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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Jul 13

ahh i miss sea art and artists!!

Katherine Enright @katherinenright.bsky.social · Jul 12

Some highlights from an absolutely fantastic ArtJog 2025, the annual art festival in Jogjakarta:

first up, two prints from Agung Pramana's series 'Looting Back the Shadow Puppets' (2025) - the puppets escaping, video-game style, from the floor plan of the British Museum

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Jul 3

running away to the woods doesn’t solve ur problems but boy it sure feels good to forget you do have to solve them for a weekend

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Jun 23

Please feel free to repost and share widely!

tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Jun 23

Hi scientists of bluesky ! I am reporting on federally funded long term monitoring programs and time series datasets in the Bay Area, and I want to know how those programs and data have informed your science / management / research. Email me at [email protected] or DM :) #journorequest

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Jun 17

and eternal gratitude as always to @meownderthal.bsky.social for correcting every time I referred to an agency as “they”

tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Jun 17

my latest if you even care abt:
- nighttime sabotage
- life-and-death fish rescues
- a two-foot tall stack of postcards
- how sometimes, over almost thirty years, the impossible does actually become possible :)

how alameda creek opened to fish for @baynature.org

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After 28 Years, Alameda Creek Opens Up To Fish - Bay Nature

The last fish barrier is falling—a watershed moment, if you will.

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Kate Golden @meownderthal.bsky.social · Jun 12

One of the coolest details about @tanvidg.bsky.social's outing with a field recordist is that a mic placed on a redwood produced this persistent low rumble—she thought maybe the sounds of fluid running through the tree. The sound of its lifeblood!? Does anyone know? baynature.org/2025/06/12/t...

The Man Who Records the Nature Sounds We Meditate To - Bay Nature

A soundscape recordist is an escape artist.

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Kate Golden @meownderthal.bsky.social · Apr 25

From @tanvidg.bsky.social on @baynature.org: answers on #CAProp4 timelines, what work it funds, what could change in the state budget process, which agencies to ask for money (there are more than 30!), etc.

Let us know of other questions!
#servicejournalism
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How (and When) Can You Get Your Hands On California’s Climate Bond? - Bay Nature

After L.A. wildfires and Trump cuts, Prop 4’s $10 billion for climate adaptation will be even more important—and competitive. Here’s what you need to know.

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Kate Golden @meownderthal.bsky.social · Feb 28

How much do words (specifically:
diversity, equity, inclusion, justice) matter?
TLDR: not as much as actions, environmental groups say.
Great work from @tanvidg.bsky.social for @baynature.org baynature.org/article/with...

With Trump’s War on DEI, Local Environmental Organizations Rethink Diversity Commitments - Bay Nature

Some organizations are doubling down on DEI. Others are taking down words that could get them in trouble.

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Feb 28

as trump wages a war on DEI - with millions in funding at stake - how are NGOs and agencies rethinking their public (and private) commitments to equity? my latest for @baynature.org: baynature.org/article/with...

With Trump’s War on DEI, Local Environmental Organizations Rethink Diversity Commitments - Bay Nature

Some organizations are doubling down on DEI. Others are taking down words that could get them in trouble.

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The Uproot Project @uprootproject.bsky.social · Feb 13

Conservation work in the Bay Area is in a state of "confusion and chaos" in the wake of the Trump administration's attacks on environmental programs. Uprooter @tanvidg.bsky.social for @baynatureinstitute.bsky.social

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Trump Turmoil Is Already Affecting Bay Area Conservation Work - Bay Nature

Grant funding from BIL and IRA, Biden’s signature climate laws, has been frozen. “We’re in a biodiversity meltdown,” says butterfly scientist Stu Weiss. “We don’t have time for these kinds of delays.”

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Feb 8

with gratitude always to @meownderthal.bsky.social without whose data hustle and so much more this story would not have happened

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Feb 8

this is the beginning of this story. what this means for our landscapes and worlds is only just becoming visible. open to any and all tips on what’s happening to you - email [email protected] and DM for my signal

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Feb 8

the federal government is in turmoil. what does that mean for bay area conservation and communities? reporting for @baynatureinstitute.bsky.social: baynature.org/article/trum...

Trump Turmoil Is Already Affecting Bay Area Conservation Work - Bay Nature

Grant funding from BIL and IRA, Biden’s signature climate laws, has been frozen. “We’re in a biodiversity meltdown,” says butterfly scientist Stu Weiss. “We don’t have time for these kinds of delays.”

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Jan 24

and just as a reminder please get in touch if you have comments, questions, or tips about IRA/BIL money for conservation - this reporting isn’t over

tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Jan 24

future IRA funds may be frozen - but the bill’s legacies will endure for landscapes like the cosumnes river! excited to share some (literally) river-based reporting for @baynatureinstitute.bsky.social: baynature.org/article/padd...

Paddling the Cosumnes River Preserve, a Lush Refuge in the Central Valley - Bay Nature

Restoration dollars from the IRA mark the latest chapter in stewardship across the Cosumnes River watershed, where sandhill cranes flock.

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Dec 23

briefly reunited with my favorite girl in the whole wide world 🥰

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Dec 19

god i love mangrove adapted species

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Dec 17

thank you for sharing!

Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · Dec 17

A proposed solar project in the San Francisco Bay Area divided environmentalists. Now that the project is moving forward, even critics say the habitat conservation plan is decent: baynature.org/article/larg...

Large-Scale Solar Is Coming to Tiger Salamander Country - Bay Nature

Even key critics of Aramis, in the North Livermore Valley, say its habitat conservation plan is not terrible.

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Dec 13

my latest for @baynatureinstitute.bsky.social includes solar panels! salamanders! citizen advocacy! and it’s online now here if u want to read baynature.org/article/larg...

Large-Scale Solar Is Coming to Tiger Salamander Country - Bay Nature

Even key critics of Aramis, in the North Livermore Valley, say its habitat conservation plan is not terrible.

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Dec 10

I regret to inform you all that today, the haters have won (I have lost my voice and must actually shut up)

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Dec 7

A couple weeks ago, I chatted with the guy who helped write those main climate funding legislations about what they were meant to do - and what they might become.

Bay Nature Institute @baynature.org · Dec 4

Our Wild Billions project examines the impacts of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act on nature. David Hayes, key architect of the bills, weighs in.

🔗: ow.ly/zvPc50UgmHc

📷: Wetlands photo by Kate Golden/Bay Nature

#BayNature

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Dec 7

So! Bluesky, help us tell it.

Do you agree or disagree, do you have ideas or critiques or tips? DM, email (at [email protected] or [email protected]), train a small flock of birds to spell out your message - all feedback is actively sought and welcomed.

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Dec 7

I found lots of open questions, some clear answers - and surprisingly strong hope for what we can do together.

My biggest takeaway? This story is just starting. It’s going to be a long four years.

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tanvi ! @tanvidg.bsky.social · Dec 7

Trump made scary campaign promises. What could he really do? And what would it mean for the Bay’s climate and nature movement?

For @baynatureinstitute.bsky.social, I asked around:

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How Local Conservationists Are Planning for the Trump Era - Bay Nature

Prop. 4’s $10 billion for climate adaptation is one blessing. Another is money that can’t be unspent.

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