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What do we owe to each other? That's where action starts. Restoration ecologist- lover of wetlands, wildlife, trees, and all the cool things in between.
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Unconfirmed, but if this is true it's despicable and we need answers and accountability. If anyone has any more information on this please share in the comments.

submitted 44 days ago • 7 comments

One of several work sites today. Seems calm in a snapshot, but the pond is teeming with life. Blue-spotted salamanders, boreal chorus frogs, several crayfish species, and a thriving abundance of macroinvertebrates. Looking forward to seeing how it changes day by day.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Emerald ash borer is my Roman Empire. I will always wonder what our wetlands looked like before we lost our ash and reed canary came in.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Controlling what I can in my corner of the world. The frogs are quiet but they are still in the ponds.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Blue-spot sallies are back

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.

submitted 80 days ago • 26 comments

Snow day after 62 degrees on Saturday. White-winged scaups, goldeneyes, and tons of red breasted mergansers on Lake Michigan today. One confused song sparrow and killdeer disappointed to be back early.

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

Reyes began by reading the ban language: "Transgender troops are disqualified from service without an exemption." The Justice Department lawyer said Hegseth was using a kind of "shorthand" and didn't quite mean the ban as written. Judge didn't buy it. www.rawstory.com/trump-transg...

submitted 87 days ago • 3 comments

We are so back, baby! It's almost froggie time

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Snowfall in WI was disappointing this year, but today's rains are encouraging. Hopefully enough to bring the wetland critters out of the duff layer and into the ephemeral ponds soon.

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 96 days ago • 4 comments

Let's say their names: * General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK * Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE * Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE All replaced by less qualified white guys.

submitted 106 days ago • 85 comments

Governor Mills doesn’t suffer fools lightly, and it appears she has even less tolerance for bullies. (And as a former attorney general, she knows what she’s talking about.)

submitted 107 days ago • 238 comments

Rural WI farmers in county that voted 62% Trump—his 2 signature issues: deporting immigrants/imposing tariffs—shocked not one state or national GOP legislator came to hear complaints that… tariffs & immigrant labor shortages may ruin their farms. FA’d, FO wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...

submitted 107 days ago • 24 comments

#Superbowl #USAID #SaveForeignAid LINK: youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

submitted 118 days ago • 4 comments

Trying to replace doomscrolling with trash-picking. It ain't much but it's honest work.

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

Taking a break from nonfiction with The Furrows. Fantastic writing, fresh take on grief that resonates long after I've put the book down. #booksky #blackauthors

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments