François-Nicolas Robinne
@fnrobinne.bsky.social
#Forest #Hydrologist at the Government of #Alberta | #geographer and #rewilding believer | #forests, #wildfire, & #water security | Husband, father, baker, boxer, omnivorous, loud sneezer!
A humble #FeelGood story about #water and #fish
#Love the Habitat You're With www.biographic.com/love-the-hab...
#Love the Habitat You're With www.biographic.com/love-the-hab...
Love the Habitat You're With
Locals in Tucson, Arizona are applying “reconciliation ecology” techniques to rehabilitate the region’s degraded landscapes and waterways.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A humble #FeelGood story about #water and #fish
#Love the Habitat You're With www.biographic.com/love-the-hab...
#Love the Habitat You're With www.biographic.com/love-the-hab...
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A new report reveals that fish and wildlife conservation generates substantial economic benefits. Federal, state, local, and nonprofit contributions combined contributed $115.8 billion in total economic activity and supported over 575,000 jobs nationwide. Read more: fisheries.org/2025/11/new-...
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A new report reveals that fish and wildlife conservation generates substantial economic benefits. Federal, state, local, and nonprofit contributions combined contributed $115.8 billion in total economic activity and supported over 575,000 jobs nationwide. Read more: fisheries.org/2025/11/new-...
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Our son, Rohan, is doing something extraordinary for his 18th birthday, & @scidocmartin.bsky.social & I are so proud.
He's partnered with Headspace to run 100km, raising money for this wonderful organisation!
If you can share or donate, we'd be very grateful!
www.mycause.com.au/page/385454/...
He's partnered with Headspace to run 100km, raising money for this wonderful organisation!
If you can share or donate, we'd be very grateful!
www.mycause.com.au/page/385454/...
Click here and donate to Mind Australia for Rohan's 100km run to raise funds for headspace Box Hill
Mind Australia supports more than 13,000 people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges every year. We have been providing this individualised,
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November 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Our son, Rohan, is doing something extraordinary for his 18th birthday, & @scidocmartin.bsky.social & I are so proud.
He's partnered with Headspace to run 100km, raising money for this wonderful organisation!
If you can share or donate, we'd be very grateful!
www.mycause.com.au/page/385454/...
He's partnered with Headspace to run 100km, raising money for this wonderful organisation!
If you can share or donate, we'd be very grateful!
www.mycause.com.au/page/385454/...
#Salmon #monitoring efforts under-reported in the #Yukon, say biologists
Good job @steph-peacock.bsky.social
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Good job @steph-peacock.bsky.social
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Salmon monitoring efforts under-reported in the Yukon, say biologists | CBC News
As Yukon chinook and chum salmon numbers decline, monitoring efforts in the territory are being under-reported, say biologists. A recent report provides a broad look at Pacific salmon species in the Y...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
#Salmon #monitoring efforts under-reported in the #Yukon, say biologists
Good job @steph-peacock.bsky.social
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Good job @steph-peacock.bsky.social
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‘Whiplash’ and ‘scar tissue’: conservation authorities grapple with Ontario’s most dramatic overhaul yet: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
Inside Ontario’s plan to merge 36 conservation authorities to 7 | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s government is seeking public feedback on its plan to overhaul Ontario’s conservation authorities, reducing local agencies from 36 to 7
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November 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
‘Whiplash’ and ‘scar tissue’: conservation authorities grapple with Ontario’s most dramatic overhaul yet: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
I now know that there is a #freshwater bivalve in #Alberta that is called a fatmucket, and that made my day!
Credit: @inaturalist.bsky.social
Credit: @inaturalist.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I now know that there is a #freshwater bivalve in #Alberta that is called a fatmucket, and that made my day!
Credit: @inaturalist.bsky.social
Credit: @inaturalist.bsky.social
#Canada-#US #Softwood #Lumber Trade: When #Trade Becomes Tactics
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Canada-US Softwood Lumber Trade: When Trade Becomes Tactics – Russ Taylor Global
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November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
#Canada-#US #Softwood #Lumber Trade: When #Trade Becomes Tactics
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#Drax still burning 250-year-old #trees sourced from #forests in #Canada, experts say
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Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
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November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
#Drax still burning 250-year-old #trees sourced from #forests in #Canada, experts say
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
PRESERVING OUR #WATERSHEDS: How Placer County #Water Agency and Yuba Water Agency are reducing #wildfire #risk to protect water supplies
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PRESERVING OUR WATERSHEDS: How Placer County Water Agency and Yuba Water Agency are reducing wildfire risk to protect water supplies
By Jim Peifer, Executive Director, Regional Water Authority Though summer is behind us, the risk of wildfires persists in our region’s forests. According to Cal Fire, eight of California’s 10 most des...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
PRESERVING OUR #WATERSHEDS: How Placer County #Water Agency and Yuba Water Agency are reducing #wildfire #risk to protect water supplies
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Can’t process that number.
Unspeakable evil.
Unspeakable evil.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Can’t process that number.
Unspeakable evil.
Unspeakable evil.
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Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble
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November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
#Forests, #fire, and #fish: #Policy pathways to manage forests for #wildfire #resilience, #salmon recovery, and #watershed #security
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Forests, fire, and fish: Policy pathways to manage forests for wildfire resilience, salmon recovery, and watershed security | Raincoast
Wild Pacific salmon are foundational to ecosystems across British Columbia and have adapted to fire regimes over their evolutionary history. Pacific salmon, and aquatic ecosystems more broadly…
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November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#Forests, #fire, and #fish: #Policy pathways to manage forests for #wildfire #resilience, #salmon recovery, and #watershed #security
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As the most transparent government in Alberta history, my UCP are restricting access to the results our Alberta Next push-poll surveys.
Just because we used YOUR tax dollars doesn't mean we need to share the results with YOU. 🤣
#abpoli #ableg
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Just because we used YOUR tax dollars doesn't mean we need to share the results with YOU. 🤣
#abpoli #ableg
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Province misses OIPC deadline to release Alberta Next survey results
The government has refused to release results of the surveys following multiple access to information requests from Postmedia.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
As the most transparent government in Alberta history, my UCP are restricting access to the results our Alberta Next push-poll surveys.
Just because we used YOUR tax dollars doesn't mean we need to share the results with YOU. 🤣
#abpoli #ableg
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Just because we used YOUR tax dollars doesn't mean we need to share the results with YOU. 🤣
#abpoli #ableg
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Parks #Canada logging near #Banff townsite to reduce #wildfire threat
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Parks Canada logging near Banff townsite to reduce wildfire threat
“We know that wildfire risk is very real and while it can't be fully mitigated, there are certainly things we can do and so this is one of those things that we can do.”
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October 31, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Parks #Canada logging near #Banff townsite to reduce #wildfire threat
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A #freshwater #fish named Arnie just swam a record 530 miles, mostly upstream, Australian #scientists say
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A freshwater fish named Arnie just swam a record 530 miles, mostly upstream, Australian scientists say
The Murray cod, named Arnie after Australia's recently retired Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus, was first tagged in 2022.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A #freshwater #fish named Arnie just swam a record 530 miles, mostly upstream, Australian #scientists say
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Today in fish news: After more than 100 years away, salmon are back in the headwaters of the Klamath River. At least 140 Chinook adults are spawning, and more are coming.
But there's restoration work still to do. Some federal funding for it is delayed. @nytimes.com
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But there's restoration work still to do. Some federal funding for it is delayed. @nytimes.com
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A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back
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October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today in fish news: After more than 100 years away, salmon are back in the headwaters of the Klamath River. At least 140 Chinook adults are spawning, and more are coming.
But there's restoration work still to do. Some federal funding for it is delayed. @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/c...
But there's restoration work still to do. Some federal funding for it is delayed. @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/c...
#BritishColumbia charges #Canada's lowest industrial #water rates, finds report
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B.C. charges Canada's lowest industrial water rates, finds report
A new report finds B.C. charges industrial users a maximum of $2.25 per million litres of water—70 times less than Quebec—at at time funding for watershed protection has plummeted more than 80 per cen...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#BritishColumbia charges #Canada's lowest industrial #water rates, finds report
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Yes yes yes!!! Can't wait to vote to remain in Canada Forever!!
Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yes yes yes!!! Can't wait to vote to remain in Canada Forever!!
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The US Ambassador gave a keynote address to a right-wing group that was posting memes attacking public health rules in Alberta separatist FB groups during the pandemic:
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October 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The US Ambassador gave a keynote address to a right-wing group that was posting memes attacking public health rules in Alberta separatist FB groups during the pandemic:
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IMPOSES a collective agreement and is shielded from litigation for four years. Danielle Smith is Canada's Donald Trump. #ABPoli #CanPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Striking Alberta teachers to be forced back to work through notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced a bill on Monday to force striking teachers back to work as early as Wednesday.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
IMPOSES a collective agreement and is shielded from litigation for four years. Danielle Smith is Canada's Donald Trump. #ABPoli #CanPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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1/4 Notwithstanding Clause.
The Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms sets out those rights & freedoms that Canadians believe are necessary in a free & democratic society. The right to strike is considered an "indispensable component" of the freedom of association under Section 2(d) of the Charter.
The Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms sets out those rights & freedoms that Canadians believe are necessary in a free & democratic society. The right to strike is considered an "indispensable component" of the freedom of association under Section 2(d) of the Charter.
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
1/4 Notwithstanding Clause.
The Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms sets out those rights & freedoms that Canadians believe are necessary in a free & democratic society. The right to strike is considered an "indispensable component" of the freedom of association under Section 2(d) of the Charter.
The Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms sets out those rights & freedoms that Canadians believe are necessary in a free & democratic society. The right to strike is considered an "indispensable component" of the freedom of association under Section 2(d) of the Charter.
30 years without clean #water: Neskantaga First Nation Chief expresses dismay
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30 years without clean water: Neskantaga First Nation Chief expresses dismay
Report finds 35 First Nation communities continue to face water advisories, including 9 lasting over a decade
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October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
30 years without clean #water: Neskantaga First Nation Chief expresses dismay
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