Luciearl

@luciearl.bsky.social

Dog lover. Wildlife Defender. Nature's future is your future, be kind to it.

This is an aggressive native plant. A voluntary that showed up in my yard. I was ready to pull it as it was obviously aggressive, but then noticed the pollinator benefits shown in September. Bees, beetles, butterflies. I have allowed it to spread 30 feet on a boundary line, but need to curtail it.

Minnesota Seasons@minnesotaseasons.bsky.social · last wk.

Luciearl uploaded 4 photos of white snakeroot 9/6/2026. View photos, videos, and facts about this species on Minnesota Seasons: www.minnesotaseasons.com/Plants/white... #Nature #Minnesota #Plants #WhiteSnakeroot #MinnesotaSeasons

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

This is an aggressive native plant. A voluntary that showed up in my yard. I was ready to pull it as it was obviously aggressive, but then noticed the pollinator benefits shown in September. Bees, beetles, butterflies. I have allowed it to spread 30 feet on a boundary line, but need to curtail it.

Minnesota Seasons@minnesotaseasons.bsky.social · last wk.

Luciearl uploaded 4 photos of white snakeroot 9/6/2026. View photos, videos, and facts about this species on Minnesota Seasons: www.minnesotaseasons.com/Plants/white... #Nature #Minnesota #Plants #WhiteSnakeroot #MinnesotaSeasons

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

U.S. Forest Service closing 23 research facilities as part of reorganization under Trump ->The Philadelphia Inquirer | More on "Forest Service research facility closures" at BigEarthData.ai | #Forest

U.S. Forest Service closing 23 research facilities as part of reorganization under Trump

BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Forest Service is closing 23 research and development stations in more than a dozen states as part of an organizational overhaul under President Donald Trump that is intended to trim costs and concentrate the agency’s resources in Western states, officials said Thursday. The work being done at the research stations will continue at other sites, Forest Service Associate Chief Chris French said in an interview. An additional 41 research facilities that faced possible closure will remain open after local officials and members of Congress raised concerns about the reorganization, which was announced in March. “Our primary goal was to get our facilities costs under control,” French told The Associated Press. “We’re not closing any ongoing science activities. We’re not closing any of the experimental forests that are important to our researchers.” Research by forest service employees ranges from studies on invasive species and protecting water resources to how wildfires are changing as climate change dries out and heats up forests. Bill Avey of the National Associated of Forest Service Retirees, an advocacy group, said the forest service has long struggled to pay for all its facilities and some opportunities for consolidation exist. But Avey, who...

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PabloReports: What do you make of Trump saying Americans who oppose data centers are backwards and poor? AOC: I mean, how about we put one in Mar-a-Lago? I love that. Let’s put a data center at Mar-a-Lago, and we’ll see how backwards and poor he is in response to that.

Mark Carney...rational thinker, focused on needs of what's best for his country, doesn't use name-calling as a tool for leadership. Mark Carney is the adult and NOT the bad guy. We could all learn so much.

I stopped by NYC Parks’ family camping program at Inwood Hill Park on Friday. We made s’mores, talked about s’mores, and learned how to build a fire (for s’mores). Family camping is just one of the Urban Park Rangers’ many free outdoor programs. Check the schedule for more details: nycgovparks.org

Mayor Mamdani roasts marshmallows with 4 children.A woman waves from behind booth with a sign that reads “Welcome to Ranger Camp”Children dance around a campfire A little boy smiles excitedly as Mayor Mamdani greets a crowd of campers.

Relax. Some random person cannot just rename a lake with shared international waters. Canada has 57% of the shoreline and 85% of the surface water on Lake Ontario. Canada, the rest of the world and of course indigenous people will still recognize it as is. #LakeOntario