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Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Jun 13

Alex guards her berries youtu.be/AdROlP6CR7I?... #LabofConservationEcology#NAU_SES #WomenInScience #Conservation #HawaiiPlants

Guard your berries

YouTube video by Lab of Conservation Ecology

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Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Jun 13

Clare is excluding rats from the workplace again! #LabofConservationEcology#NAU_SES #WomenInScience #Conservation #HawaiiPlants

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Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Apr 29

Consider supporting graduate students in STEM #NAUGivingDay

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Donna Shillington @djshillington.bsky.social · Mar 6

"It is hard to put into words the extent of the damage being done to the US research enterprise, which is of almost incalculable value to both the nation itself and the wider world." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere

US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

www.nature.com

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Feb 23

📖Published📖

AMMonitor is an R package for remote wildlife monitoring, with the version 2 release having a greatly increase functionality 🌎 🧪 Find out more about the package here 👇

https://buff.ly/4b81Vfg

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Northern Arizona University School of Earth and Sustainability @nau-ses.bsky.social · Feb 23

SES Ambassadors are hosting a movie night for students on Feb 27 - join us!

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weltonjr.bsky.social @weltonjr.bsky.social · Feb 22

@indivisible.org
Fort Lauderdale not having it. This protest in front of the Tesla Dealership.

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Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Feb 19

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpWG...

Hundreds protest in Flagstaff after mass firings of federal forest workers #shorts #arizona

YouTube video by Arizona’s Family (3TV / CBS 5)

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Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Feb 19

Federal cuts harming our communities and America www.azfamily.com/2025/02/18/h...

Hundreds protest in Flagstaff after mass firings of federal forest workers

Hundreds of protestors took to the streets outside city hall today in Flagstaff after thousands of federal workers with the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service were fired.

www.azfamily.com

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Rachel Mitchell @funeco.bsky.social · Feb 9

People keep using this example. The NASA grant I received a "stop work" order for on Friday was looking at wildfire risk and information accessibility across socioeconomic and language groups in Flagstaff, AZ. Just a bunch of woke, wasteful bullshit in a place that's burned four times since 2019.

Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Feb 9

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.

Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

globalnews.ca

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Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Feb 18

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Feb 16

“Researchers, companies say NIH funding changes could be lethal to innovations”

-in today’s Pittsburgh Trib

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'It's a wake-up call': Researchers, companies say NIH funding changes could be lethal to innovations

During her medical training, Dr. Miriam Cremer watched a woman suffering from advanced cervical cancer bleed to death in Arcatao, El Salvador. That preventable tragedy is what sowed the seeds of her P...

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Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Feb 16

Hey Southwesterners - We are heading into a crazy fire season and the losses of Federal employees leaves us vulnerable: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire

Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from the president’s executive orders has limited wildfire training and postponed work to reduce flammable vegetation. It has also led some firefighters to...

www.propublica.org

Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Feb 12

theconversation.com/noaas-vast-p...

NOAA’s vast public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV – a private company alone couldn’t match it

NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide – and freely available to anyone.

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · Feb 6

THIS IS IT. The special general elections for Florida’s 1st & 6th Congressional Districts are on APRIL 1, 2025. If we flip these seats, we can STOP Project 2025. No excuses! Mark your calendars! Show up!

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Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Feb 6

We need a well-functioning government more than ever as we head into what promises to be an intense fire season in the Southwest. labofconservationecology.com/blog/blog-po...

#PlantConservation #Ecology #RestorationScience #FireEcology

That’s Fire! — The Lab of Conservation Ecology

Resilience in Fire-Prone Landscapes

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Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Feb 6

labofconservationecology.com/blog/saguaro...

Saguaro-Huggers Unite! — The Lab of Conservation Ecology

Clare and I are in sunny Tucson, soaking up the desert vibes with the Smith Fellows and leading workshops on fire resilience. But no trip to the Sonoran Desert would be complete without a stop at Sagu...

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Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Feb 6

Right, thankful for the Permian extinction - lol.

Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Feb 6

@rjbca.bsky.social What and amazing and transcendent ecologist! LOVE! 😍

Sara Souther @sarasouther.bsky.social · Jan 30

2024 was an incredible year for species discoveries. Planet earth can still surprise us, maybe humans can too 🙃https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/photos-top-new-species-from-2024/

Photos: Top new species from 2024

A giant anaconda, a vampire hedgehog, a dwarf squirrel, and a tiger cat were among the new species named by science in 2024. Found from the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the mountaintops of Southeast...

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