Check out the summer issue of Ontario Nature magazine just released! Thanks for selecting my salamander larvae picture for the featured photographer piece.

A male largemouth bass guards his 1000s of offspring. #nature is neat.

Thrilled to be in the top 16 photos submitted to Canadian Geographic for their 2024 Wildlife Photography of the Year competition! Thanks to the little jumping spider for posing. See all the winners at cangeo.ca

'Protecting' wild fish AFTER the largest run ever? So that this easy to monitor river is closed, but all the small runs (also wild but no protection) now will have increased pressure? And opening up the repeat-spawing wild steelhead to increased angling? Makes no sense.

A fun picture i just took of a cormorant eating a sea lamprey (yes, the lamprey was alive and yes, the cormorant did eat it).

Wild Chinook salmon in a shallow pool, resting before navigating the rock steps. These conditions, made by the town to lower the level of the river to reduce flooding, slow down fish. #nature #salmon

My story in The Narwhal about DFO's recovery strategy for this fish - and why it won't work.

New 📰 A harm reduction approach to improving peer review by acknowledging its imperfections 👥 Read the paper ➡️ tinyurl.com/54bbfvuu 📷 from facets-2024-0102

Love watching the wild Chinook salmon migration every fall. Looks like another huge run this year - will it top last year's 30,000 fish record for this one river? #nature #wildlife

Blacknose dace leaping at the base of a dam - throughout the day and continuously, yet the following day there were none. Interesting!

“Bikes may be an easy strawman, but blaming them without evidence just inflames tensions on the road — and distracts us from finding real solutions,” writes Emma McIntosh (same handle on the other app) about Doug Ford’s move to limit bike lanes (and also build a tunnel under Highway 401). thenarwhal.ca/doug-ford-limi…

We are seeking #GreyLiterature for an ongoing Fisheries and Oceans evidence synthesis on the impacts of #sealice from salmon farms on wild #PacificSalmon. Please get in touch if you have any literature or data related to the topic! #netpens #aquaculture

The Doug Ford government introduced a bill this week aimed at hitting the gas on Highway 413 — and putting the brakes on bike lanes. Here’s what it means for the environment. Via Emma McIntosh (same handle on the other app) thenarwhal.ca/ontario-highwa…

My op-ed piece about the new fishing sanctuary on the Ganaraska River. thenarwhal.ca/opinion-port-h…

Interested in a coffee-table style salmon and trout book for xmas? Order by nov 22 to ensure it gets to you in time! nature-tidbits.square.site/product/ebb-an… #nature

Brook trout spawn. Just a *few* males participating!

The Rough Fish Revolution “Fisheries scientists are only now coming to understand the important roles native “rough fish” play in freshwater ecosystems across North America—even as these long-maligned species are increasingly at risk. bioGraphic biographic.com/the-rough-fish…

Too true.

Interested in what the changes to Ontario's Endangered Species Act mean? Read my story here: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-endang…

Endangered👏species👏are👏not👏red👏tape👏 Let's stop Bill 5 and the dangerous narrative that the Endangered Species Act is excessive bureaucracy instead of necessary protection for our most vulnerable species. Share and sign our petition to stop Bill5: ontarionature.good.do/bill-5-stop-at…