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Peter N. Dudley

@conservation.bio

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Conservation biologists and researcher at UCSC and NOAA. Working on salmon and sturgeon. Simulations, statistical models, and non-invasive sampling. www.conservation.bio

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Peter N. Dudley @conservation.bio · Sep 18

Hi! I'm a conservation biologists extending biophysical, organismal-based ecology to a population level using agent-based, spatially explicit, habitat models. I work for NOAA and UCSC and focus on endangered winter-run Chinook salmon and threatened green sturgeon.

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 19h

Eighty-five percent participation in a voluntary program to slow down and thus reduce vessel noise is… actually pretty impressive? Probably much higher than the percentage of drivers who stick to the speed limit in, say, Yellowstone. #marineroadecology

www.sierraclub.org/sierra/slow-...

Slow Lanes Help Save a Dwindling Orca Population

Reducing speeds can help killer whales navigate an increasingly louder sea

www.sierraclub.org

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.

Jane Goodall reaches out and touches a small monkey.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 6d

I know I wasn't the only little girl who wanted to BE Jane Goodall when I grew up. Thank you for your ground-breaking research and tireless advocacy for animals and nature. Rest easy, Dr. Goodall.

Photo of a young Jane Goodall (white woman with a blonde ponytail) holding a pair of binoculars.

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Mike Morrison @mikemorrison.bsky.social · 8d

Cool poster and cool program! And 💯 totally agree that posters can be like a main event instead of the afterthought. Where else can you learn such a wide array of new research so fast with so much individual creativity?

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 8d

Wright, a longtime fracking exec, probably did more to kill coal than any wine-sipping coastal lib in America. He should be proud — it’s his industry’s greatest accomplishment!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."

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CERN @cern.bsky.social · 9d

Happy 71st anniversary CERN 🎉

#OnThisDay 71 years ago, twelve European countries came together to establish what has become the world’s largest #ParticlePhysics laboratory, home to the #LHC, birthplace of the World Wide Web and where the #HiggsBoson was discovered thirteen years ago.

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 10d

I'm old enough to remember (way back in 2016) when an armed militia actually occupied a federal government facility in the state of Oregon (for over a month!) and engaged in a shootout with the FBI. And, that wasn't deemed sufficient to justify deploying the military.

Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Max Hellicar @birdingtothemax.bsky.social · 12d

Short-tailed Shearwater was a major rarity in the Salish Sea until this decade. It was cool to find a few dozen flanking the Canada/US border last night! #seabirds

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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · 10d

#sturgeonsaturday 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🌎🌐

the last 2 years i’ve been investigating why these giant fish are dying across BC

and i’ve started to identify the stressors that could be driving mortality!!

if you want to learn more, check out this video: tinyurl.com/4m4xxrkh

tldr; it’s getting hot out here yall 🥵

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Peter N. Dudley @conservation.bio · 10d

The two button meme with furrr deciding to make code faster or slower.

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 13d

Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean, but support 25% of marine life + nearly 1 billion people. They’re at risk, but not lost. 🪸 🌏

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 13d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 14d

I had an idea yesterday about making a word search that, when solved, would be a data visualization.

So, I coded it up... and it worked!

This shows abundance of three bird species in Brooklyn Bridge Park over a year.

It feels like there are some fun possibilities here.

📊🪶

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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · 15d

Looking for a postdoc, and interested in river-coastal linkages, #remote sensing, and time series analysis? Come work with us @natureatcal.bsky.social on an exciting project led by @rachelspatial.bsky.social! CC @sfs-src.bsky.social @aslo.org @cerfscience.bsky.social ‪‪@caseagrant.bsky.social‬

Rachel Carlson @rachelspatial.bsky.social · 15d

We're hiring! My lab is seeking a 2-yr Postdoc in 🌊 marine ecology + 🛰️ remote sensing. You'll work with a big team (including @albertruhi.bsky.social @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social) to study the impacts of changing rainfall on marine freshwater plumes + coastal organisms. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05114

Postdoc Scholar - Marine ecology – ESPM The Coastal Climate Resilience Lab - MCECO - ESPM Ecosystem Sciences Div - Carlson Lab

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Mott Foundation @mottfoundation.bsky.social · 15d

On Saturday, 100+ lake sturgeon were released into the Flint River as part of a 25-year project to bring the Saginaw Bay Watershed sturgeon population back and sustain it. Mott is happy to support lake sturgeon reintroduction through a grant to @conservationfnd.bsky.social's Great Lakes Office.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service employees transfer sturgeon into a bucket using a net.

A hand holds a small sturgeon over a bucket of fish.

A smiling young boy holds a small sturgeon to release into a river.

A large group of people wait on a riverbank staircase for the opportunity to release sturgeon into a river.

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American Fisheries Society @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social · 15d

Interested in learning more about the Kynard Fishway? Check out this new article in TAFS! doi.org/10.1093/tafa...

American Fisheries Society @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social · 19d

The BK Riverfish @bk-riverfish.bsky.social ladder is restoring whole fish communities — not just individual species.

See how it's helping reconnect rivers and protect biodiversity in Tomorrow’s Catch.

🎥 Explore more here: contentwithpurpose.co.uk/afs/tomorrow...

BK-Riverfish - Tomorrow's Catch

Discover how BK-Riverfish is restoring fish passage in America’s rivers with an affordable, modular fishway that reconnects habitat and supports native stream fish conservation.

contentwithpurpose.co.uk

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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 19d

✨Science Spotlight✨ A Melbourne study shows gardened nature strips attract more insects than lawn - boosting bees, beetles & butterflies 🐝. Providing habitat and resources in urban spaces can make a big difference for biodiversity 🧪🌍
@philippabell.bsky.social

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Flowers by the roadside. Text overlay says: Citizen-led nature strip gardens attract more insects than lawn, study finds.

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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 20d

Met a real life Hexxus today: the dredge miner that destroyed the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River. It's weird that it has been turned into a museum & that historical preservation wants to save the "pristine dredge tailings". You know what would be cooler than worshipping this relic? 10,000 salmon. 🐟

A five-story high enormous machine with conveyor belts and cranes sits in a swampy pit in the bottom of a mountainous valley. A stark sun shines in a clear blue sky overhead, and dredge tailings extend off into the distance as enormous mounds of disturbed cobble that are so sterile nothing will even grow on them.

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 20d

Tonight over Yellowstone you might just catch a view of our own Galaxy the Milky Way.

Photo by David Omar

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Dr Andrew Mahon @andyantarctica.bsky.social · 19d

Retiring the only remaining ship in the US arsenal that was dedicated to research in the Southern Ocean....it hurts my soul to know how badly this will impact the science and all (scientists, students, crew, etc) who have worked so hard to advance our knowledge of all things #Antarctica 🧪🌎🦑🇦🇶🐧

The retiring RVIB NBP in 2023 in East Antarctica. research cruise NBP23-03

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Voilà: Francis Gagnon @chezvoila.com · 21d

Well-designed chart. 📊

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21d

Wow, first time I've seen him underwater in this poll with white people. He has negative disapproval across every possible cohort.

A poll showing Donald Trump with negative disapproval across literally every demographic cohort.

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Jon Kuntz, PhD 🦈 @sharkeye.bsky.social · 22d

This made me really happy today

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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 20d

I miss machine learning as the buzzword. It promised less

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 22d

Friends, I am helping the The Natural History Society of Maryland to design a shark science and conservation exhibit, and we can use your help funding it!

Learn more about the exhibit and learn how you can donate here: 🧪🦑🌎🦈 #SciComm

www.southernfriedscience.com/help-support...

www.southernfriedscience.com

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 23d

over 107,000 comments have been made on the proposal to weaken the roadless rule. keep em coming at www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...

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