@occupyrivers
Dad, fish aficionado, climate impacts, linocut printmaker | Assoc Prof of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences at Oregon State University | Director of the Oregon Hatchery Research Center #TeamFish
Four panel sketch of a decomposing salmon carcass and its scavengers (heron, fish, crayfish, bear)
Not a new sketch but new to #sundayfishsketch. Design idea for a future linocut print “Salmon death cycle”
Using old maps and survey notes/data to reconstruct environmental histories (specifically about rivers) #gischat
Putting radio tags in those suckers was my entry into freshwater science! (Almost exactly 25 yrs ago.) We caught them by swimming over them and scooping them with a salmon dip net. Some migrated as far as from Troy, OR to Lewiston, ID
I own 2 copies of DS, so I won’t reply
Why am I so excited about COMPASS Pathfinders Program?
It's based on Wilburforce Fellowship in Conservation Science. I was in 2015 cohort. It was extraordinary -- I still benefit from the targeted training, generous network, & powerful collaboration.
Apply!
www.compassscicomm.org/compass-path...
For reasons that don’t need elaboration, things have been unusually busy so if you’ve followed me recently and you’re a fisheries/climate impacts/aquatic biodiversity/etc acct and I haven’t followed back yet, thanks for your patience!
Somehow this short statement captured all that’s true
You have my attention. What’s the alternative? What’s the non slide rule thing you bring to this gunfight?
This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff (skip the movie)
It is, thanks, those are good examples. And so many other things too, programs, safety networks, whole frigging systems that were not 100% efficient (nothing is) but worked more or less to provide for folks in so many ways
Inspiring!
Introducing my first substack, Rising Rivers, where I explore the science and culture behind rivers and fisheries intended for non-academic audience. First article is "Abundant Rivers" with the thoughts on the role (and risks) of salmon hatcheries open.substack.com/pub/sethwhit...
@lizneeley.bsky.social I quoted your post but just now realized I called out the same quote as you - I jotted it down while listening to the interview! Fantastic interview, kudos to Ed, and looking forward to upcoming book
Listening to this now!
"Much of the world is hidden from us, that we don't perceive it and we don't understand it. And that it is worth understanding and it is necessary to understand."
Could this be the best news @elenavox.bsky.social heard all week?
Just checking your numbers!
EA would be proud
I was always hoping there was a way to find the salmonid scientists on here easily. Now there is! Please comment to be added, it is (very) incomplete 🙏
#salmon #FishSci
go.bsky.app/GSn7fKy
Thanks! We thought so too ;-)
I'm forever a fan of getting a nature fix, but I reject for the sole purpose of being more productive
"The boost to cognition lasted 30 minutes after leaving the natural setting, which may help you plan the best time for mentally demanding work."
Thanks, but I'll keep that 30 min for myself
When baby salmon emerge from the gravel, how far do they disperse to summer rearing grounds? We haven't known until now (at least at the population scale), because they're too small to tag. In a paper just out, we answered this question using parentage-based (genetic) tagging! tinyurl.com/39b2sfjd
Color photo of a deceased salmon
I don't know who needs to hear this today, but our lab's new website comes equipped with a "Carc Gallery" (a collection of photos of salmon carcasses that died of natural causes, after spawning).
www.fishbehaviorscapeslab.com/carc-gallery
Hrrray group, pls can you add me? Thx!
Feeling proud of our small but mighty team... Say hello to the Fish Behaviorscapes Lab!
One day after the White House environmental justice website went dark, please join me in welcoming the father of environmental justice to Bluesky. Yes, sociologist @drrobertbullard.bsky.social literally defined the concept in his 1990 book, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality.
Only a week left to apply! If you're passionate about communications, human dimensions, and human-wildlife interactions -- come work with us!
New website launch for the Fish Behaviorscapes lab! www.fishbehaviorscapeslab.com
NW CASC Research Fellow alum Sydney Jantsch stands in the South Fork of the Nooksack River with two colleagues from the Lummi Natural Resources Department as they install groundwater wells to measure the temperature of the hyporheic zone beneath the riverbed.
Grad students & postdocs doing #ClimateChange research @ BSU, OSU, PSU, UM, UW, WSU and WWU — You can now APPLY for NW CASC's 2025-26 Research Fellowship Program - supporting climate adaptation research + training in actionable science! Proposals due 3/10 bit.ly/2025-nwcasc-rfp
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The Oregon Hatchery Research Center/Fish Behaviorscapes Lab at Oregon State University hosted Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife @myodfw.bsky.social Director Debbie Colbert for a meet & greet and lab tour!
Not-so-humblebragging about tonight’s dinner. Required coordinating use of the same Dutch oven for the sourdough loaf and rice/beans/kale dish. Rotisserie chicken brined in buttermilk & spices, yum!