Leslie Spencer
@lesliespencer.bsky.social
Ecologist, educator, and naturalist | Food Systems PhD Candidate @ UVM | wild pollinators & place-based education | she/her
Thanks, @vtdigger.bsky.social for the interview opportunity and @gundinstitute.bsky.social for amplifying it!
As they choose plants for this year's garden, many Vermonters seek ways to welcome native pollinators.
In this story from @vtdigger.bsky.social, Gund Grad Fellow @lesliespencer.bsky.social shares ways to offer food and habitat for native pollinators, whether in a yard or container: go.uvm.edu/xu6y5
In this story from @vtdigger.bsky.social, Gund Grad Fellow @lesliespencer.bsky.social shares ways to offer food and habitat for native pollinators, whether in a yard or container: go.uvm.edu/xu6y5
How to support Vermont’s pollinators in your garden or backyard - VTDigger
Experts encourage simple changes such as planting native pollinator gardens and mowing less frequently to help fragile bee and insect populations bounce back this summer.
go.uvm.edu
June 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thanks, @vtdigger.bsky.social for the interview opportunity and @gundinstitute.bsky.social for amplifying it!
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Congratulations to Gund Graduate Fellow @lesliespencer.bsky.social, winner of @uvmvermont.bsky.social's Three-Minute Thesis contest! A small amount of time, but no small feat!
Read about Leslie's work, which focuses on the wild pollinators that help provide our food: go.uvm.edu/inozu
Read about Leslie's work, which focuses on the wild pollinators that help provide our food: go.uvm.edu/inozu
Food Systems Doctoral Student Leslie Spencer Wins the UVM Three-minute Thesis Contest | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | The University of Vermont
There are obvious challenges in reducing years of graduate research and field results into a three-minute presentation geared for a general audience using only one slide.
go.uvm.edu
May 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Congratulations to Gund Graduate Fellow @lesliespencer.bsky.social, winner of @uvmvermont.bsky.social's Three-Minute Thesis contest! A small amount of time, but no small feat!
Read about Leslie's work, which focuses on the wild pollinators that help provide our food: go.uvm.edu/inozu
Read about Leslie's work, which focuses on the wild pollinators that help provide our food: go.uvm.edu/inozu
Reposted by Leslie Spencer
Talking about my research in only 4 minutes?
Challenge accepted! ✅
@gundinstitute.bsky.social
@uvmvermont.bsky.social
#GundSlam #moths #hurricanes #resilience
Challenge accepted! ✅
@gundinstitute.bsky.social
@uvmvermont.bsky.social
#GundSlam #moths #hurricanes #resilience
April 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Talking about my research in only 4 minutes?
Challenge accepted! ✅
@gundinstitute.bsky.social
@uvmvermont.bsky.social
#GundSlam #moths #hurricanes #resilience
Challenge accepted! ✅
@gundinstitute.bsky.social
@uvmvermont.bsky.social
#GundSlam #moths #hurricanes #resilience
Reposted by Leslie Spencer
Pollinator gardens are having a moment, with good reason! But what can these gardens realistically achieve for conservation and for the people who make them? Led by Nick Dorian, we take a stab at these questions, out today in Conservation Biology: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Setting goals for pollinator gardens
In recent years, declines in animal pollinators have stimulated tremendous interest in pollinator-friendly gardening. There is a widespread notion that pollinator gardens are beneficial, but the spec...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Pollinator gardens are having a moment, with good reason! But what can these gardens realistically achieve for conservation and for the people who make them? Led by Nick Dorian, we take a stab at these questions, out today in Conservation Biology: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our first flower of the spring starting poking up out of the frozen ground this week. I wrote about it here: open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...
March 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Our first flower of the spring starting poking up out of the frozen ground this week. I wrote about it here: open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...
February 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As someone who studies bees, it’s easy for me to think that winter is quiet time in the natural world. So fun to learn more about winter ecology yesterday, to explore all the hidden stories in our winter woods. Read about it on my Substack ❄️
open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...
open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...
Winter tracks and trees
A snowy Sunday exploration of umwelten
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
As someone who studies bees, it’s easy for me to think that winter is quiet time in the natural world. So fun to learn more about winter ecology yesterday, to explore all the hidden stories in our winter woods. Read about it on my Substack ❄️
open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...
open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...
Hi friends, anybody planning to go to the Northeast Natural History conference in Springfield in April? 🐛
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hi friends, anybody planning to go to the Northeast Natural History conference in Springfield in April? 🐛
“I've begun to think that berry-picking is the medicine we need to create a legion of land protectors.”
Grateful, as always, for the wisdom of Robin Wall Kimmerer. This was a delightful, quick read, political in a way that felt reeeeal good this week.
#serviceberry #gifteconomy
Grateful, as always, for the wisdom of Robin Wall Kimmerer. This was a delightful, quick read, political in a way that felt reeeeal good this week.
#serviceberry #gifteconomy
January 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“I've begun to think that berry-picking is the medicine we need to create a legion of land protectors.”
Grateful, as always, for the wisdom of Robin Wall Kimmerer. This was a delightful, quick read, political in a way that felt reeeeal good this week.
#serviceberry #gifteconomy
Grateful, as always, for the wisdom of Robin Wall Kimmerer. This was a delightful, quick read, political in a way that felt reeeeal good this week.
#serviceberry #gifteconomy
On this freezing cold, snowy day in Vermont, I’m enjoying the photo memories popping up on my phone… 5 years ago, I was on a research trip in Costa Rica studying nutritional ecology of orchid bees. It’s where my bee research journey began 💙🥰💚🐝
January 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
On this freezing cold, snowy day in Vermont, I’m enjoying the photo memories popping up on my phone… 5 years ago, I was on a research trip in Costa Rica studying nutritional ecology of orchid bees. It’s where my bee research journey began 💙🥰💚🐝
Hitting the road this holiday season?
Stay curious about the places you pass – even if they seem boring at first glance. Even from the highway, you might be surprised about the stories you can uncover! 🗻❤️
Read more about a recent adventure of mine here: open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...
Stay curious about the places you pass – even if they seem boring at first glance. Even from the highway, you might be surprised about the stories you can uncover! 🗻❤️
Read more about a recent adventure of mine here: open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...
A Geology Lesson from the Trans-Canada Highway
plutons, rare minerals, and a foreboding white horse
open.substack.com
December 22, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Hitting the road this holiday season?
Stay curious about the places you pass – even if they seem boring at first glance. Even from the highway, you might be surprised about the stories you can uncover! 🗻❤️
Read more about a recent adventure of mine here: open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...
Stay curious about the places you pass – even if they seem boring at first glance. Even from the highway, you might be surprised about the stories you can uncover! 🗻❤️
Read more about a recent adventure of mine here: open.substack.com/pub/lesliecs...