banner
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn
@andyzahn.bsky.social
1.6K followers 220 following 3.3K posts
Photographer, writer, environmentalist, geek I live in the shadow of Mt. St. Helens where I write about cameras and other tech, create YouTube videos, and spend a lot of time out in nature photographing wildlife and the places they live.
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Pinned
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · Nov 7
I had this photo pinned to the top of my Twitter feed for four years because whenever I look at it I remember happier times. Those memories grow more precious to me with every passing day.
Cascade Red Fox on a snowbank.
3 11 140
Reposted by Andy Zahn
basavsen.bsky.social
Basav @basavsen.bsky.social · 20h
Sticking with car dependence is a failure of imagination, particularly when the wide range of benefits of ending car dependence is so clear.
brenttoderian.bsky.social
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d
“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.
Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists
The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently
momentummag.com
1 30 150
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 6h
When you really start to consider all the dams, levels, dredging, and other projects in the region, the environmental impact of facilitating shipping on the Columbia River is truly horrifying.
3
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 6h
New stone planter I built this afternoon - too bad I picked the wrong spot, and now need to disassemble it and move it 5 feet back!
2
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 10h
Really nice weather today before the rain rolls in this evening! #wawx
1 5
Reposted by Andy Zahn
thetnholler.bsky.social
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h
GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”
350 4.3K 13K
Reposted by Andy Zahn
thegodpodcast.com
God @thegodpodcast.com · 15h
What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.
270 2.2K 7.9K
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 15h
illuminationsfromtheattic.blogspot.com/2025/10/spil...
Spillway project will drown wildlife habitat in the Toutle River Valley
I was alarmed to learn today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to begin work on raising the Toutle River Sediment Retention Stru...
illuminationsfromtheattic.blogspot.com
1 1
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 15h
Here's the article about it I read this morning: katu.com/news/local/d...

I haven't been able to track down an official page for the project yet though.
Debate over future of sediment management from 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption
A debate is stirring in Southwest Washington over how to manage ongoing impacts from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
katu.com
1 1
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 15h
This is the landscape which the Corps of Engineers will drown if they proceed with their plan to raise the spillway of the Toutle River Sediment Retention Structure. A vibrant ecosystem will be destroyed.

This project must be stopped.
@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov
1 3
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 18h
Raising the height of the sediment retention structure spillway on the Toutle River would devastate a vibrant, recovering ecosystem. This project must be stopped.

Write to your elected representatives and the corps of engineers and ask them to halt the project and find better solutions.
Debate over future of sediment management from 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption
A debate is stirring in Southwest Washington over how to manage ongoing impacts from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
katu.com
2 4
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
It's pretty obvious that Trump's goal is to goad people into a violent response so he can then justify invoking martial law.

Naked bike rides, pajama brunch protests, & people in silly costumes are the proper response. Right now, the key is to expose the regime for the malicious nazis they are.
6
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
Today's bonsai work - a Eichholz Cotoneaster.

Very difficult to shape due to the brittleness of the branches, but I really like how this one is coming along after trimming and a little wire shaping!
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
www.npca.org/articles/110...
Trump Administration Announces Atrocious Plan to Destroy America's Largest Park Landscape
“This order is so atrocious, it’s nearly unbelievable. Nothing has changed in terms of impacts of this destructive road, or the thousands of Alaskans and hundreds of thousands of Americans who are opp...
www.npca.org
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
It's actually just a post I made in a FB group.
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
1 4
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
Shame on you @daveupthegrovecpl.bsky.social for bringing forward and voting in favor of timber sales today which willd clearcut legacy forests containing old growth trees on our #publiclands.

You were supposed to protect these places.
Instead you chose to betray us.
1 1 20
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
I want to keep some open grassland as well, for the sake of hawks and owls.
1
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
This field on the hillside is slowly regenerating after animals were excluded from it a few years back. I am working to turn it into a pocket meadow, with foret on 3 sides and will plant thickets of native rose and current on the edges of that forest and in its center.
1 3
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
I intend to leave quite a lot of open space, and possibly deepen/widen slightly the ponds for the sake of waterfowl - the ducks need at least one place to land where they won't be shot at!
2
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
Birds love this marsh in the spring, but native shrubs which you would expect to find are slow to return. A few ash trees and other species have gained a foothold, but I intend to speed things up with some spirea and willow, possibly aspen as well. (My land end at the fence line in the middle).
1 4
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
Also in the marshy areas, willow trees, which I'm in the process of propogating.
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
While I have more trees to plant on the farm, I'm going to be focused on planting native shrubs going forward - I want to transform one upper field into meadow with Nootka rose, wild rose, and flowering current. In the marshy area I will plant Douglas spirea.
1 4
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
Another chilly night with a bright sunny morning to follow. #wawx
1 6
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
Said my piece. Gotta go offline for awhile and get some breakfast!
andyzahn.bsky.social
Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 1d
Great comment by speaker #16, Brel Froebe.
1