Study area of the job opportunity. Closes Sunday!

Enough is enough. I say we march on every town square in America this Sunday and demand the files.

Enough is enough. I say we march on every town square in the country this Sunday and demand the files.

Awesome opportunity working with Redwoods National Park and Cal Poly Humboldt using eDNA, LiDAR, and field methods to assess restoration effectiveness. Closes Sunday! www.humboldt.edu/hr/research-associate

Congrats!

Let's dive into this a bit. A short and very incomplete thread on US Forest Service research. 1/

I can see the pancake resemblance now

Nice!

Assessing the Restoration Economy within Redwood National and State Parks | Save the Redwoods League A new report on the restoration economy of redwood parks explores how restoration programs in Humboldt and Del Norte counties are creating jobs, boosting revenue, and revitalizing Northern California’...

The economic impact of ecosystem restoration is rarely studied. Here’s an example of the impressive economic benefits that are possible even when not including the value of improvements to ecosystem services. www.savetheredwoods.org/press-releas...

Glad to see the revival of Tony Pancake, you were never going to top that.

The cherry on top is having to back pay everyone you argued you had to fire for low productivity but ended up paying them for not working at all.

NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.

That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.

Show me a better investment than that.
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Voters concerned about economic effects of U.S. Forest Service and National Parks layoffs, poll finds New polling shows widespread support for increasing or keeping funding the same for the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service. This comes on the heels of the Trump administration’s recent firi...

Voters concerned about economic effects of U.S. Forest Service and National Parks layoffs, poll finds

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Thousands of people work at those locations. Teleworking and remote work is not allowed…so?

Refreshing this opportunity for those who missed it. Reviewing applicants now

Microbial mat at a geyser.

West Thumb Geyser Basin with hot springs and Lake Yellowstone in background.

Bison crossing a snowy road.

Hot spring st Yellowstone.

Wrapping up my 14th trip to Yellowstone National Park, one of my favorite places.

The story of the National Park Service here is one of conservation successes & significant errors & learning from both.

I never fail to be inspired by the wildlife, the geology & the conservation history.

Graph of federal employees over time showing a flatline trend since the late 1960s

When the dismantlists talk about "trimming the fat" or "bloated" whatever relating to the federal government, remind them that there have been about the same number of federal employees since the 1960s.
Meanwhile US population has increased by ~70% and GDP has increased 29-fold.

This is a great thread. Thanks for taking the time. There’s a broader truth here that applies to so many functions that will be disrupted. It takes deep knowledge of these systems to make real and meaningful improvements

Nailed it.

Terrible news

Really sorry to hear about this.

Not only serving visitors but managing wildlife populations and habitat, doing cutting edge research and monitoring, providing LE and fire protection to neighboring communities and so much more.

Thank you, DOGE, for clearly visualizing what incredible value the American people get from their national parks. 17,700 permanent employees making an average of $81,000 a year serving 325 million visitors annually.

Is there a better value in the entire federal government?

There’s really nothing funny about it, in reality, but this approach has something lol about it when it’s put this way.

Few large or many small fires: Using spatial scaling of severe fire to quantify effects of fire‐size distribution shifts <em>Ecosphere</em> is an open access journal publishing research in all areas of ecology, spanning multidisciplinary fields, from computer science to social sciences and eco-education.

Small wildfires reduce the risk of large ones
Moreover "a given total area that is burned in a few large fires will result in larger high-severity patches ... as compared with the same total area being burned in more numerous but smaller fires" 🧪🌏🔥
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Job opportunity: Cold Springs Rancheria is hiring a coordinator for its Sustainable Agricultural Landscape Conservation Program

Research Ecologist (Fire) <strong>Salary: </strong>GS-13 $114,970 (Step 01) - $149,465 (Step 10)<br> GS-14: $135,860 (Step 01) - $176,620 (Step 10)<br> <br> This vacancy is advertised concurrently with:<br> <br> O...

Want to be a research fire ecologist with the USGS? 🔥🌏

The USGS Fort Collins Science Center (FORT) is hiring a permanent Research Ecologist (Fire) at the GS-13 or 14 level, located in Fort Collins, CO. Application window closes May 17.

Even prettier at night.

Pile burning

Pile of oak limbs burning

Creating defensible space and protecting giant manzanita and canyon live oak, Sierra foothills.