Patrick D. Culbert

Patrick Culbert

@patrick-culbert.bsky.social

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Assoc. Professor of Teaching, UBC Faculty of Forestry

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Geography 20%

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Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Dec 13

I love forests and teaching! I’m an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Dept of Forest & Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia. I enjoy making nerdy videos to teach my (and your!) students about forest ecology and management. youtube.com/@patrickculb...

A selfie of Patrick Culbert standing in a forest opening wearing a bright red cruising vest. He holds the controller of a drone and a small drone is visible in the foreground.

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · 26d

Apparently, I now work at the Smithsonian Museum of arts and industries. (Either that or my building is serving as the backdrop for an action sequence in Percy Jackson and The Olympians season 3.)

The main entrance of the UBC Forest sciences center. The sign has been covered up with a temporary sign, reading “Smithsonian Museum of arts and industries.”

Reposted by Patrick D. Culbert

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · Sep 23

Reach out if you are interested in applying to the Liber Ero postdoctoral fellowship program. I work on caribou, wolves, invasive wild pigs, farmland moose, and a lot more.

[email protected]

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Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Jul 25

I’m curious if both species seem to preserve similarly well in the water?

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Jul 11

First time I’ve ever seen nodding onion in landscaping 😊. I remember a few years ago when there was a stink because the university insisted on mowing down some fireweed (an art installation) before it went to seed, lest it establish on campus. I really appreciate the complete turnaround on this.

Nodding onion in bloom with an inflorescence of small pink flowers drooping toward the ground.

On the UBC campus, a patch of native plant landscaping surrounded by sidewalks.

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Patrick D. Culbert

GrumpyUncleSean🔥 @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social · Jul 9

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Our research team just published a new paper: "Aspen impedes wildland fire spread in southwestern United States landscapes".

Aspen forests are thought to be more resistant to burning compared to conifer forests, but this has not been well studied.
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Aspen impedes wildfire spread in southwestern United States landscapes

Aspen (Populus tremuloides) forests are generally thought to impede fire spread, yet the extent of this effect is not well quantified in relation to other vegetation types. We examined the influence ...

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Reposted by Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Jason Stajich, Jonathan A. Myers , and 1 more Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Jason Stajich, Jonathan A. Myers, Patrick D. Culbert

Christopher Dick @chrisdick.bsky.social · Jul 9

Herbarium director position opening at Oregon State University ‪@osu-herbarium.bsky.social‬ Great opportunity for herbarium- and field-trained botanists at any rank. bpp.oregonstate.edu/bpp/about/op...

Open Positions

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Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Jul 1

Sometimes a humpback whale photobombs your shot of orca mom and baby. 🤷‍♂️

An open-ocean scene with the dorsal fins of a mother and calf orca protruding from the water. In the background, a humpback whale tale is clearly sticking out of the water.

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Jul 1

One convenient thing about camping with an EV is powering an electric kettle with the car. I’m really tempted to ditch the propane Coleman stove for an electric tabletop induction burner.

A yellow extension cord, running from the charge port of an electric vehicle to a black electric tea kettle sitting on a picnic table in a campsite.

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Jun 24

In case anyone is interested, I used the 5K Runner app and slowly built up to this over 10 weeks.

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Jun 24

Just ran 5K for the first time in my life. (33:22 PB! 😂) I will assume the coyote pup I saw at the start of my run was a good omen.

A smiling but exhausted Patrick standing outdoors in front of some ripe elderberries.

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Jun 16

The planting at the reconciliation pole is looking quite nice. Definitely prefer this over mowed grass.

The base of the reconciliation pole at the University, British Columbia, surrounded by wildflowers.

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Jun 13

The only heartening thing I’ve seen online today.

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Jun 7

If anyone’s looking for a PhD position, I strongly recommend Tobias’s lab.

Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 7

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab

We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

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Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Erle C. Ellis, Daniel Müller , and 6 more Ingolf Kühn, Erle C. Ellis, Daniel Müller, Marten Winter, Virgilio Hermoso, Matthias Baumann, Damaris Zurell, Jonas Trepel, Patrick D. Culbert

Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 7

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab

We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Jun 6

Need a momentary escape? Enjoy a snowy winter (Feb) day at Malcolm Knapp Research Forest in Maple Ridge, BC. youtu.be/v6vHMDQ0nsM

Snowy Day in the Coastal Temperate Rainforest of BC (CWHvm1) - 4K Drone Fly-Through

YouTube video by Patrick Culbert - UBC Forestry

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Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · Jun 4

I was having similar thoughts while in China last week.

Reposted by Patrick D. Culbert

Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · Jun 3

Harvey Milk served in the Navy during the Korean War, but was discharged in 1955, not for any misconduct, but because he was gay.

And now his name is being removed from a Navy vessel, once again not because of anything he did wrong, but because he was gay.

It's the same hate from the same scum.

a portrait of young harvey milk in his naval uniform

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · May 27

FAFU

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · May 27

Worst campus parking space ever.

A brick-paved parking space with a small, 1-foot tall fire hydrant placed right in the middle.

Reposted by Helmut Haberl, Kelly R. Zamudio, Matthias Doepke , and 3 more Helmut Haberl, Kelly R. Zamudio, Matthias Doepke, Monika Piazzesi, Toon Kuppens, Patrick D. Culbert

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · May 23

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · May 21

This tree didn’t come to play. 👀

A street scene with a large tree growing out of a stone wall in an improbable looking manner

Close-up of the tree growing out of the wall with thick roots, spreading along the stone wall

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · May 16

Greatly looking forward to my 12-hour layover in Hong Kong tomorrow. 😊

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · May 13

Course eval time. Made minimal changes in my two courses this term, evals for one improved modestly, evals for the other dropped dramatically 😕🤷‍♂️. Time for some pondering.

Patrick Culbert @patrick-culbert.bsky.social · May 13

I appreciate this false Solomon’s seal that popped up in an otherwise unkept planter on campus.

False Solomons seal surrounded by vetch in a disheveled looking planter

White showy blossoms of false Solomons seal.

Reposted by Brian J. Harvey, Julian Schrader, Andrew Hacket‐Pain , and 2 more Brian J. Harvey, Julian Schrader, Andrew Hacket‐Pain, Patrick D. Culbert, Rafael Candido‐Ribeiro

Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · May 8

Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)