England's rivers, & the people setting them free

Thanks to @highcountrynews.org for running this harrowing story on the drought-fueled Bearpocalypse that’s driving ursids into conflicts across the West. Bear issues have become nightly here in Salida; I just wrote to city council begging for better waste disposal. www.hcn.org/articles/as-...

As bears ‘spin out’ in southern Montana, wildlife managers are at wit’s end - High Country News

Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really should...

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[Good news] It was a record year for razorbill & puffin breeding as the Gulf of #Maine - which has been warming faster than 99% of the ocean - sees a pause in its heating over the last couple years, @themainemonitor.org reports Common & endangered roseate terns also did well this summer:

Seabird researchers report good year for razorbills and puffins

Seal Island saw a record 127 razorbill nests, while Eastern Egg Rock saw a record 213 puffin burrows.

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“Historically the Oyster would’ve boiled with river herring,” Furey said as we gazed at the doomed dam. “That’s the history I’m interested in.” Dam(n)—love the poetry that comes when folks in New England talk about fish (maybe it’s that he’s a fish biologist). And love to read of a river I know 🦪

Ben Goldfarb@bengoldfarb.bsky.social · last wk.

The dam removals that get the most press tend to be superlative western ones, like the Klamath and Elwha—big rivers, big fish. For @biographic.bsky.social, I wrote about some equally vital, under-the-radar projects now restoring eastern streams, one old mill dam at a time. #AlewivesAreTheNewSalmon

If you can read this without crying, I don't know what to tell you. Good crying to be clear, that so many people are fighting the good and hard fights to keep our paradise among the stars vibrant and alive.

Ben Goldfarb@bengoldfarb.bsky.social · last wk.

The dam removals that get the most press tend to be superlative western ones, like the Klamath and Elwha—big rivers, big fish. For @biographic.bsky.social, I wrote about some equally vital, under-the-radar projects now restoring eastern streams, one old mill dam at a time. #AlewivesAreTheNewSalmon

"Rather than being a force acting against history, fish were history—and unlike mill dams, they had a future." 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

Ben Goldfarb@bengoldfarb.bsky.social · last wk.

The dam removals that get the most press tend to be superlative western ones, like the Klamath and Elwha—big rivers, big fish. For @biographic.bsky.social, I wrote about some equally vital, under-the-radar projects now restoring eastern streams, one old mill dam at a time. #AlewivesAreTheNewSalmon

This is the final story in a five-part @bengoldfarb.bsky.social series 👇 about infrastructure and wildlife. Each dives deep into a different element of the human-made world—the roads and dams, buildings and fences we’ve placed in front of animals, and how to reduce the impacts of those obstacles.

Wildlife at the Crossroads | bioGraphic

One year after the Trump administration slashed biodiversity protections at home and abroad, people and organizations are figuring out where to go from here.

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bioGraphic@biographic.bsky.social · 2w ago

"If eco-social anomie describes a societal forgetting, dam removal achieves the opposite—a collective remembering that cures our amnesia and unshifts our baselines." A beautiful @bengoldfarb.bsky.social story about the centuries-old dams choking New England's rivers, & the people setting them free

The dam removals that get the most press tend to be superlative western ones, like the Klamath and Elwha—big rivers, big fish. For @biographic.bsky.social, I wrote about some equally vital, under-the-radar projects now restoring eastern streams, one old mill dam at a time. #AlewivesAreTheNewSalmon

bioGraphic@biographic.bsky.social · 2w ago

"If eco-social anomie describes a societal forgetting, dam removal achieves the opposite—a collective remembering that cures our amnesia and unshifts our baselines." A beautiful @bengoldfarb.bsky.social story about the centuries-old dams choking New England's rivers, & the people setting them free

Do you love rivers? Do you love New England? If so, you'll love this @bengoldfarb.bsky.social story about the tiny, historic dams choking the region's rivers, and the people who are freeing them. Read the thread below for some absolute gems from the story.

Death by a Thousand Dams | bioGraphic

Tens of thousands of small barriers hamper fish recovery in the northeastern United States. But while the demolition of big dams out west gets the most attention, a similar revolution is revitalizing ...

biographic.com

I'll accept payment in the form of aspen cambium.

Jarome Ali 🇹🇹 🏳️‍🌈@jarome.bsky.social · 2w ago

I seriously need to hire whoever the beavers have as their PR team.

It's been a while since we were reminded of how the visual activity & biomass of coral reefs per unit area vastly exceeds any other vertebrate ecosystem and it isn't even close. Briefly watch @coralcitycamera.bsky.social for a reminder. Even tropical bird feeding stations can't match this furor. 🐟🌎

Coral City Camera (Miami's Free-Range Aquarium Underwater Livestream)

YouTube video by Coral Morphologic

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The more I think about this, the angrier I get. Non-target take *is* the problem—it’s not like we’re harpooning whales anymore. I know this memo is meant to promote development, not align w/ ESA’s logic, but it’s so fucking galling to see the nation’s top wildlife official flout basic conservation.

Ben Goldfarb@bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Felling a tree is not a take of the bats roosting in it unless the tree is felled for the purpose of killing or capturing them.” The @USFWS's new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, as revealed by Nesvik's memo, is the perfect blend of evil and stupidity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...

Our Clinic and students were pleased to partner with Ben on a robust defense of the Roadless Rule. I have been around these issues for 25 years and we need this rule now more than ever!

Ben Goldfarb@bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is more activisty than I usually get, but these are weird times. In collab w/ Harvard's Env Law & Policy Clinic, I authored a letter objecting to Roadless Rule's rescission, made public so that you can draw upon it in your own comments. Have at it! emmettclinic.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...

Now extended to Oct 6! But still urgent.

@mainegirlagain.bsky.social · 2w ago

Those who wish to submit a comment on the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule should search Docket# FS-2025-0001 at regulations.gov The deadline is September 21, 2026.

From the man who literally wrote the book on the many ways roads harm wildlife.

Ben Goldfarb@bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is more activisty than I usually get, but these are weird times. In collab w/ Harvard's Env Law & Policy Clinic, I authored a letter objecting to Roadless Rule's rescission, made public so that you can draw upon it in your own comments. Have at it! emmettclinic.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...

This is more activisty than I usually get, but these are weird times. In collab w/ Harvard's Env Law & Policy Clinic, I authored a letter objecting to Roadless Rule's rescission, made public so that you can draw upon it in your own comments. Have at it! emmettclinic.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/u...

“Felling a tree is not a take of the bats roosting in it unless the tree is felled for the purpose of killing or capturing them.” The @USFWS's new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act, as revealed by Nesvik's memo, is the perfect blend of evil and stupidity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...

Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection

An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.

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Otoliths or gtfo

Dr. Solomon David@solomonrdavid.bsky.social · 2w ago

Unfortunately, media has taken the upper bound of one model estimate (among many) and run with it to say Lake Sturgeon *could* live for over 400 years. This isn’t necessarily what the science says, and methods used are somewhat tenuous. Several other fish aging experts agree it’s an overestimate.

Colin was one of my favorite editors to work with and we published so many great stories together at Hakai Magazine and bioGraphic. Someone, please hire him! Ideally, selfishly, in science/environmental news so we can work together again 💛

Colin Schultz@colinschultz.bsky.social · 3w ago

So, now, I'm looking for what's next. If you know of any open positions--especially those involving editing science, news, or science news--I'd love to hear about them. Please let me know at clnschltz@proton.me

So, now, I'm looking for what's next. If you know of any open positions--especially those involving editing science, news, or science news--I'd love to hear about them. Please let me know at clnschltz@proton.me

The agents are getting… dumber?

The Seattle Miracle: 1️⃣ Seattle’s tree canopy cover grew 50% (10pp) since 2007. 🌲 2️⃣ Seattle’s population has grown by about 25% (150k people) over the same timeframe. 🌆 This is an incredible civic achievement. Politicians should be shouting this from the rooftops.

The Urbanist@theurbanist.org · 3w ago

NEW OP-ED// Op-Ed: Building Toward a Greener, Housing-Abundant Seattle By Logan Schmidt, Jesse Simpson, Jeff Paul via @theurbanist.org

Cites aren't loud, cars are loud. A better world is possible.

the moon report 🌖@seachanger.bsky.social · 3w ago

i don't think we spend enough imagining how quiet and idyllic life would be if we flipped the ratio of bike/transit : car infrastructure.

🚨🚨 1. New preprint! We examine whether the diversity of transcontinental freshwater fish radiations, such as killifishes and cichlids, might be driven by marine ancestry in the aftermath of an asteroid impact! Retained salinity tolerance explains their biogeography and diversity!

Once again gonna recommend everyone read “crossings” by @bengoldfarb.bsky.social

Lyn Heideman@heidelyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Why shouldn't a wild animal also be honored? In 2012, the mountain lion P-22 managed to cross Los Angeles and freeways to enter Griffith Park. He survived a decade before being euthanized, too injured & ill to be saved. In between, he raised awareness of what our cities and freeways are doing...