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Xiaochaidan Lake (小柴旦湖) in the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China. Selected as one of the 100 "Most beautiful Scenery Shooting Spots" in Qinghai by China National Geographic. This lake has been growing larger in satellite imagery since at least 1998.

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Car ride at sunset

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Ecology Without Wilderness: Tending the Global Garden We Call ‘Nature’

Image sources in order (most are stock):

 Emerald Pool, Yellowstone National Park by alptraum (iStock)

Lakehead researcher investigates climate change impact on (boreal) forest (no photographer credit, repost?)

Polar bear on pack ice by SeppFriedhuber (iStock)

Bird Bath by Helen Norman 2013 (i think) 

Yellow cabs on 5th avenue, Manhattan, New York city, USA by Matteo Colombo

Pinus taeda plantation by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (wikimedia)

Riparian ecosystem infested by blackberry and willows in NSW (CSIRO Research)

Tree of Heaven, aka the Ghetto Palm by Paul Wood (The Street Tree)

Fink Family Farm Bird List (this blog has so many cool photos of birds. check it out. they’re all ID-ed too.)

Bellucia axinanthera, fruiting branch. Bogor, West Java, Indonesia by W.A. Djatmiko (wikimedia)

Can’t find a source for the field. Biggest image, but its a repost site

Promised [reposted] results from a variety of landscaping companies across the globe. Biggest image here.

Green Roof at Moore Farms Botanical Garden

Interstate 80 in Hemlock Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania by Jakec (wikimedia)

Pejibaye Palm (Bactris gasipaes) in Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica by Michael Graupe

 How to Plant an Avocado Tree by Ellen Baker and Freddy Menge

We are already running the whole Earth, whether we admit it or not. To run it consciously and effectively, we must admit our role and even embrace it. We must temper our romantic notion of untrammeled wilderness and find room next to it for the more nuanced notion of a global, half-wild rambunctious garden, tended by us.

Quotes from Ecology Without Wilderness: Tending the Global Garden We Call ‘Nature’ by Emma Marris

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We are already running the whole Earth, whether we admit it or not. To run it consciously and effectively, we must admit our role and even embrace it. We must temper our romantic notion of untrammeled wilderness and find room next to it for the more nuanced notion of a global, half-wild rambunctious garden, tended by us.

Quotes from Ecology Without Wilderness: Tending the Global Garden We Call ‘Nature’ by Emma Marris

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Link to the video

Link to my transcript. It’s incomplete (missing 2 questions to the NMFS presentor from 1:40:00-1:55:40, only up to about 2:40:00) but has all the presentations with headers and timestamps so you can find things. I’m gonna try to get it finished tomorrow.

Specific things you might care about:

1. SRKW Workgroup Reports at 33:21

2. Salmon Advisory Subpanel Report at 1:00:23 

3. National Marine Fishery Service Report at 1:22:55

4. Groundfish Advisory Subpanel Report at 2:09:34 

Public Comments Start at 2:10:55

Btw to everyone who left public comments or cares about the issue of the SRKWs.

The National Marine Fisheries Council decided to go with the Chinook abundance threshold of 3.1.2.c (the NMFS threshold of 966k) rather than 3.1.2.d (based on max # in the mid 90s, 1144k).

3.1.2.c isn't the option Wild Orca (and I) wanted, but its clear that public comment made a difference, since both the Salmon and Groundfish Advisory Subpanels went straight to recommending 3.1.2.a, meaning no action (threshold based on the lowest year). Most infuriating quote from SAS:

"Due to the lack of significant relationship between salmon abundance and SRKW demographics and health, the SAS feels that a lower trigger threshold value is justified." at 1:04:00

That said, oral public comments in support of the SRKW took a whole hour before they could move into council action and the large public interest was noted. Overall 135 public comments were left.

If you're interested in how the decision went down I'm working on a transcript, since the Youtube vid doesn't even have autosubs. (Link in reblog).

That said, in summary, while the decision may not have been perfect, take heart that all parties involved had to sort though 3 hours worth of presentation, 100+ page reports, and a previous webinar before making their very well informed decision.

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Btw to everyone who left public comments or cares about the issue of the SRKWs.

The National Marine Fisheries Council decided to go with the Chinook abundance threshold of 3.1.2.c (the NMFS threshold of 966k) rather than 3.1.2.d (based on max # in the mid 90s, 1144k).

3.1.2.c isn't the option Wild Orca (and I) wanted, but its clear that public comment made a difference, since both the Salmon and Groundfish Advisory Subpanels went straight to recommending 3.1.2.a, meaning no action (threshold based on the lowest year). Most infuriating quote from SAS:

"Due to the lack of significant relationship between salmon abundance and SRKW demographics and health, the SAS feels that a lower trigger threshold value is justified." at 1:04:00

That said, oral public comments in support of the SRKW took a whole hour before they could move into council action and the large public interest was noted. Overall 135 public comments were left.

If you're interested in how the decision went down I'm working on a transcript, since the Youtube vid doesn't even have autosubs. (Link in reblog).

That said, in summary, while the decision may not have been perfect, take heart that all parties involved had to sort though 3 hours worth of presentation, 100+ page reports, and a previous webinar before making their very well informed decision.

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Since this has links in it and might not show up in the tags, I’m going to be a bit annoying and tag some of the people I know care about them @merciresolution @snini-9 @orcacharm @a-srkw-dedicated-blog @salishseaselkie

Those who care about the Southern Resident Killer Whales should consider submitting a Public Comment to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council in defense of Fair Fisheries for endangered Southern Resident killer whales by November 8 at 5PM PST.

Basically, send a comment asking them to stop fishing Chinook when the SRKWs are already starving to death.

Wild Orca has a good summary of the situation and step-by-step instructions to how to submit your comment. The more public support that these orcas have behind them, the more likely it is that the fisheries will follow the recommendations and help protect their critical habitat.

For the sake of J41′s newest calf (J58, hopefully Nebula) and Tahlequah’s (J17) new baby boy (J57). No mother deserves to go through the pain Tahlequah did when she mourned her previous calf for 17 days and 100 miles.

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Those who care about the Southern Resident Killer Whales should consider submitting a Public Comment to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council in defense of Fair Fisheries for endangered Southern Resident killer whales by November 8 at 5PM PST.

Basically, send a comment asking them to stop fishing Chinook when the SRKWs are already starving to death.

Wild Orca has a good summary of the situation and step-by-step instructions to how to submit your comment. The more public support that these orcas have behind them, the more likely it is that the fisheries will follow the recommendations and help protect their critical habitat.

For the sake of J41′s newest calf (J58, hopefully Nebula) and Tahlequah’s (J17) new baby boy (J57). No mother deserves to go through the pain Tahlequah did when she mourned her previous calf for 17 days and 100 miles.

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05 September 2020 - Center for Whale Research's Lodie Gilbert Budwill shot this video of a rare close-up Southern Resident killer whale Superpod with Ken Balcomb.

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a perfect sunny day

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Went randonauting again, the destination was mediocre but the journey was great

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Mushrooms on Troublesome Creek

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Anaphalis margaritacea 🌺 Chamaenerion angustifolium

Hypericum perforatum 🌻Leucanthemum vulgare

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THE TRUTH ABOUT BATS by Emily Stanford