Our #ConservationDog, Filson is in a children’s book, 𝘋𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘰𝘣𝘴 by Andrea Rowe (& even has his own coloring page)! 🥲 We’re so proud of his hard work for wildlife & for inspiring the next generation wildlife biologists.
Sniff it out: www.readings.com.au/product/9781...
Heather examines a truffle found by golden retriever Rye who is looking up at her hoping she will throw the ball for him in reward.
A plate of truffles found in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument including Agaricus inapertus, Melanogaster euryspermus, Tuber sp., Russula sp., Balsamia sp., Genea sp., Genea sp., Cazia flexiascus, Lactarius sp., Schenella pityophila, Geopora aff. cooperi, Balsamia cf. setchellii, and Balsamia cf. latispora.
Golden retriever Rye grins in the background with a Balsamia truffle he found in the foreground.
#MSAfungi25 attendees, don't miss the last talk of the day (5:15PM Mon 30 Jun) in Session 2-2 Systematics: Ascomycota where my sister Heather Dawson will present our work on using a #ConservationDog to survey hypogeous #fungi #truffle #biodiversity of southern #Oregon.
🧪🌎 #Mycology #PhD #NSFfunded
We would not be who we are today without our 🌈 Dogs. We hope they know that our #ConservationDog program exists because of their special souls.
Thank you for your service to #nature & #wildlife.
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So excited to attend @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social Sierra Nevada Red 🦊 Working Group meeting & see our #ConservationDog Filson featured for his work w this endangered species!
🙏🏾 to project partners @ucdavis.bsky.social. Our dog teams 🤎 using their noses to sniff for 🦊💩 for 🧬research!
Interesting to read of plans to restrict dogs on some Northumberland beaches. Sam, a keen #conservationdog, approves http://lindisfarnennr.blogspot.com/?m=1 @lindisfarne_nnr @ForShorebirds
