Cindy Ellison
@ceceellison.bsky.social
Master Naturalist-
Willamette River-Oregon
Willamette River-Oregon
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Senate News: Republicans are trying to sneak a provision into their latest government funding bill that would make it easier to sell off public lands and national parks, and may have the votes to do it. If you care about protecting your public lands, now’s the time to make it known.
December 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Senate News: Republicans are trying to sneak a provision into their latest government funding bill that would make it easier to sell off public lands and national parks, and may have the votes to do it. If you care about protecting your public lands, now’s the time to make it known.
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Real or fake Christmas tree: what's the best choice for nature?
🎄 Read all of the pros and cons: https://nature.ly/3MLcfS2
🎄 Read all of the pros and cons: https://nature.ly/3MLcfS2
December 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Real or fake Christmas tree: what's the best choice for nature?
🎄 Read all of the pros and cons: https://nature.ly/3MLcfS2
🎄 Read all of the pros and cons: https://nature.ly/3MLcfS2
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President Trump is continuing to spread the lie that Portland is dangerous. The truth? It’s HIS agents that are escalating tensions.
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
President Trump is continuing to spread the lie that Portland is dangerous. The truth? It’s HIS agents that are escalating tensions.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/r...
In This Class, the Teacher Wants You to Be Wild
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/r...
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The Trump administration spent $167,000 to destroy $9.7 million worth of birth control and other contraceptives that were supposed to go to low-income countries. Imagine hating helping so much that you’d actually spend money just to make sure others don’t get help.
Unconscionable: US plan to destroy $9.7 million of contraceptives
MSF condemns the decision to destroy these critical medical supplies, which will have devastating consequences for the communities where we work.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Trump administration spent $167,000 to destroy $9.7 million worth of birth control and other contraceptives that were supposed to go to low-income countries. Imagine hating helping so much that you’d actually spend money just to make sure others don’t get help.
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Fall is right around the corner! When the weather starts to cool and leaves begin to fall, we’re presented with a valuable wildlife and gardening resource — leaves!🍂🐝🍂
Audio & transcript 🔗
xerces.org/bug-banter/l...
Video w/ captions ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEwO...
Audio & transcript 🔗
xerces.org/bug-banter/l...
Video w/ captions ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEwO...
Leave the Leaves or Lose the Insects | Bug Banter Podcast
Leave the leaves has become something of a rallying cry and discussion topic in recent years. When the weather starts to cool and leaves begin to fall, we’re presented with a valuable wildlife and…
xerces.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Fall is right around the corner! When the weather starts to cool and leaves begin to fall, we’re presented with a valuable wildlife and gardening resource — leaves!🍂🐝🍂
Audio & transcript 🔗
xerces.org/bug-banter/l...
Video w/ captions ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEwO...
Audio & transcript 🔗
xerces.org/bug-banter/l...
Video w/ captions ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEwO...
Great white egret-an uncommon visitor, so a Great Blue Heron had to fly over and check it out.
September 1, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Great white egret-an uncommon visitor, so a Great Blue Heron had to fly over and check it out.
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Nature puts food on our tables.
Nature filters the water we drink.
Nature cleans the air we breathe.
Nature protects us from natural disasters.
Nature powers our livelihoods.
Nature protects our health.
And now, nature needs us.
Nature filters the water we drink.
Nature cleans the air we breathe.
Nature protects us from natural disasters.
Nature powers our livelihoods.
Nature protects our health.
And now, nature needs us.
August 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Nature puts food on our tables.
Nature filters the water we drink.
Nature cleans the air we breathe.
Nature protects us from natural disasters.
Nature powers our livelihoods.
Nature protects our health.
And now, nature needs us.
Nature filters the water we drink.
Nature cleans the air we breathe.
Nature protects us from natural disasters.
Nature powers our livelihoods.
Nature protects our health.
And now, nature needs us.
Northern red legged cutie!
August 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Northern red legged cutie!
Camassia peak time!
April 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Camassia peak time!
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Every April, during the week of the new moon, people around the world turn off their lights to raise awareness about light pollution for International Dark Sky Week.
In 2021, an entomologist joined us to explain why nighttime lighting can be so harmful to insects.
In 2021, an entomologist joined us to explain why nighttime lighting can be so harmful to insects.
Nighttime Streetlights Are Stressing Out Urban Insects
New findings suggest that streetlights are contributing to the decline of insect populations.
www.sciencefriday.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Every April, during the week of the new moon, people around the world turn off their lights to raise awareness about light pollution for International Dark Sky Week.
In 2021, an entomologist joined us to explain why nighttime lighting can be so harmful to insects.
In 2021, an entomologist joined us to explain why nighttime lighting can be so harmful to insects.
Trillium albidum! I revisit this large patch every year
April 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Trillium albidum! I revisit this large patch every year
Spring! Fawn lilies and trillium
April 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Spring! Fawn lilies and trillium
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Honey bees are domesticated animals introduced from Europe — and aren't endangered, unlike many of North America's over 3600 species of native bees. Honey bees crowd out native bees from food & spread diseases to them. Instead of adding another hive, plant native flowers!
xerces.org/blog/want-to...
xerces.org/blog/want-to...
Want to Save the Bees? Focus on Habitat, Not Honey Bees
Keeping honey bee hives will not help the 3,600 bee species native to North America. In fact, it might do the opposite. The best solution to bee declines is to address underlying causes like habitat l...
xerces.org
March 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Honey bees are domesticated animals introduced from Europe — and aren't endangered, unlike many of North America's over 3600 species of native bees. Honey bees crowd out native bees from food & spread diseases to them. Instead of adding another hive, plant native flowers!
xerces.org/blog/want-to...
xerces.org/blog/want-to...
Another successful year of hatched mason bees!
March 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Another successful year of hatched mason bees!
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Community science is key to protecting wildlife! There are so many invertebrates in the world, so we need your help to learn who is out there, where they live, & how they are doing!
To get started, visit xerces.org/community-science or check this thread ⤵️
#invert 🌿🌍🪲🪳
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXGl...
To get started, visit xerces.org/community-science or check this thread ⤵️
#invert 🌿🌍🪲🪳
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXGl...
The call to adventure — and bug conservation — is buzzing! Will you pick up?
YouTube video by The Xerces Society
www.youtube.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Community science is key to protecting wildlife! There are so many invertebrates in the world, so we need your help to learn who is out there, where they live, & how they are doing!
To get started, visit xerces.org/community-science or check this thread ⤵️
#invert 🌿🌍🪲🪳
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXGl...
To get started, visit xerces.org/community-science or check this thread ⤵️
#invert 🌿🌍🪲🪳
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXGl...
Crystal Brain fungus - new one for me!
March 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Crystal Brain fungus - new one for me!
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Yesterday marked #WorldWaterDay, and we're celebrating what happens when you give rivers the room to do what they do best.
Making #SpaceForWater can take many forms - from reconnecting floodplains and establishing wetlands, to rewiggling watercourses and planting trees.
Making #SpaceForWater can take many forms - from reconnecting floodplains and establishing wetlands, to rewiggling watercourses and planting trees.
March 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yesterday marked #WorldWaterDay, and we're celebrating what happens when you give rivers the room to do what they do best.
Making #SpaceForWater can take many forms - from reconnecting floodplains and establishing wetlands, to rewiggling watercourses and planting trees.
Making #SpaceForWater can take many forms - from reconnecting floodplains and establishing wetlands, to rewiggling watercourses and planting trees.
Taking out or putting in?
Townsend’s chipmunk
Townsend’s chipmunk
March 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Taking out or putting in?
Townsend’s chipmunk
Townsend’s chipmunk
