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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 13h

“Putting new, expensive roads into hard-to-reach areas will erode and pollute the water supply. It just doesn’t make any sense. We are losing this land rapidly. If we don’t conserve it, we will lose it.” ~Former USFS Chief Mike Dombeck www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Outcry as Trump plots more roads and logging in US forests: ‘You can almost hear the chainsaws’

Critics say move to axe Bill Clinton’s ‘roadless rule’ that protected key old-growth forests will be devastating to environment

www.theguardian.com

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 14h

"In the five years since leaving the EU, rather than protecting British fish, politicians have set catch limits too high, allowing international trawlers to plunder stocks..."
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 14h

Brexit has done nothing to stem sharp decline of UK fish populations, shows study

Experts call for urgent strategy to end overfishing as report shows just 41% of stocks of species such as cod and mackerel considered healthy

www.theguardian.com

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Laiken Jordahl @laikenjordahl.bsky.social · 19h

“We’re already seeing drought stress, with half the mature oaks in the valley dead,” Palma said. “The wall will only accelerate the collapse. You lose the trees, you lose the shade. The creek dries, the habitat dies. It’s a cascade of ecological devastation.”
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A jaguar, a wall, a sacred valley: What's at stake in San Rafael - AZ Luminaria

In late summer, a jaguar padded somewhere near the San Rafael Valley, a pristine grassland nestled between the Patagonia and Huachuca Mountains southeast of Tucson. Trail cameras monitored by Sky Isla...

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Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 1d

Nova Scotia wildfire burning out of control amid hot fall weather | Canada's National Observer: Climate News www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/06/n...

Nova Scotia wildfire burning out of control amid hot fall weather

Unseasonably warm temperatures proved challenging Monday as the fight against an out-of-control wildfire in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley entered its second week.

www.nationalobserver.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · 21h

One of Earth's most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it?
->New Scientist | #CarbonSink #Earth | More from Lil' Dr Glen at BigEarthData.ai

One of Earth's most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it?

Image Professionals GmbH/Alamy Climate change deniers love to point out that plants flourish when carbon dioxide levels rise. As we burn fossil fuels, their thinking goes, the Earth will become greener and even more supportive of life than it is...

www.newscientist.com

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 1d

The footdragging & refusals by the Sierra NF to conduct broad-scale prescribed burning in the Teakettle -- despite outside funding and widespread support -- dates back many years. It's a great example of how, despite their rhetoric, USFS is not and never has been in support of reintroducing fire.

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 1d

New Australian research shows, globally, major bushfire events are becoming more frequent, fatal and economically damaging. It found the southern coast of Australia was at high risk.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Australia's south coast 'very, very high risk' for bushfires, modelling shows

New Australian research shows, globally, major bushfire events are becoming more frequent, fatal and economically damaging.

www.abc.net.au

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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · 1d

Deforestation can cause eight-fold increase in flood event risk, says report
->Eco News | #Deforestation #Flood | More from BigEarthData.ai

Deforestation can cause eight-fold increase in flood event risk, says report

New research, based on forest fires in Australia, proves there is a significantly higher risk of large-scale flooding when major deforestation has occurred in catchment areas. The chance of large-scale flooding in a specific catchment area can increase by as...

econews.com.au

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Keith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 1d

“We must stop expecting carbon offsetting to work at scale. […] We have assessed 25 years of evidence and almost everything up until this point has failed.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · 1d

A Fifth of Migratory Species Face Extinction from Climate Change: Report - carboncopy.info
->Carbon Copy | #Species #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Extinction | More from BigEarthData.ai

A Fifth of Migratory Species Face Extinction from Climate Change: Report - carboncopy.info

The report found that rising temperatures, increasingly frequent and severe weather events, and changing waterways are all affecting migratory species. A new report called for multilateral solutions ahead of COP30 as climate change risks a fifth of migratory species to...

carboncopy.info

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 1d

"This order is so atrocious, it’s nearly unbelievable."

Trump Signs Order to Approve Mining Road Through Alaskan Wilderness

www.nytimes.com

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Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 1d

'If we don’t act on climate change within the next few years, the world as we know it disappears.'

"Climate anxiety is...weighing on younger Canadians’ emotions... More mental health awareness will not cure climate anxiety if the forests keep burning..."

www.theglobeandmail.com/life/social-...

Young Canadians’ happiness has nosedived. They’re coping by redefining a meaningful life

Economic hardship and the climate crisis have forced young adults to reshape their ideas of a successful life

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve all seen fake weight-loss “before/after” photos. The same sleight of hand sells “restoration” or “green” projects across all kinds of land — from public rangelands to solar fields in deserts — with cherry-picked examples standing in for reality.🧵

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 1d

www.sharnoffphotos.com/lichen_info/...

Letharia vulpina

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 1d

The footdragging & refusals by the Sierra NF to conduct broad-scale prescribed burning in the Teakettle -- despite outside funding and widespread support -- dates back many years. It's a great example of how, despite their rhetoric, USFS is not and never has been in support of reintroducing fire.

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 1d

Going, going, almost gone -- point of global evidence #482 🌍

Mongabay @mongabay.com · 1d

The five Mekong countries lost nearly 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of tree cover in 2024, with nearly a quarter of which was primary forest, and more than 30% of losses occurring inside protected areas.

Protected areas hit hard as Mekong countries’ forest cover shrank in 2024

BANGKOK — The Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam lost a combined area of tree cover of nearly a million hectares in 2024, or an area almost the size of Lebanon. That’s…

news.mongabay.com

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 1d

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 1d

"Today the consequences of excessive roadbuilding are perfectly foreseeable; it’s the wisdom that remains scarce."

For @bostonglobe.com's Wild Issue, I wrote about Trump's plan to rescind USFS's Roadless Rule, which — spoiler — is a terrible idea. #roadecology

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/04/o...

A road runs through it - The Boston Globe

America’s wild lands are already home to vast networks of paved and dirt roads. Now the Trump administration is about to expand their reach.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lichen, not a moss. And it tends to grow most profusely on trees located in favorable microclimates, which are often found in small groves or stands.

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 1d

I'm curious what is decided in terms of policy/mgmt on the understory regrowth, esp. ceanothus. It is a conundrum with multiple tradeoffs.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 3d

Driving through the Santa Cruz Mountains and the CZU Fire footprint, unless you know wildfire ecology or notice a few obvious spots and reset ecosystems like pine forests; you’d hardly know this landscape burned just five years ago; the response generally is pretty remarkable.

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 3d

The forest understory postfire here is an impressively dense thicket of ceonothus, tan oak and redwood samplings. This used to be a very open forest with sparse vegetation, but many of the old tan oaks and some dougfir died in fire, opening up the canopy for all the new growth. #CZULightningComplex

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MTH @megt.bsky.social · 2d

Disastrous wildfires are 4x more likely than in the 80s due to climate change and people closer to wildlands, a new study in Science finds. It measured economic and human damage rather than acreage and ID'd a “climate-linked escalation" of disastrous wildfires. 🌎 🌿 apnews.com/article/cali...

Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense

A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern Ca...

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Rohan Fisher @rohanfisher.bsky.social · 2d

750,000ha burnt across the NT over the last 5 days! This clip from yesterday - from the excellent Zoom Earth app. Mostly remote lightning strike fires. These fires can not be fought, these ignitions can't be controlled.

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 2d

"The only communication the fire management officer received before the lapse in funding occurred was a partisan email that blamed Democrats for the shutdown."

Shutdown causes ‘confusion’ across the Forest Service - High Country News

Prescribed burns are on hold during shutdown while logging continues.

www.hcn.org

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