Putting this one on my reading list

Congrats to Angie Larsen-Gray and collaborators on their new publication “Long-term, large-scale experiment reveals the effects of seed limitation, climate, and anthropogenic disturbance on restoration of plant communities in a biodiversity hotspot” published in PNAS!

JOBS: 2 new post-doc positions in our conservation social science research group at Virginia Tech. 2-3 year positions (with potential for extending, pending funding). We will begin reviewing applications for both positions on March 16, 2023. Please apply!@vt_cnre VT FISHWILD

If you care about native birds, you care about native insects. And if you care about native insects, you care about native plants. #KillYourLawn

We won't forget Governor JB Pritzker that your legacy in the prairie state is allowing an ancient prairie to be bulldozed so Amazon can have a larger runway.

The second publication from my PhD is now online! Happy to have collaborated with such a great team of coauthors in discussing solutions to planning, implementing, and monitoring restoration while incorporating social considerations.

Chris Logan, VT School of Plant and Environmental Sciences '22 graduate, and professor Leighton Reid partnered with Green Again Madagascar to protect and restore forests by testing shade structures, species, and soil amendments🌍🍃 vtx.vt.edu/articles/2023/…

Incredible opportunity to work on one of the best crossover experiments in landscape and restoration ecology

On this #WorldRewildingDay, I'm happy to share some of the recent #rewilding science papers that many good colleagues & I have published. Hope they help move the science & highly necessary action forward 🌿🌍🐎☘️🐾🌐 See thread below

Tropical forest regeneration offsets 26% of carbon emissions from deforestation: news.mongabay.com/2023/03/tropic…

#JOBALERT! Plant Restoration Biologist, location negotiable! Full time and permanent: usajobs.gov/job/715672700

Some of the best habitat in the state of Texas being cleared for the performative border fence ™️. I know this land well. It should've become a preserve. I was joking w/ border patrol a few weeks ago about how little this fence will do to stop human trafficking & crime.

Speedy blooming in Cerrado after fire is not uncommon: New records of Cyperaceae species flowering 24 h after burning onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ae… Natashi Pilon et al.

"Bullying is a means for mediocre scientists to rise to the top. Some star academics reached their position because they are bullies, not in spite of it." - Excellent piece about bullying in academia (and really any other professional environment). nature.com/articles/s4156…

Support the Virginia Native Plant Society and get an awesome t-shirt bonfire.com/hollow-joe-pye…

Job Alert! Looking for a lead technician for my community ecology lab @holdenarboretum. Please send along to any #ScienceJob seekers you might know. #HoldenScience holdenfg.org/career-and-int…

"Consider that preserving standing forests is always better than planting new ones, and tropical forests are more vital to global systems than temperate or boreal ones. But of course, we need them all." From Robert Langellier adventure.com/role-of-trees-…

Después de enfrentar desafíos como sequías e invasión de plagas, nuestro equipo de restauración ha reproducido con éxito más de 1000 ejemplares de Cedrela angusticarpa en la reserva FCAT. Un paso crucial para proteger esta especie al borde de la extinción. 🌱🌿 #Conservación