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#Forest #Hydrologist at the Government of #Alberta | #geographer and #rewilding believer | #forests, #wildfire, & #water security | Husband, father, baker, scale modeler, omnivorous, loud sneezer!

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Whirling disease detected in Lake Louise leads to new restrictions in mountain parks New limits have been imposed on water activities in some of Alberta mountain lakes after whirling disease was detected in Lake Louise.

#Whirling disease detected in Lake Louise (#Alberta) leads to new restrictions in #mountain parks
calgary.citynews.ca/2026/03/11/w...

13.03.2026 19:04 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Restoration Work Delivers Significant Economic Benefits — Oldman Watershed Council If you have been following the work of the OWC, you may have noticed that we invest significant time and effort in restoring Alberta’s landscapes with our many partners—planting willows on streambanks...

Restoration Work Delivers Significant Economic Benefits

oldmanwatershed.ca/blog-posts/2...

13.03.2026 13:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Danielle Smith drags the judiciary deeper into her partisan mud slinging The Alberta Premier’s referendum is a direct threat to the proper functioning of our justice system

Danielle Smith drags the judiciary deeper into her partisan mud slinging
www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion...

12.03.2026 03:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Alaska’s glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floods Scientists mapped the evolution of 140 glacial lakes in Alaska and found a way to tell how much larger and destructive they can get as their glaciers melt.

As glaciers retreat, vast new lakes are forming.

And they can burst without warning.

More than 15 million people live in areas at risk.

11.03.2026 19:48 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲

👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest

This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity!

Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚

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09.03.2026 12:43 👍 219 🔁 275 💬 18 📌 41
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Desalination, water, and war Attacks on civilian systems, including water systems, must be condemned and punished under the laws of war.

#Desalination, #water, and #war by @petergleick.bsky.social

thebulletin.org/2026/03/desa...

11.03.2026 19:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a profes...

An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants
www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

11.03.2026 13:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
UBC

#UBC Study: #Canadian #Drinking #Water at Risk Long After #Wildfires
forestry.ubc.ca/news/ubc-stu...

11.03.2026 04:18 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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11.03.2026 03:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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After a 20yr break, I went back to building #ScaleModels. Here is my most advanced project ever: a #LandRover Defender of the @hmcoastguard.bsky.social. It's far from perfect, but I'm proud of the result and I learnt a lot. Details of the project here: forums.kitmaker.net/t/hm-coastgu...

11.03.2026 03:25 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Monocultures et coupes rases : la forêt des Landes, un modèle à bout de souffle Des pins, des pins et des pins. Le modèle économique qui régit la forêt des Landes de Gascogne — monoculture et coupes rases — est à bout de souffle. Quelques forestiers montrent qu'une autre voie est...

Monocultures et coupes rases : la #forêt des Landes, un modèle à bout de souffle

reporterre.net/Monocultures...

08.03.2026 02:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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07.03.2026 18:18 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

It's still a term very much used in everyday French language

06.03.2026 16:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

#CanadienPourToujours

06.03.2026 15:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The River Otter's Remarkable Comeback In North America’s Great Lakes region, river otters are coming back from the brink thanks to decades of effort on both sides of the border.

The #river #otter ’s remarkable comeback

www.rewildingmag.com/the-river-ot...

06.03.2026 15:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I hate de-extinction with passion!

05.03.2026 16:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Peace-Athabasca Delta is at risk. Here’s what we can do to evaluate the threats This year, UNESCO will conduct a fact-finding mission to decide on Wood Buffalo National Park’s World Heritage status.

The Peace‑Athabasca Delta is at risk. Here’s what we can do to evaluate the threats

theconversation.com/the-peace-at...

05.03.2026 14:02 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Important #ForeverCanadian press conference and announcement tomorrow (Thursday) at La Cité Francophone in Edmonton at 10 am.

Our Forever Canadian movement is ready to fight for Alberta’s future in Canada.

#ableg #cdnpoli

05.03.2026 02:09 👍 200 🔁 72 💬 4 📌 0
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The $44 Billion Fairy Tale: Alberta’s Secessionists Can’t Do Math Since the Alberta Prosperity Project has so kindly handed everyone a political manifesto dressed up as a spreadsheet on their website.

The $44 Billion Fairy Tale: #Alberta’s Secessionists Can’t Do Math
prairiesexposed.substack.com/p/the-44-bil...

05.03.2026 06:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fishing ban halts seven decades of biodiversity decline in the Yangtze River China’s rapid economic development has triggered an unparalleled freshwater biodiversity crisis since the 1950s. To restore fisheries resources, the Yangtze River Fishing Ban was implemented in 2021 t...

Fishing ban halts seven decades of biodiversity decline in the Yangtze River | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A collaboration with Yushun Chen, Seb Brosse, @sjcfishy.bsky.social and other! @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social

12.02.2026 23:15 👍 70 🔁 24 💬 2 📌 1
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‘Yahoos’: Preston Manning Claps Back at Alberta Secession Leader | The Tyee Jeff Rath claimed Manning and influential allies have tried to silence and subvert the separatist movement.

“he reinforces their preconceived opinion that western secession is mainly being pushed by an ill-informed group of cowboy yahoos.”

Preston Manning on Jeffrey Rath.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

02.03.2026 17:38 👍 75 🔁 28 💬 14 📌 7
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Can nature benefit Canada's economy? New report says parks contribute billions in taxes, wages | CBC News The new look at Canada’s conservation economy comes amid federal cuts to departments like Environment, Climate Change and Nature and the Parks Canada agency, while other important conservation program...

Can #nature benefit #Canada's #economy? New report says #parks contribute billions in taxes, wages
www.cbc.ca/news/science...

01.03.2026 21:44 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Water Not Coal | Corb Lund's Petition To Protect Alberta's Rockies Join Corb Lund and thousands of Albertans to prohibit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. Sign the citizen initiative petition.

Friends!
#yeg #yyc #yql #ableg #abpoli
Corb Lund's WaterNotCoal.ca petition is at the farmers market (right outside) for March weekends!

Come out and sign on to protect our drinking water!

01.03.2026 19:08 👍 21 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 0
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Salmon conservationists oppose termination of south coast MOU | CBC News Opposition continues to mount over the provincial government’s decision to unilaterally withdraw from the memorandum of understanding for the south coast National Marine Conservation Area.

JFC...

#Salmon conservationists oppose termination of south coast MOU

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

01.03.2026 21:40 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Extreme weather is transforming the world’s rivers. We need new ways to protect them Rivers support billions of people but are among the least protected parts of nature. A major review shows what needs to be done as climate change accelerates.

#Extreme #weather is transforming the world’s #rivers. We need new ways to protect them
theconversation.com/extreme-weat...

01.03.2026 00:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Danielle Smith's government is acting as an embassy for the worst we've seen from south of the border, and it's time to say no.”

The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs has passed a unanimous vote of non-confidence in the UCP government.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

27.02.2026 02:31 👍 287 🔁 118 💬 4 📌 6
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Climate coverage is shrinking. We're expanding it. Announcing a new weekly video podcast!

the epidemic of men launching podcasts about nothing has gotten out of control

to combat this I am launching a podcast WITH A WOMAN (veteran climate journalist Tracy Wholf) to talk about stuff that actually matters (the planet being destroyed by the worst people alive)

Find subscribe links here:

26.02.2026 17:30 👍 461 🔁 119 💬 12 📌 9

#cdnpoli #Canada
Contact your MP!

This is important.
Weather Radio is vital for Canadians everywhere, and particularly Canadians driving on the highways across the vast stretches of rural Canada with spotty cell coverage.

www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

25.02.2026 23:55 👍 49 🔁 42 💬 0 📌 0
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L’affaire Epstein révèle une classe au-dessus des lois Au-delà d’Epstein, un système d’élites où capital, entre-soi et impunité structurent la domination masculine.

L’affaire #Epstein révèle une classe au-dessus des lois

theconversation.com/laffaire-eps...

25.02.2026 21:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is.... I have no words...

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