Jim Dalling
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Jim Dalling
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Professor of tropical forest ecology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Tropical soils, seeds and fungal interactions. Mostly Panama, mostly montane.
There was a mass flowering last year on BCI - seeds take a year to develop and disperse. This year there is one tree flowering - a 'late bloomer'. I am curious to see if it will set seed. There are a lot of South American Tachigali species. Only a small number of species appear to be monocarpic.
July 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reposted by Jim Dalling
This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.

See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The 15% IDC for new NSF grants might be moot. With a 50% budget cut, and existing funding obligations, there may not be any money for new grants anyway.
May 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM