Holy cow, how did I not realize it was #NationalBisonMonth?!

I feel like this could be the official gif of 2020

Revisited the oak savanna restoration plots at the MSU MacCready reserve with one of my favorite people, Mitch Lettow. Cool to see how the thinning and burned plots have changed since 2013!

Me too sparkling water, me toooo . . .

Hi Y’all! My first publication from my PhD is out today: wild native mason bees (#Osmia) are not doing well while exotic mason bees are #thriving in the Mid-Atlantic US. Check it out here (open access): tinyurl.com/osmiadecline UVa EnviSci Rhia "Bee" Henderson USGS Native Bee Lab Scientific Reports

Hi #plantlovers. We are looking for artists! Each Valentine’s Day/Plant Love Stories Bday we celebrate with #PlantHeartArt, plant-themed valentines, often with a planty pun. Are you an artist interested in doing an original, commissioned plant-themed valentine? (Examples here!)

China has the richest bumblebee diversity in the world, here is just a small portion of our 2020 collections. In contrast to their stunning coloration, their biology and threat status have yet to be studied.

Well I did a defense thing, and got a PhD or something. One upside of the pandemic is that more people were able to attend the digital defense, and it was recorded so I can share it too. youtube.com/watch?v=VoHRSF…

Don't forget that your polen may come from unexpected places #goodmorning

I have been seen a lot of tree planting initiatives lately, so timing on this article is perfect onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/re…

This article may help us contexualize Wilson's legacy and lasting influence on scientific racism. Stacy Farina spent months scrutinizing the Library of Congress archive that contains Wilson's correspondences with white supremacists. @mclemoremr Scientific American magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/online/the-las…

Queens gettin' out there and doing their thing

Check out my new article with @JustinCLuong and Pedro Brancalion in Trends in Ecology & Evolution about biotic homogenization in #restoration and ways to overcome it authors.elsevier.com/a/1fAVOcZ3WuSZ…

Wonderful to hear presentations on #LCCMR proposals today, including an interesting one from Ian Lane from the UMN Bee Lab & Squad about rare pollen bees to help inform conservation strategies.🐝 MN ENRTF #mnleg

We are devastated to say that at 6:00 this morning, the Chicago Rockford International Airport proceeded with their destruction of Bell Bowl Prairie. We are so grateful for all the love and support she has received over the last two years. I'm so sorry.

A true labor of love and a project I was proud to contribute to