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Montana has never accurately counted its wolf populations, using cooked data to report inflated numbers. 🌎
Montana’s Implausible Wolf Management Plan - Flathead Beacon
As a wildlife biologist, I’ve studied wolves in the wild for over 30 years, mostly in Montana. Since Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) took over wolf management from the federal government in 201...
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August 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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indianaclimate.bsky.social
New article on "Urban farms as green infrastructure for urban heat mitigation" by my early 1990s grad school office-mate Kathy Klink

🧪 #climate
Urban farms as green infrastructure for urban heat mitigation
Urban impervious surfaces are a significant contributor to the urban heat island (UHI). Efforts to mitigate the UHI often focus on reducing impervious…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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samlmontano.bsky.social
An accounting of the major emergency management news and policy issues for the month of March. 😒

I strongly suggest reading this with a strong alcoholic drink (or comfort drink of your choice).

disasterology.substack.com/p/march-2025...
March 2025: Disasterology
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined).
disasterology.substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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amornith.bsky.social
The 2025 U.S. #StateOfTheBirds report was released today. The report finds that birds continue to decline unabated across most habitats—habitats that are also vital to human well-being.
Read the report & take action! www.stateofthebirds.org/2025/
#bringbirdsback
March 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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hollykirk.bsky.social
More on the science here:
theconversation.com/stepping-sto...
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Stepping stones for wildlife: how linking up isolated habitats can help nature thrive in our cities
Our cities are full of obstacles and hazards for native wildlife but also contain many valuable patches of habitat. Creating green spaces to connect these patches improves their lives and ours.
theconversation.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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This is Fudge. She may not be the sharpest pup in the world, but more importantly, she is not a quitter. 13/10
January 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
this sounds like "let them eat cake"
mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Jan 27
Maybe God *still* being on the toilet is why all this horrible stuff happened.
January 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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just-jack-1.bsky.social
Could the last principled person leaving the Pentagon install a breathalyzer test to unlock our missile silos?

Please and thank you.
January 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
remember during the pandemic lockdown when people howled at sunset? We need that again
secondnaturemb.bsky.social Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · Jan 23
I just got one heck of a welcome home. Volume up, but not too high.

The wolves were singing tonight. A few seconds in you’ll hear the closest howling wolf I’ve ever heard. I couldn’t see it, but it might have been at the end of my driveway. I went right back inside after this. 😊🐺🦊
January 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM