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Jason Wise

@jasonjourneyman.bsky.social

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🌈 naturalist/educator 💚 outdoor ed + public/private hikes + keynote speaker 📍California-Tovaangaar 📚 masters in enviro policy (MPP) 📧 [email protected] 🌱 events/contact: linktr.ee/jasonjourneyman

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 14h

🍂 Autumn road trip in Utah 💛

Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 2d

Less than 3 months since the South Rim Fire in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National
Park, and life has already found a way. ❤️‍🩹💚 #hopecore

Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 3d

If @resistancerangers.bsky.social are asking us not to visit the parks right now, maybe we should listen. ❤️‍🩹 #shutdownstories

Also support all your local “friends of” nonprofit environmental organization, for National parks and beyond! 💚

#archesnationalpark #moab #governmentshutdown #nationalparks

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 5d

The government shutdown & public lands unpacked... with historical context and a warning for the future. The time to stand up for public lands is t just during a trending issue, but it's *always*.

#government #shutdown #publiclands #nationalparks #yosemite #joshuatree

Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 6d

What the shutdown looked like at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park today. Closed visitor center and entrance fee booth. Lots of confused visitors who don’t know what “lapse in appropriations” means.

Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 6d

Same, he needs multiple talkin to’s!

Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 7d

📍 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park looking dramatic for Government Shutdown Eve.

I’ll be venturing back in today to see any signs of said shutdown (which should be pretty basic at this point: closed visitor center and no ranger at the fee gate).

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 7d

Babe, you already did all that! I believe you called it a “big beautiful bill”.

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 8d

Guess the location? 🏜️ If you said Monument Valley, CORRECT! 🏃🏻I’ll also accept “Forest Gump running scene”, although despite seemingly everyone else in the place, that’s not really why I visited. Gorgeous spot in Navajo Territory.

#runforestrun #monumentvalley #navajo

Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 10d

Happy National (PROTECT) Public Lands Day 💚

#publiclands #nationalparks #saguaro #nationalpubliclandsday

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 12d

Can @metrolosangeles.bsky.social take us to nature? Let’s ride the new A Line Extension in the San Gabriel Valley and find out! 💚

(Spoiler alert: you can! Otherwise I wouldn’t have made this video lol)

#transitmonth2023 #losangeles #lametro #SGV

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 13d

Please pay attention to what the people who live in a place are telling you about it, instead of what your “news” pundit is saying.

Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 13d

Fun fact: there are 183,269.62 miles of street in California! Yes, some of them aren’t walkable, but that’s mostly because they don’t have a sidewalk.

#california #calilove #nobodywalksinla #peoplecantwalkthestreets

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 15d

If your “gender reveal” causes as fire and mudslides, maybe reconsider…

#oakglen #mudslide #fire #genderrevealparty #stop

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 20d

Anyway, it’s free at Kaiser (where I go) and various drug store pharmacies for other insurance carriers. You might have to check a box that you’re “high risk” because of the new anti-science FDA recs, but they don’t check on that.

If you can get it, get it!

Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 20d

It’s about empathy… which I know has somehow become a bad word to some, but screw that, it’s cool to care.

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 20d

It’s about community… doing what we can to protect immunocompromised and at risk folks. Especially folks who can’t get the vaccine because of how it impacts their immune system. This shot is for them.

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 20d

It’s about history… that shows us that when vaccines are widely accepted we’re able to achieve herd immunity to make it damn near impossible for viruses to spread.

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 20d

It’s about science… that proves this vaccine is safe.

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 20d

Just a casual reminder that you don’t have to listen to the secretary of health and human services (who has no experience in either health or human services), and you can go get that Covid booster.

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 22d

Join me 9/18 for a LA River Urban Ecology walk! 💙 There will be fun facts, sunset views, community, and as many puns as I can squeeze in.

www.eventbrite.com/e/1628838021...

LA River Urban Ecology Sunset/Night Walk

The LA River is the perfect classroom to teach us what *not* to do after a disaster, and how we can do better.

www.eventbrite.com

Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 22d

Raise your hand if you 💚 soft bottoms! 🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏾🙋🏼‍♀️

Soft bottom sections in the LA River provide habitat for all kinds of plant and animal species, including the human species, and are a powerful reminder of what was and what can still be.

#lariver #losangeles #environmentaleducation #urbanecology #dtla

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Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 25d

I remember that moment of hope. When my city had been torn apart by fire, but we came together in force.

It shouldn’t have to take a disaster to do that.

It’s doesn’t have to take a disaster to do that.

We can’t let it only be a disaster that does that.

#lafires #losangeles #hope #bethechange

Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 28d

What is the “roadless rule” and what can you do to protect it (and OUR public lands)?

#publiclands #roadlessrule #recreation #outdoors #resist #outdoorsisfree #naturetherapy #keepnaturewild #hiking #biking #camping

Jason Wise @jasonjourneyman.bsky.social · 28d

Full Moonset over the Pacific Ocean 🌝 September 7, 2025 🌅 Point Mugu, California

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