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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · 18h

Happy establishment day for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument! On this day in 1975, JODA was taken over by the National Park Service. Its mission, to preserve the region's geological and paleontological resources and to provide for the scientific and public understanding of these resources.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Clarno Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument and Hancock Field Station are under level 3 evacuation orders :( #BlackRockFire

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Sep 6

#BlackRockFire near the Clarno Unit, Hancock Field Station, and Pine Creek Conservstion Area.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Jul 3

So... today I added a new job duty... bat guano sample collector... I've always wanted to work with bats, but I didn't think I would be collecting their poo...

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · Jun 13

A #FathersDay weekend #FossilFriday: Patriofelis ferox, the "ferocious father of cats". (Despite the name, not a cat but an oxyaenid: no more closely related to cats than to walruses or dogs or bears). Mount from the @amnh.org

Mounted skeleton of the early predatory mammal Patriofelis, a 100 kg heavily built carnivore

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Jun 12

After over a decade of work, the new age model for the John Day Formation is published! Great work by Mike Mohr and the rest of our team!

doi.org/10.1130/GES0...

U-Pb zircon geochronology and chronostratigraphy of the Eocene–Miocene John Day Formation of central and eastern Oregon | Geosphere | GeoScienceWorld

doi.org

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · May 31

Changes coming for federal hiring...

federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...

Governmentwide hiring plan calls on agencies to recruit ‘patriotic Americans’ into federal workforce

OPM will track federal hiring data to ensure “only the most talented, capable and patriotic Americans” are hired into the federal workforce.

federalnewsnetwork.com

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · May 14

Important paper about job prospects in Paleontology right now.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core

Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States

www.cambridge.org

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · May 8

Very last news segment on the fossil footprints! youtu.be/Jdgma1hu4x0?...

New study illuminates animal tracks at John Day Fossil Beds many millions of years old

YouTube video by KGW News

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Apr 18

News release on our cool fossil track paper!

www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/an...

Ancient Footprints Unearthed at John Day Fossil Beds Reveal Prehistoric Animal Behaviors - Office of Communications (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Apr 10

I found out last week that I won a regional director's award for natural resource management in a small park! With everything going on, it was welcome news. I'll be competing for a Director's award next. Thanks to my former superintendent for nominating me before he retired.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Mar 18

Barn Owl in the Barn at work today!

Interior if a wooden barn with a white and brown barn Owl on a post.

Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Mar 10

My pup and I had a great hike today!

Tan and black medium sized dog walks down a trail, on leash. Terrain has some grass and green and brown hills.

Tan and black dog looks at a trail wayside

Tan and black medium sized dog stands at the end of a trail, on leash. Terrain has some grass and green and brown hills.

Tan and black dog stands on a rocky step below a cast of a tortoise on a trail.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Mar 8

It was great to have @virtpaleo.bsky.social visiting the park all this week working on a nearly compleate candidate skeleton! Anne was an intern at the park in 2018 and 2019, and it's great to have her back now that's she's a PostDoc at the University of Michigan! #FossilFriday

Woman standing next to park entrance sign. Sign says, John Day Fossil Beds Narional Monument, Sheep Rock Unit.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Mar 4

Multiple scientific societies I am a part of or have worked with have signed on to this.

www.ucsusa.org/about/news/s...

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science

48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

www.ucsusa.org

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palaeo-electronica.bsky.social @palaeo-electronica.bsky.social · Mar 3

The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (JODA) preserves a fantastic record of Oregon's #Eocene and #Oligocene environments. A new study examines several JODA trackways to further understand fauna and their behaviors in these changing ecosystems.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Mar 1

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Removal of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations

This interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations. In addition, this...

www.federalregister.gov

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Mar 1

The bird tracks are cuter imo

a flock of seagulls standing on a sandy beach near the ocean

ALT: a flock of seagulls standing on a sandy beach near the ocean

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Feb 28

I love it when a fossil track plan comes together!

New paper on the fossil tracks from John Day Fossil Beds National Monument out today. Paper was led by Conner Bennett. Thanks to our coauthor Dan Hembree for his help.

doi.org/10.26879/1413

#FossilFriday

John Day Fossil Tracks

Following their footsteps: Report of vertebrate fossil tracks from John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA

doi.org

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Feb 26

It's been a lot lately for sure...

ReBecca @dinochick.bsky.social · Feb 25

Please keep in mind that your federal paleo peers are going through a lot right now & may have things going on internally at their various agencies keeping them busy/distracted, leading to additional time to communicate/complete various tasks. Give people a little grace during these stressful times.

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Dr. Nick Famoso @drfamoso.bsky.social · Feb 17

act.npca.org/page/79056/a...

Protect Our National Park Service Staff

It takes tens of thousands of people to protect our national parks. Park staff work in the trenches every day to maintain our nation’s most precious natural and historic places, educate visitors and k...

act.npca.org

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Feb 16

To probationary federal employees who have been terminated:

Democracy Forward has filed a first-of-its-kind class-wide complaint with the Office of Special Counsel. If civil servants want to join in the complaint, you can email [email protected]