OH the Black and Indigenous Scholars Award is accepting applicants! applications close October 15th! SHARE mammalsociety.org/form/black-ind….

up to $1500 for Black and Indigenous people doing anything with/focused on mammals: science communcation/outreach, research, what have you minimum stage is high school

Father-dogger date hike on Mt. Walker. Smokier than desired but a good climb and nice views still

Come join us University of Washington | UW College of the Environment | UW SEFS 🌲!!! We are hiring a full-time 9 month Assistant Teaching Professor in the area of Environmental and Forest Sciences. Please share widely and apply by Oct 31 2024 ap.washington.edu/ahr/position-d…

Can we have solar energy while preserving/enhancing farmland & protecting biodiversity? Can "agrivoltaics" help? Jazzed to work with American Farmland Trust, Washington State University, & Grace C Wu to study the potential for agrivoltaics in Washington! linkedin.com/posts/tnc-wash…

"Pinks have already altered and will continue altering Finnmark’s habitat... Whatever the outcome, change has already arrived." Loved this judeisabella/Hakai Magazine story on the non-native pink salmon transforming Norway's rivers, for both ill & good. hakaimagazine.com/features/where…

Voting starts today! Tell everyone you know and their dog to vote NO on 2117 🗳️🌎

Fall emergence 💛🍂🍄

Every election I pull out and reread this pocket constitution that I received in Competition Government class in high school many years ago. Lots of emotions and issues at stake this election and the past few before Time to vote Americans. If you haven't already, get it done

Well one thing’s for sure—never give up. Trump knows this all too well. For the rest of us who believe in human rights and democracy, we’re never giving up either. It’s another long uphill battle but I’m here for it. I know we can be better than this—we will persevere ❤️

I'll be shifting to bluesky. I've already heavily shifted off of this platform and X/Twitter is basically dead. bsky.app/profile/maxlam…

Today my Senate colleagues voted to make me Chair of the Senate Housing Committee beginning in 2025. As chair, I will continue the fight to lower housing costs, expand our supply of housing, support first-time homebuyers, increase affordable housing & stabilize renters.

Despite the shape that the world is taking, I'm so excited and proud to see this work published and these voices amplified. Please read and share! SCB Conservation Biology conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

So excited to see this paper out. We found that: •Non-LGTBQIA+ scientists overestimate the degree to which LGBTQIA+ respondents feel included in conservation •LGBTQIA+ scientists feel up to 50% less safe and a lower sense of belonging at work conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

ESPM PhD candidate Robin López (Ya Favorite Scientist From The Hood) was appointed mayor of Albany on Dec. 9. First elected in 2022, López is the first person of Latino and mixed-Indigenous (Purepecha) ancestry to serve on the city council and as mayor. Congratulations, Robin! ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/2024/12/r…

Love that Olympia's city staff drive vehicles decorated in winter garb and lights across the different neighborhoods each year. Amazing way to celebrate city employees and the holiday season ❄️☃️🧑‍🎄🎄🚒🚔🚚

Come work with us! The Schell Lab is looking for a new postdoc to work on urban biodiversity initiatives in the Bay Area and throughout California. The future postdoc will also be an integral partner of the California Urban Nature Alliance. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04719

I know less about football than I do about raptors, so this superbOwl I'm all about those eagles I cut my teeth in conservation with raptors! Lots of lovely science on birds of prey at Peregrine Fund and Cornell peregrinefund.org/explore-raptor… allaboutbirds.org/guide/browse/s…

Housing or trees? Science says "why not both?" 🌲 🏡 🏢 🌲 We need housing. We also need trees. Our new research across western Washington shows that gaining housing at the expense of trees is not inevitable #winwin #conservation #housing #biodiversity conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cs…