Invasives Ken 🇨🇦
@invasivesken.bsky.social
Applying Behavioural Psychology to protect biodiversity from the human dimensions of invasive alien species. Executive Director, Invasives Canada: invasivescanada.ca Supervisor, Nova Scotia Invasive Species Council: nsinvasives.ca
A Labor Day reminder: The fight for workers dignity begins with fighting for Black women who are systematically undervalued and under appreciated. Me and @pressley.house.gov for the @bostonglobe.com:
The attack on workers begins and ends with Black women - The Boston Globe
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is about more than wage gaps. Job losses and stalled pay for Black women are an early warning sign for every American worker.
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We managed to remove 11 bags of multiflora rose stems that were climbing up a tamarack/larch tree and up two white spruces. Such relief to free these trees from this invasion, especially the tamarack that was getting choked out.
Beautiful but vicious: invasive roses a menace to N.S. ecosystems Experts say it's important to manage invasive plants to maintain local biodiversity www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #garden #plants #flowers #invasive
Beautiful but vicious: invasive roses threatening N.S. ecosystems | CBC News
While multiflora rose may look pretty with its delicate pink or white flowers, experts say it grows aggressively in the province and threatens the local biodiversity.
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Never let anything loose into the wild that has lived in your aquarium or pond.
Unofficial CTV News Mirror@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 2mo ago8-year-old reels in piranha at Ridley Park Lake in Delaware County, Pennsylvania: ‘It was pretty crazy’
Hitchhiking invasive species have a golden opportunity. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hormuz-invasive-species-super-spreader-9.7293025
Educators: registration closes tomorrow (July 8) for the Earth Systems: A Great Lakes Perspective workshop at Indiana Dunes. Two days of hands-on Project WET activities focused on water and the Great Lakes. Great for PD hours. Register today: www.simpletix.com/e/earth-syst...
Earth Systems: A Great Lakes Perspective Tickets | Dunes Learning Center
Dunes Learning Center, Indiana Department of Natural Resources/Division of Fish & Wildlife, National Great Rivers, and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant have teamed up to offer a two-day, water-themed worksh...
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Great tribute to the Cheticamp River Salmon Association and Parks Canada , working to protect Atlantic Salmon in Cape Breton! https://www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/cape-breton-salmon-conservation-initiative-makes-global-splash
Cape Breton salmon conservation initiative makes global splash
The United Nations recognizes a partnership between Parks Canada and the Cheticamp River Salmon Association as a World Restoration Flagship
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The Swift Fox vanished from Canada by the 1930s - but it's back in Alberta and Saskatchewan thanks to conservation efforts. But with grasslands disappearing fast, there's still work to do. Key Biodiversity Areas are giving this fox a fighting chance 🦊🌾 Visit kbacanada.org to learn more about KBAs 🪽
Thanks to the strides made during the Biden administration, traditional ecological knowledge is finally being represented alongside Western science. On Montana's CSKT Bison Range, that knowledge is being used to maintain healthy forests, waterways, and wildlife populations. 🌎
When Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Science Meet, Good Things Happen
Tribal leaders and climate coordinators are working together to protect lands and waterways
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🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
Fire ecologist @kirahoffman.bsky.social has been honoured by the National Geographic Society as one of its 2026 visionary changemakers. Hoffman, a long-time PICS collaborator, works with First Nations to revive cultural burning and prevent wildfire. www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/nat-...
Even before the past year’s cuts, the FWS was short-staffed, said Noah Greenwald, #EndangeredSpecies co-director at the Center of Biological Diversity, which conducted its own analysis on the reductions based on data obtained through a #FreedomOfInformationAct request. #FOIA #Florida
Amid Cuts to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Species Like the Florida Panther Languish - Inside Climate News
Florida conservation groups say they plan to sue after the federal government greenlit another development that threatens the habitat of the panther, the official state animal.
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Let things flower a little longer to support pollinators and beneficials.
I recommend the #nativeplants feed very much right now. Our buds in the Southeast are sharing some lovely spring ephemeral flowers. 🌿 bsky.app/profile/did:...
Researchers are gathering in Prague for the in-person meeting of the FISC Working Group on transient impacts of invasive species. More info: www.forestinvasion.cz/working-grou... #InvasionEcology #BiologicalInvasions #ForestScience
Offshore wind energy and reefs around the towers offer an unprecedented opportunity to reverse loss of native oysters and restore balance to the ocean. www.nature.org/en-us/what-w...
How Offshore Wind Can Restore Europe's Lost Oyster Reefs
Europe's offshore wind expansion offers a unique chance to restore native oyster reefs—uniting clean energy, climate action, and ocean habitat recovery.
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I am excited to take on the role of Executive Director of Invasives Canada. I look forward to working with the incredible team leading invasives species in Canada and with our international partners. www.invasivescanada.ca/ken-donnelly...
Leadership Announcement - Ken Donnelly, Executive Director | Invasives Canada
Invasives Canada welcomes Ken Donnelly as Executive Director March 10, 2026 – Williams Lake, British Columbia - The Board of Directors of Invasives Canada is pleased to announce that Ken Donnelly has ...
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I was honored to be an invited speaker at this year’s Grassland Restoration Network meeting! 🌾 I shared our work on using native inoculants to boost diversity in seed-based restorations—and learned so much from the community of practitioners & researchers. #RestorationEcology #Grasslands
Glad to return to protecting Nova Scotia waters from aquatic invasive species.
Boat wash on wheels aims to stop invasive species in their tracks in N.S. | CBC News
The free, mobile boat-cleaning service offered by the Nova Scotia Invasive Species Council is intended to protect the province's lakes and rivers from non-native plants and organisms that could negati...
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Indigenous and local knowledge can shape transformative change.🌏🧪 Many Indigenous Peoples and local communities have views and practices aligned with a just & sustainable world. Their ethics of care and values inspire equitable & inclusive change. .— @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment
Restrictions on activities in the woods has shut down our watercraft inspection and decontamination program and other activities. We fully support the Premier. The drought has resulted in extreme risk of wildfire. The Nova Scotia Invasive Species Council will resume activities when it is safe.
I discussed invasives species in Canada with Shane Hewitt on iHeart Radio.
ICYMI - 🚨 Alien Fish Invade Nova Scotia: They Can Breathe Air and Reproduce Alone! 🐟🌍 - Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift | iHeart
<p>Ken Donnelly of the Nova Scotia Invasive Species Council joins Shane Hewitt to discuss the alarming discovery of the pond loach—an invasive fish capable of surviving out of water and reproduc...
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I will be talking invasive species on CBC’s Information Morning - Cape Breton at 8:15 AM.
Another example of the power of environmental DNA (eDNA): a positive eDNA detection led to the rediscovery of a freshwater mussel not found live in Illinois for over a century. New student-led, open access paper in Ecology with @markdavis79.bsky.social at doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Impressive! Status of the South Australian Feral #Deer Eradication programme now in its 3rd year - 25,777 deer shot in 3 years - population halved in that time All for nought however if deer farms keep leaking animals into the environment #InvasiveSpecies #FeralDeer #Cervids
This Ted Talk about iNaturalist and community science is excellent.
The surprising power of your nature photos
Scott Loarie has a challenge for you: go outside and take a picture of a living thing. He introduces the global community of people building a living atlas of the natural world by sharing their nature...
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