Yesterday I saw this natural regeneration right next to trees planted in tubes Queen Elizabeth Country Park Maybe the trees are a different species but it makes me wonder why we plant trees when natural regeneration is often better.

NEW PAPER OUT: Great to see work I was part of while at the Queensland Wetland program published. Using an attribute-based waterhole classification scheme to solve management challenges! doi.org/10.1071/WR22027

A photo of the best boy ever and a boreal stream. Seeing flowing water has got me excited for field work in Krycklan on boreal streams and ditches this summer 🌲.

Honoured to be officially an adjunct researcher at Australian Rivers Institute. I look forward to continuing collaborating and working with brilliant minds at the institute.

Last week I attended a sphagnum moss identification workshop. I was blown away by species diversity; we walked about 50 meters and identified 20 species. The arid ecologist in me couldn't get over the amount of water peatlands could hold, like giant sponges.

Some great posters coming out of Australian Rivers Institute Griffith Science & Environment at the #FreshwaterDownUnder conference! Awesome work on seed banks Jaiden Johnston-Bates & supratidal wetlands Bek Grieger Australian Freshwater Sciences Society (AFSS) Freshwater Science

NEW PAPER OUT 🚨! This paper emphasises the importance of natural regeneration of wetland ecosystems as an effective restoration approach under climate change. Australian Rivers Institute Fran Sheldon doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.…

Day one of #SEFS13 in Newcastle, UK! Catch my talk in the Ditching misconceptions symposium tomorrow afternoon from 4.15pm. I’ll be giving a conceptual talk about the role of Swedish forest ditches as novel ecosystems.

Awesome plenary by Australian Rivers Institute Director Prof David Hamilton @profhamatham - why broadening your perspective to the macro is so important when looking to restore ecosystems - might even help explain the micro. #SEFS13

Read my latest paper here. Key adaption approaches include integrated land & water management, protecting and promoting key biotic and abiotic processes within landscapes, and reconsidering current exotic species management strategies.

Congratulations Professors Fran Sheldon Fran Sheldon & Samantha Capon, & Dr Peta Zivec for their publication which discusses drivers & barriers of natural regeneration of #wetlands under #climatechange, along with implications for management doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.…

Happy Father's Day to all the dads and dad figures! 👨‍👧‍👦 Male emus incubate and look after the chicks. This dad was spotted protecting his babies from the rain in Yarnbala, Coffin Bay, SA. More Aussie 'Wonderdads': csiro.au/en/news/all/ar… 📹 | Ghil'ad Zuckermann / zuckermann.org

I am recruiting a PhD student (in Umeå but trips to Uppsala too) for a project: Identifying, understanding and managing aquatic biodiversity in intensively managed forests and under an increasingly extreme climate. Deadline: October 31! slu.se/en/about-slu/w… Please share!

Murray-Darling water buybacks won't be enough if we can't get water to where it's needed theconversation.com/murray-darling… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Interested in how ditches have affected soils and vegetation? Read out new article where we investigate more than 4000 sites across Sweden doi.org/10.1016/j.fore…

It's #WorldWetlandsDay! No grand vistas of peatlands from me; let's give some love to our ditches instead. Often ignored, but they can be beautiful and (sometimes) biodiverse; lines of wilder land in managed landscapes, and they are there in Convention on Wetlands if you read closely.

I'm thrilled to see this paper out, which I co-led with Chelsea Clifford, and featuring input from loads of excellent co-authors. It's our interdisciplinary perspective on ditches; what they do, why they matter, and how we should look after them. nature.com/articles/s4324…

I was lucky enough to travel to the UK to join ditch researchers from around the world in brainstorming and developing this paper. Fanstatic to see it published!