Okay question for ungulate folks and/or geologists? Why would mineral licks in NE BC be disappearing? #minerallicks #ungulates #biology #geology #mystery

Well that was one way to start my second day living on the island!

John Cassidy@earthquakeguy.bsky.social · last yr.

That was quite the shake here in #Victoria 🇨🇦 at 05:02 PT. M4.6 near Orcas Island, 45 km ENE from Victoria and 70 km from Vancouver. Felt all across southwest BC and northwest WA. Details and to report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...

I'm taking part in the Push Up Challenge this month to raise funds for mental health! Especially in the BC interior there is a real lack of access to resources for such services! If you're able we would love your support www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraiser/r...

Listening to this right now! It's a great listen if you haven't read/listened already!

Good www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Piikani hunters harvest bison from lands now known as Banff National Park

For the first time in 145 years, groups representing the Treaty 7 Nations and Métis each had a chance to harvest a bison on the lands of what is now Banff National Park. As Terri Trembath reports, Pii...

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New paper!! Led by Suzanne Stevenson 🧪 www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...

Winter diet of five sympatric ungulates in west-central Alberta, Canada—inference from DNA metabarcoding of fecal pellets

Diet is one of the determinants of ungulate ecology. However, there have been few studies of the diet of sympatric ungulates in western Canada. We used DNA metabarcoding of fecal samples to evaluate t...

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Wow. Caroline Kennedy breaks her silence on RFK Jr in a message to Senators: “We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He enjoyed showing off by putting baby chickens & mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.”

Not to mention we often don't list species until far after their populations have declined and cultural values/practices can no longer be exercised see @claytontlamb.bsky.social et al www.cclmportal.ca/resource/bra...

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦@marcofesta.bsky.social · 2y ago

And this, boys and girls, is how federal endangered species law "works" in Canada. 1. Species is listed, based on knowledge 2. Nothing happens, lest provinces bitch 3. NGO sues, wins in court 4. More lengthy delays until a judge orders the gov't to obey its own law and DO SOMETHING

Conservation groups are suing two federal ministers over a delay in protecting endangered orca whales, following the death of another newborn calf. via @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/orcas-ottawa...

Orcas ‘in crisis’: feds sued over lack of protections | The Narwhal

Conservation groups want a federal emergency order to protect endangered whales

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Jurisdictional issues re the SARA lead to a lot of passing the buck as to who's responsibility it is, how much action will really be taken until really no action is taken... sad state of affairs for all listed species in Canada

Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦@marcofesta.bsky.social · 2y ago

And this, boys and girls, is how federal endangered species law "works" in Canada. 1. Species is listed, based on knowledge 2. Nothing happens, lest provinces bitch 3. NGO sues, wins in court 4. More lengthy delays until a judge orders the gov't to obey its own law and DO SOMETHING

Are any forest ecologists teaching a spatial ecology/spatial analysis/spatial statistics class online in the fall 2025 semester? #PhDsky #GIS #StatSky

The IRCC immigration medical for Canada is $225 and you have to go to a physician who's on a special list... all they do is listen to your breath sounds?! And take your height and weight! That's it! They want to ensure you don't have TB, I'm pretty sure my family doctor of 3 years could do that...

Looks like I'm taking a job in Victoria, BC! Which is to say, if you're in Victoria and know of anyone looking for roommates and/or a rental for March 1 let me know! TIA!

Wildlife health folks... ostriches may not leave the farm but surely this still poses a risk if migratory birds come into contact with the ostriches? vancouversun.com/news/bc-ostr...

B.C. ostrich farm ordered to kill 400 birds after avian flu outbreak

By Feb. 1, the owners of Universal Ostrich Farm are expected to round up 400 of these 135-kilogram birds and kill them — one way or another.

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Bonus points for papers on how these factors intersect with #humanwildlifeconflict

Rhiannon Kirton@rhikirton.bsky.social · 2y ago

Oooh for all the ungulate folks... if you were to give a talk about factors that drive migration behaviours in elk (stuff like plant phonology, density dependence, snow depth etc) what would be your favourite papers to reference?! #wildlife #elk #ungulatemigration

Oooh for all the ungulate folks... if you were to give a talk about factors that drive migration behaviours in elk (stuff like plant phonology, density dependence, snow depth etc) what would be your favourite papers to reference?! #wildlife #elk #ungulatemigration

It's been a minute since I've printed a paper! Excited to read this one though! Maybe this is the answer to my career path queries!

This should be everyone's teaching philosophy! Equality =/= equity and, in fact, schools dogged obsession with equality instead of equity is what continues to perpetuate disparity

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar@ryankbrook.bsky.social · 2y ago

My teaching philosophy: 1. have an illness- here's your accommodation 2. physical disability- here's your accommodation 3. sports team- here's your accommodation 4. on the range team- here's your accommodation 5. don't want to talk about it- here's your accommodation

"It occurs to me that there are a lot of us in STEM fields who need to be thinking about our fields not as technical disciplines where problems need to be solved by any means at the students’ disposal, but as liberal arts where the path...to the solution is as important as the solution itself."

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 2y ago

“The thing that makes me worry is how much these people are giving up the very mental tasks that make them human.” chuckpearson.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/t...

This, coupled with very infrequent range health assessments and even less frequent forage assessments, results in 'management' that is detached from current range condition which is a basic tenet of sustainable range ecology!

Rhiannon Kirton@rhikirton.bsky.social · 2y ago

Great report from FPB! This is such a common problem with range management in the province! There is very little follow up or enforcement of recommended management actions and compliance is basically a scouts honour system! www.bcfpb.ca/release-publ... #rangelandecology

Great report from FPB! This is such a common problem with range management in the province! There is very little follow up or enforcement of recommended management actions and compliance is basically a scouts honour system! www.bcfpb.ca/release-publ... #rangelandecology

Range Practices and Government Enforcement on the Overton-Moody Range Unit - Forest Practices Board

Opportunities for government to enhance how it manages and enforces range activities, llowing a complaint investigation about cattle grazing practices near Grand Forks.

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I don't know what tags to use on this app yet... uhhh #wildlifehealth #rangeecology #grasslands #elk #wildlifebiology

Rhiannon Kirton@rhikirton.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you haven't yet submitted a presentation or poster for the grassland symposia there is still time! The call is open until Jan 25th! We would especially welcome presentations on relationships between grassland health and ungulate demography! cmiae.org/event/whats-...

If you haven't yet submitted a presentation or poster for the grassland symposia there is still time! The call is open until Jan 25th! We would especially welcome presentations on relationships between grassland health and ungulate demography! cmiae.org/event/whats-...

What softwares do people use to manage their insect databases? Im looking to set my lab up with a collections database. I have microsoft access in the past, but am curious if there is something better. Needs: *label creation *specimen tracking *easy data entry *modularity

Has anyone ever gone through a recruitment process called topgrading?! Got any tips?! Ya girl is currently applying to a role that uses this process and i will take all the tips I can get! TIA

Sobering story on the high rates of parasitic infections linked to poverty and neglect in the Mississippi Delta. This is not a developing country with limited resources. This is America. Most infectious diseases can make a comeback if sufficiently neglected. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Infrastructure neglect and poverty lead to parasites in the Mississippi Delta

New research suggests parasitic infections in US south are far more widespread than previously acknowledged

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Yikes. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

20 big cats die from bird flu at Washington wildlife sanctuary

African servals, cougars and bobcats were among the animals that died at the Wild Felid Advocacy Center.

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Happy first day of Kwanzaa to those who celebrate! Today we honor Umoja for unity.

We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky. Help us gain our following back Follow Retweet Repeat Join the park side @altyellonatpark.org

If someone could just tell me what to do with my career that would be grand... or yknow a Chrystal ball... anything hahaha