Tweeting about Washington State's natural history and natural resources, and a few other things. Tweets are my own.
Seattle, WA
Joined October 2011
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Book Review: The Living Forest, A Visual Journey into the Heart of the Woods wnps.org/blog/book-review-th…
Gifts of the Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana) aka Garry Oak wnps.org/blog/gifts-of-the-o…
High Tunnel Project at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge: A WNPS Grant Report wnps.org/blog/high-tunnel-pr…
We left our hotel today at 08:30, took Metro and train, and arrived at the airport at 09:05. We got our boarding passes, went through security, and had passports checked by 10:05. Easy-peasy. #Schiphol #schipolchaos (not). Mood cheerful and matter of fact throughout. #Amsterdam
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Getting an abortion is a deeply personal decision that the government, politicians, and your neighbors should have absolutely no say in. RT if you agree.
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ATTENTION emerging writers! Crosscut & the Northwest Editors Guild have a mentor
program to connect professional editors w/ amateur
writers & to give underrepresented voices experience of writing, editing,
& publishing. Apply now! bit.ly/2WfxYHJ
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With the rise in #COVID19 cases in @KingCountyWA, Public Health – Seattle & King County now recommends that all residents five years of age and older, regardless of vaccination status, wear face coverings in indoor public settings.
More on our blog👇🏼 bit.ly/36YU2Z2
Tribal leaders from around the region joined Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson in a salmon orca summit, calling for dam removal on the Lower Snake for orcas and salmon.
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NOAA Fisheries is beginning a 5-year status review of the endangered southern resident killer whale. The review is mandated by the Endangered Species Act and NOAA is now accepting public comments. fisheries.noaa.gov/action/in…
Seattle's Sylvia Byrne Pollack is a lifelong scientist and writer...and inspiration! I worked for her in her lab at the UW in the 1980s.
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Franja Bryant reviews Doug Tallamy's new book: Nature’s Best Hope wnps.org/blog/book-review-na…
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We’re all in for #WACommunityForests! Doyle Brothers 80 Community Forest would open public access to about 700 acres of forestland? Just 1 of 15 community forest projects up for funding in 2021 bit.ly/3l6FFIo
Photo: John Marshall
ALT Support community forests
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If we want to conserve #30x30, we must protect critical wild places around the country. Join @HispanicAccess and @Wilderness for a #LatinoAdvocacyWeek session on how you can make a difference. Sign up today: bit.ly/2OrRtJf
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HB 1117 - to update the GMA to recover salmon, is being heard now in Senate Housing & Local Govt. #WAleg
"We're now incorporating salmon, a foundational & historic resource, a backbone of WA State. Without the salmon, who would we be?" - @DebraWA40
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Important
Hotter and drier summers have made wildfires a bigger risk for communities across Washington.
Learn how to make your home and landscape more fire-resilient from DNR Community Wildfire Preparedness Coordinator Ashley Blazina. Register in advance here: bit.ly/3u4xOPI
As Black History Month 2021 comes to a close, it seems like a good time to ramble on a bit about Washington State's early American settler, George Bush, and the South Puget Sound Prairie that still bears his name, Bush Prairie wnps.org/blog/bush-prairie