Cool looking tenure track faculty position in organismal biology and ecology at Grinnell College: apply.interfolio.com/190063

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The name of the working group in charge of the USFS reorganization is the “Reorganization Implementation, and Planning” team. Aka RIP. lol. Lmao, even

The number of Seattle hipsters who already have a Jimothy tattoo

WHAT’S GOING ON WITH FIRES? We have a giant fire ecology/Indigenous fire ecology ep on that: www.alieward.com/ologies/fire... with Dr. @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social & Dr. @amycardinal.bsky.social (follow them!)

Fire Ecology (WILDFIRES & INDIGENOUS FIRE MANAGEMENT) Mega Encore with Dr. Gavin Jones & Dr. Amy Christianson — alie ward

As wildfires burn across L.A. — and my neighborhood evacuates — we thought it would be a good time to encore these Fire Ecology episodes so I can literally catch my breath. First Dr. Gavin Jones bring...

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disillusioned torontonian@tanyap-toronto.bsky.social · 3w ago

i listen to a science podcast (@ologies.bsky.social) and a few years ago she did a great pod on fire/forest management, speaking to many indigenous people who are forest management both in the US and Canada. we can do things. it's not raking but it is controlled burns. i suggest taking a listen.

I’m looking to recruit a postdoc to join my research group at University of Iowa to work on disturbance ecology and biodiversity! Start date flexible, lots of opportunity for skill development, collaboration, and mentorship. Will review applicants in mid-August! Link: gavinmjones.com/opportunities/

Opportunities

BIG NEWS! The Jones Lab will be relocating to the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability (SEES) at the University of Iowa in Fall 2026. Our work on disturbance ecology and conservation sc…

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Our synthesis on the effects of wildfire on spotted owls is now live in Wildlife Monographs. Which is cool but can we talk about this cover???? 🔥🦉🔥🦉🔥🦉🔥🦉🔥🦉🔥🦉🔥🦉🔥🦉🔥🦉🔥🦉🔥🦉🔥🦉 @kate-mcginn.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/wmon...

I’m looking to recruit a postdoc to join my research group at University of Iowa to work on disturbance ecology and biodiversity! Start date flexible, lots of opportunity for skill development, collaboration, and mentorship. Will review applicants in mid-August! Link: gavinmjones.com/opportunities/

Opportunities

BIG NEWS! The Jones Lab will be relocating to the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability (SEES) at the University of Iowa in Fall 2026. Our work on disturbance ecology and conservation sc…

gavinmjones.com

U. Iowa is hiring an open-rank TT prof. working on “environmental governance and policy in the context of the environmental, social, and/or economic drivers related to climate change from local to global scales” Join this vibrant and growing academic unit! More here: jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view...

To my western US colleagues: I introduce the concept of “low fire danger” brought to you by the Wisconsin northwoods

Dani Owens successfully defended her MSc thesis yesterday on American pika population change in Glacier NP (eep!) Crushed it 🔥 Dani will be starting her PhD at U Iowa in my lab in the fall, continuing her work on pikas. She’s kind, driven, and whip-smart. Possibly born above the tree line. So proud!

There’s live music in the airport and I can’t tell you how much I do not want live music in the airport

Yesterday Dani Owen’s successfully defended her thesis on Pika in Glacier NP, advised by @ecologyofgavin.bsky.social and then we celebrated. She knocked it out of the park!

Fun fact: Mendel originally planned to breed mice but the abbot at his monastery took offense at the idea of a priest having anything to do with sex, so Mendel switched to peas. Mendel was grateful that "the bishop did not understand that plants also have sex.”

gavin jones@ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I have a cousin who decided to become a monk and I had to make sure he knew about the GOAT

Went to watch the giants play the brewers tonight in Milwaukee

Dani Owens, my first (!) graduate student (co-advised w/ @mhurteau.bsky.social) is defending her MSc thesis on June 9. Dani’s work on pikas in Glacier National Park has been impressive in so many ways. Come see what she has been up to, and what comes next!

The Department of Biology at the University of Iowa is hiring an evolutionary ecologist at the assistant professor level for fall 2027. Come and be my colleague! jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view...

Closing on the sale of our house in Albuquerque this morning and it’s literally at the Hamlin Hamlin and McGill law office from better call Saul

This is what I see during a migraine

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What you're looking at is one of the reasons pineapple hurts to eat. These needle-like crystals of calcium oxalate are called 'raphides' & they're designed to puncture your mouth & throat while digestive enzymes (papain & bromelain) break down your tissues. Pineapples are trying to eat *US*.

Last Sunday morning living in New Mexico. Listening to the birds

Remember that in a heated argument, there is no comeback to “up your butt and around the corner”

How about a $1.8 billion slush fund for federal employees to right the wrongs of the machinery of government being weaponized against them

I have a cousin who decided to become a monk and I had to make sure he knew about the GOAT

One of the worst things that has happened to me

Book design used to be good

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10 yrs after our first paper on spotted owls & “megafires”, here is the granddaddy of them all: a Wildlife Monograph. >30 yr of detection/non-detection data across >1500 territories (796 burned) and movement data from 171 GPS-tagged owls. Conclusion: big hot fire bad doi.org/10.1002/wmon...

TWS Journals

For the past few decades, northern and California spotted owls (SPOW) have declined across much of their range in response to habitat loss and fragmentation and have faced threats associated with the...

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A truly wonderful farewell gift from my dear colleague Matt Hurteau (@mhurteau.bsky.social) - a hand turned pen made from the wood of a ponderosa pine recovered from the 2017 Hondito Fire in northern New Mexico.

You all have no idea how hard I’ve worked to curate my Microsoft teams chat jokes over the past 6 years

I married my wife for many reasons and this is one of them