“Places like #Lochiel with this cottonwood forest, where this ribbon of green runs dozens of miles from #Mexico to the US, these are the last threads of an ecosystem that has declined so much already," said Russ McSpadden, a conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall

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For the past five months the only refugees the USA has accepted are white South Africans fleeing equality & safety meanwhile they are disappearing or strapping ankle monitors on any Haitian they can get ahold of. It needs to be understood how thoroughly connected these two things are.

For more than 6 days now a tree sit in a cottonwood tree in the San Rafael Valley along the Arizona-Sonora border has halted construction of two parallel border walls.. This is the first-ever tree sit to halt border wall construction. Learn more @rally.forthevalley and @peccarrynotpig on IG.

I was birding at the Ocean Breeze fishing pier in Staten Island today and there was a man sunbathing on a beach chair not on the beach but in the parking lot! I’ve only seen this before while growing up in New Jersey. The bonds between the two places remain strong.

This was a thoroughly enjoyable conversation with Nate!

BillBowBaggins@billbowbaggins.bsky.social · 4d ago

Brooklyn birder and writer @ryangoldberg.bsky.social's book Bird City is SO GOOD. Strong recommend. I read it and interviewed him about it and his birding life in NYC and beyond. So fun learning about the colorful birders/conservationists of NYC. billbowbaggins.substack.com/p/ten-birdin...

“At this point, our nation’s most important environmental laws, like the National Environmental Policy Act, the #ESA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, those laws are off the books. They don’t apply," said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate with the Center.

DHS waives environmental laws for border barriers and roads from Big Bend to Lake Amistad

The waiver clears the way for barriers, roads and surveillance infrastructure, though federal officials have not specified what will be built throughout the project area.

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It was nice to see this review of Bird City written by Donna Schulman in the latest Birding magazine.

Birding NYC - American Birding Association

Book reviewer Donna L. Schulman writing in the July 2026 issue of “Birding,” explains how Ryan Goldberg's book, "Bird City," presents the surprising joys of birding in New York City and highlights the...

aba.org

I traveled to the top of the world last month and wrote a little something about it. ryangoldberg1.substack.com/p/arctic-dre...

Arctic dreams

A trip to the northernmost city in the US

ryangoldberg1.substack.com

Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, 📸 by Dan Mullan

Tuchel was clearly saving Saka for the third-place game.

appears the US war apparatus is pivoting from general war crimes to a more openly genocidal strategy

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 3w ago

The US is adopting a strategy of attacking water storage and desalination plants designed to render the region uninhabitable. If continued, this strategy will make the Gulf littoral uninhabitable in the coming decades. Yet there is no discussion of these tactics and their repercussion in the US.

Trump just shrunk Bears Ears by 91% and Grand Staircase-Escalante by 90%. Bears Ears was the first national monument co-managed by tribes. Five tribes spent years building that partnership. It's been walked back. 100,000+ archeological sites now exposed to mining and drilling.

In the latest Audubon magazine, I wrote about a new chapter in the life of Buteo Books, the country's largest bookseller focused on birds.

An Indie Bookstore for Birders Is a Dream Come True

Buteo Books has sold titles for bird and nature lovers since 1971. Recently Lyzy Lusterman took a risk in opening its first brick-and-mortar location.

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Personally, I think we should let every nation in the world take part. Maybe you could start by staging small, local tournaments, and then the teams that progress from that round all head to one main 'host' country one summer every four years to compete in the 'finals'.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w ago

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Gianni Infantino said FIFA will examine expanding the World Cup by a further 16 nations to a 64-team tournament ahead of its next edition in 2030. The 2030 tournament will be spread across six nations and three continents. nyti.ms/4pmQ1Fu

"Trump’s EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining"

‘Death sentence’: Trump’s EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining

Habitat destruction strongest driver of species loss, with legislation keeping 99% of listed species from going extinct

theguardian.com

gonna need a wellness check on Andres Cantor after this game

The legendary Don Riepe...

The New York Groove@nygroove.nyc · last mo.

"But since Gotti’s done, we haven't had a dead body. It's a little boring, to be honest. I always look for the body. What do I look for now? Dead fish?" nygroove.nyc/guardian-of-...

The NPS will launch 850,000 fireworks in the middle of the night. (Last year, they launched 7,000) That will dump perchlorates and heavy metals into the Potomac River and cause the amount of soot and smoke particles to skyrocket (pardon), at great danger to any creature that breathes.

Bill Kuchman@billkuchman.bsky.social · last mo.

"The Park Service, in a separate document, similarly said that people should ‘wear an n95 mask when outdoors’ and ‘remain indoors as much as possible during and after the show.’” The guidance is to remain indoors ... during the fireworks. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Rebecca: "Chaps, Alexi left us" Zlatan: "Who? Rebecca: "Alexi will be back, Alexi will be back with us very soon" Thierry: "Your plan worked, Rebecca" Rebecca: "Don't you bring me into this, no chance" Zlatan: "America, you're welcome" lmaooooooooooooooooo

In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry

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Forest plans - multi-year collaborative efforts - protected a small fraction of national forests from most logging & off-road vehicles because of their unique, wild nature. Trump's policy will mean less nature, more damage, more noise, less secure wildlife habitat. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/c...

U.S. Forest Service to Open Millions of Acres to Off-Road Vehicles, Memo Shows

nytimes.com

BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security today waived dozens of environmental laws to speed construction of border barriers and roads through #BigBend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. ⬇️⬇️

“… eight years after President Donald Trump’s forcible border separations … an Associated Press investigation has found that the government has re-separated dozens of children from their families, despite a landmark legal settlement meant to keep them together.” apnews.com/article/immi...

Trump administration has separated dozens of children from their parents for a second time, AP finds

An Associated Press investigation reveals that dozens of children who were separated under the first Trump administration have been re-separated, despite a judge's order to reunite them.

apnews.com

Billionaire heiress police commissioner Jessica Tisch is smugly taking clean hits on her boss, the mayor, in front of the entire City Council, cheered on by its speaker. City Hall is letting this continue for political reasons, but it's increasingly unsustainable. hellgatenyc.com/nypd-commiss...

Forget About Mamdani's Campaign Promises—NYPD Commissioner Tisch Confirms She's Doing Things Her Way

On headcount, overtime, incarceration, and low-level arrests, Tisch appears to be bucking the Mayor’s purported criminal justice reform agenda.

hellgatenyc.com

Freelancing is hard enough already, and inflation sucks. Defector is raising our base freelance rates by 20 percent. Great time to pitch us. Email me or pitches@defector.com

Hochul is a "soft on corporate crime" Democrat. She deploys cops to stop kids jumping a turnstile, but let's polluters murder residents with poison in our air.

Gothamist@gothamist.com · 2mo ago

Legislature votes to roll back NY’s landmark climate law gothamist.com/news/legisla...

Today the Senate confirmed Steve Pearce — aka "Sell-Off Steve" — to lead the BLM. This puts a man who has spent years of his career attacking public lands, in charge of more than 245 million acres of public lands across the U.S. More info: biodiv.us/4uUHlHN

After decades sitting empty, the Jacob Riis Bathhouse on New York City’s Rockaway Beach will emerge this summer with new restaurants, a hotel and a members-only beach club. nyti.ms/4ns1thR

Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery leaders launched a push for a greenway and new entrance gate at its Sunset Park side. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/07/g...

Green-Wood Cemetery Wants Protected Bike Lane, New Sunset Park Entrance - Streetsblog New York City

Green-Wood Cemetery wants to transform a desolate stretch of roads on its southern border with bike lanes and wider sidewalks.

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Look if you've got a better way to run a country than "putting an illiterate octogenarian bigot on TV every few days to free associate and complain, and then everyone tries to figure out if it means we're about to start a war or not" I'd love to hear it. But the constitution says this is it.