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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊

@ella0nearth.bsky.social

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GIS/RS, Clean Water Act, disaster response, public service, New England Aquarium, fiddle-playing, fantasy-reading, fishing, kayaking, pirates. From Fresh Water. Opinions my own.

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · Feb 2

While we’re all talking government data — see the attached “List of Federal ArcGIS Servers and State ArcGIS Servers and County ArcGIS Servers and City ArcGIS Servers” by MappingSupport. Public-facing websites are disappearing, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the underlying data is gone. #gischat

mappingsupport.com

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful piece in my briefing today about our less charismatic landscapes, their history, and their advocates. What does it mean to love a swamp? ⚒️🌿🌊

longreads.com/2025/10/02/t...

Swamp People - Longreads

Finding refuge and resilience in America’s most reviled landscapes.

longreads.com

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Thomas Francis @francisconway.bsky.social · 2d

That url gives a 404, the main link works though

deportationdata.org

Deportation Data Project

deportationdata.org

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 2d

Well shoot. Thanks!

Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 2d

FYI: the Deportation Data Project collects and posts public, anonymized U.S. government immigration enforcement datasets. #gischat #geosky #datasky

The most recent release of data covers ICE enforcement actions through late July 2025. They are actively seeking updates.

deportationdata.org/data/

deportationdata.org

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 6d

Hey, neighbor!

Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 8d

Aquarium Friday! Hi, Adi! 🦑

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 10d

I can't remember who I've seen post this before... But I found a plainbow! ✈️🌈🛰️ #gischat

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 10d

We honor the life and legacy of Dr. Jane Goodall, the pioneering conservationist, champion for wildlife, and unwavering voice for the planet.

This photo from our 2021 Annual Meeting honored her extraordinary impact. Her legacy will continue to inspire.

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 12d

Once more with feeling, as well as conviction and hard data:

"The Scientific Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion"

greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

The Scientific Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

In light of attacks on DEI, we gathered articles that lay out the evidence in favor of fostering racially diverse and equitable schools, workplaces, cities, and societies.

greatergood.berkeley.edu

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 14d

It sure is! Just takes a few more layers of clothes to get me on the boat 😉🎣🍂

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Tó Nizhóní Ání @tonizhoniani.bsky.social · 14d

Happy #WorldRiversDay from Tó Nizhóní Ání and the Diné Native Plant Program! Learn more about the Tó Tsoh (Big Water) Wash Volunteer Day organized by the Navajo Nation's Diné Native Plant Program. #RezWatershed #NavajoNation
www.tonizhoniani.org/world-rivers-day-2025

World Rivers Day 2025 - Tó Nizhóní Ání

Happy World Rivers Day! #WorldRiversDay is a celebration of the world’s waterways. It highlights the many values of rivers and strives to increase public awareness, and encourages the improved steward...

www.tonizhoniani.org

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 14d

On Friday, my coworkers and I got to practice our hydric soil identification! We also identified a very cute newt. ⚒️🧪🦎

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Ocean Conservancy @oceanconservancy.org · 19d

HUGE news: The High Seas Treaty has been ratified and will go into effect next year. This is a historic win for our ocean and planet! 🎉

So, what does this mean? 🤔 ⤵️

Nations ratify the world's first treaty to protect international waters

The first treaty to protect marine diversity in international waters will come into force early next year after being ratified by the 60th nation, Morocco.

apnews.com

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 18d

Only a few weeks of field season left in New England. At least the leaves are starting to change! 🍁👩🏻‍🔬🧪

Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 22d

Aquarium Friday! Questions of the week: How many species of shark are there? How well can turtles see? If that fish could talk, what would it say? 🦑

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 26d

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins is trying to rescind protections for nearly 59 million acres of roadless national forests, opening them to logging, mining, and road construction. That’s 30% of our entire National Forest System.

Friday is the last day to submit a comment: www.roadless.org/m/ 🧪

This site helps you build stronger comments by collecting research facts as you browse, then making those facts available to insert into your comment.

www.roadless.org

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 26d

It's a beautiful day to stand with federal employees and concerned citizens fighting to fund NASA! 🌟🌏🔭 Our space program shouldn't face cuts that compromise expert knowledge, scientific advancement, and human safety.

Sign the letter of support for our colleagues at NASA 🔗 linked in bio!

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 26d

SPOTTED GAR PLEEEEEASE

Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 27d

Cute name for a cute fish! 😁

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 27d

This photo is a little less crunchy!

Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 27d

I wish Bluesky didn’t compress videos so much or I’d be posting one million of them

Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 27d

Since I’m famous now (i.e. got 17 likes on my post of Thomas the green moray eel), I wanted to remind everyone about my favorite of Thomas’ neighbors — Garnet the spotted gar!

She lives at the Aquarium with Gardenia, Garbanzo, Garlic, and Geoff ❤️🐟

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Tuttle Tuttle Toil & Trouble 🎃 @katekilla.bsky.social · 29d

I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 29d

Thomas is a photogenic guy!

Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ella0nearth.bsky.social · 29d

Aquarium Friday! Today I was asked how long epaulette sharks can hold their breath, whether stingrays have eyelids, and “Are they okay?” (The last one wasn’t for any reason, and yes, they are.) 🦑🧪🌊

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