#fisheries and wildlife science

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My soil texture triangle post has become popular beyond my wildest dreams so sorry not sorry to report that soil texture triangle is old news in this new year its all about

✨️Anura Limb Length and their Adaptions✨️

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rn im majoring in forestry with a focus in forest biology, but might want to switch to aquatic biology. this is a ridiculously important thing to be asking on tumblr but i cannot even begin to decide. both would be super fucking interesting and have the same number of required credits

pros and cons below the cut

pros:

get to work with wetlands more

still doing stuff with plants and animals

the program is centered on freshwater conservation which i really like

was thinking of doing a water resources minor anyway, this would be easier to get all the credits

electives for both are super flexible so i could really focus on what interests me

watershed conservation is generally better paying than forestry

better to prepare for a ms in limnology

could stay in the greater great lakes region long-term

cons:

calculus i and ii

organic chemistry i and ii

i really fucking hate math

generally harder classes

might not go for an ms anyway

[mannlibrary]

A Freemantle Devil-Fish or Armed Gurnard and a Western Australian Scarlet Rock-Cod taken from: The living animals of the world; a popular natural history with one thousand illustrations. 1902. Charles Cornish. Photographed and colored by W. Saville-Kent. https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/4090787

[lesbiten]

im going back to college in 2 days 3:

[owlchimedes]

I'm sooo glad to find an envi sci studyblr!!! It feels like it's so rare.

yess!! there are like none of us out here! possibly it has to do with the venn diagram of tumblr users and people who go outside being separate circus tents, but that said, I'll list some cool people I follow if you want more env sci on your dash.

i was in parasocials with mallaidh-ann when he was working with seals and now he's doing salmon fishery work? swoon

headspace-hotel does environmental rage like no one else and also insanely good poetry

@hellsitegenetics is new and very funny

MC does fantastic work with @reasonsforhope to promote good environmental and human rights stories

@memecology makes me laugh, though they've been afk for a bit

@deadnaturalhistories is a natural history PhD candidate

@ecologie-txt is an ecology PhD candidate

@botanyshitposts is what is says on the tin (also, very smart)

@fatehbaz does anticolonial ecology 👌🏼

@weird-ecologies does wildlife conservation and scicomm

I really liked my friend's blog eco-filth but I think our upcoming master's thesis ate them...

mutuals with @endless-forms who's a science journalist

@wilder-thyme does archaebotany (wow!)

@moon-thestars is/was a biodiv conservation student, may be afk

nollectquest posts some foraging/homesteading content that I really enjoy

gallusrostromegalus likewise has an excellent #The Garden At The End Of The Universe tag

wild-west-wind is a park ranger

I've tagged those who are studyblrs and simply linked to those who are more personal blogs so as not to bother them too much. The best advice (imo) for finding envsci people on this hellsite is to hover around the solarpunk/tolkien/hozier/gardening/trc/justice tags and reblog-hop until you find somebody cool.

Feel free to add recs or nominate your own blog if you fall into any kind of botany, environmental science, zoology, conservation gig! Love to extend the circle!

[beadyeyes]

If you had to had to had to go to grad school what would you study?

Oh my god I have no clue! Maybe I would want to go back to being an MS girlie. I used to be stuck between Environmental Science or Microbiology, but if I could test the waters of literally any thing. Forestry, ecosystems, botany, wildlife sciences.. Fisheries or any kind of conservation!! I used to be really against taking any sort of marine bio class but I would even do that now, I'm so open to learning again

A complete 180 would be an MA in Death, Religion, and Culture (which I saw available at UoW and a few other places that were taking international students)... I also got really close to falling in to the psych trap and was wanting to go with Cult Psychology & Coercion. Right before covid hit I almost convinced the prof at my school who ran the Death & Dying course to open it back up for my next semester. I even got offered a fully paid funeral science schooling and apprenticeship all random? All of this ruined by the pandemic, lol😋

If I could actually afford to go to school ever again, fully focus on it too, I think I would actually lose my mind from the joy. But life goes on ig

[proton-wobbler]

Aaa it's so so cool that you are a field scientist wo works with birds!! That's like my dream job hahah

Can I maybe ask you about this job? Like f.e. how did you come to work in this field/why did you decide to/any interesting facts/stories from your job? You don't have to answer ofc but. Aah it's just so exciting:))

Ahh thanks for asking! I was joking last night with my roommate that this poll is for science education experience so I am now honor-bound to answer.

To save the whole life story I have on backlog, I've always wanted to work outdoors and/or with animals, I just didn't realize I would love birds so much until I volunteered at a couple places.

I went to college for Zoology, but my school focused heavy on lab based studies and broad-scale evolution. For field work I'd recommend something like 'Wildlife Studies' or 'Ecology/Ecosystem Management'- for me, my minor was "Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife Management", and the year and a half of classes I took for my minor have had way more impact than my three years of major study. (College is not 100% necessary for field work, but it makes getting into jobs sooooo much easier, so if you can afford it or if you're good at school, I recommend it.)

I have to say, volunteering at a banding station was a great way for me to get involved with the community, especially since that ended up being the first place I worked for bird work. It's been a lot of "oh this guy is your reference? cool, come over" or a coworker giving me a job recommendation, so the thing about connections being important really is true.

As far as stories and stuff go, I've got a few, but I've also got a bad memory so I never really think of them off the cuff til something reminds me just perfect lol. I will say, out of all my bird jobs, working at a bird banding station is still my favorite type of work. Getting so up close and personal with these little tiny songbirds that usually flit above your head is a real treat, especially so once you get good at measurements and data too.

[pinnipediia]

Welcome to the blog!

Saiph | 21 | They/Them

About me

I'm a student in fisheries & wildlife sciences

This summer my work deals with marine mammals along the pacific coast; specifically conducting necropsies, hotline management, public outreach, data input, and so on!

I adore animals of all kinds! Though mammals tend to be the one I'm more well-versed in

What You'll Find on This Blog

Posts and photos of different mammals that are reported to us!

Educational info about different species, their behaviors, and conditions/diseases

⚠ Photos of deceased animals (not gory) - I will put most below the cut, but block the tag #deceased if you wish to not see these

Short posts about things i do as I go throughout my day

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This is a side blog! my main is @saiph0 and my art blog is @saiph-side

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Killer Whales

I have always been obsessed with marine animals, especially killer whales ever since I watched the movie Free Willy, back in grade two. And of course, since there is no prompt this week, I thought what better way to conclude this week by talking about Northern Resident Killer Whales (NRKW) and the ongoing efforts for their wildlife conservation. 

To provide some background, NRKW can only be found in Canada, specifically, on the coast of British Columbia, as well as some parts of Washington State and Alaska. They are under the Species at Risk Act as there are only 332 NRKWs remaining in the entire world as of 2022 (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). Back in the late 1900’s, NRKW populations used to grow by the hundreds but their life expectancy has been slowly declining due to a decrease in prey, impacting their survival rates (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). Having said that, they only feed on chinook salmon but it is not always available due to commercial fishing, climate change and river blockage (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). This results in the NRKWs traveling away from their natural habitat (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). Since then, there has been an increase in conservation efforts towards NRKWs as they play a critical role in the ecosystem. 

Raincoast Conservation Foundation, a non profit based at the University of Victoria has been working for years to educate the public via science and through courts to help the NRKW population thrive once again. They have led many legal battles against businesses like fishery companies in Federal Court to protect killer whales. One of their most notable cases which they won was against the company Kinder Morgan and their TransMountain Expansion through the Salish sea where these killer whales reside. 

A petition led by Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard, an alumni of UofG, proposed ideas for protecting killer whale populations. Suggestions included increasing chinook salmon in critical habitats. This can be achieved by eliminating commercial fishing in feeding areas important to the killer whales (Rainforest Conservation Foundation). Using various scientific models, they were able to prove if fisheries were closed, it would improve their populations (Rainforest Conservation Foundation). If measures were taken to reduce physical and acoustic disturbances by prohibiting commercial and recreational whale watching at critical times of the year would allow NRKW to forage food (Rainforest Conservation Foundation). As well, establishing 200m distance and speed reductions for whale watching vessels in key foraging areas would allow killer whales to freely hunt and not be driven away (Rainforest Conservation Foundation). Measures like such would gradually present an increase in killer whale populations and allow their species to thrive. 

In all, many environmental groups and government agencies are understanding the impact of losing killer whale populations native to Canada. Experts like Dr. Barrett-Lennard and many other research collaborators used their experiences and scientific observations to draw out conservation plans which they presented to the government of Canada. They proposed emergency measures based on available science which Fisheries and Oceans Canada have been educated upon, resulting in an increased effort to preserve killer whale populations in Canada. 

Fisheries and Oceans Canada. (n.d.). Population status update for the northern resident killer … https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2023/mpo-dfo/fs70-7/Fs70-7-2023-031-eng.pdf 

Rainforest Conservation Foundation. (n.d.). Petition for an emergency order for the southern resident ... https://www.raincoast.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/SRKW-petition-for-Emergency-Order.pdf 

[anotherpapercut]

should I fuck around and get a bachelor's degree in fisheries wildlife and conservation sciences through Oregon state university ecampus and just acquire a lot more debt instead of getting another full time job

[musicalchaos07]

Do the Jancy & Byler kids go to college? Do any of them move out of NY?

Hi Nonny,

Thanks for the ask!

All four go to college.

Jordan goes to NYU for Film & Televison but lives in LA until her late 20s when she moves back to NYC (bc she missed her parents/sister)

Matthew goes the the University of Vermont (On scholarship for Lacrosse) where he double majors in Environmental Engineering and Wildlife and Fisheries Biology. I think he very much stays in New England (either Vermont or Maine)

Dylan goes to Sarah Lawrence and studies Public Policy/Sociology and then goes to Grad School for Public Policy/Politics in Ireland before moving back to the city.

Samuel goes to Princeton (and is VERY annoying about it) to study Computer Science & moves back to NYC after college. He did study abroad in Tokyo during college though. (he's very annoying about this too)

[sock-ness-monster]

BUILD A FROG AND FIND OUT THEIR METHOD OF MOVEMENT

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Daniel Pauly is one of the world’s most cited fisheries researchers — and someone who’s used to making waves. He has called for a ban of subsidies that promote overfishing, such as ones that make shipping fuel cheaper or keep market prices artificially high. And he has compared the global fishery industry to an unsustainable Ponzi scheme: Just as fraudsters subsist only by finding new investors to scam, he says, fisheries survive only by finding previously unexploited stocks to fish.

This February, Pauly and colleague Rashid Sumaila won the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement from the University of Southern California for their efforts championing ocean sustainability. The pair, for example, penned a petition to the United Nations this February in advance of an international meeting to hammer out a new high seas treaty, calling for those waters to be declared a massive UN Protected Area that bans commercial fishing. That treaty was finally forged on March 4 to broad acclaim; it includes a way to designate marine protected areas in the high seas, but it does not go nearly as far as the duo had asked in terms of marine wildlife protections.

Pauly is no stranger to conflict and hard times. In the wake of World War II, he recounts, his mother sent him from France to live with a Swiss couple for a few months, but they never sent him back. At the age of 16, he ran away to Germany, where he finished his studies and became a fisheries biologist. He worked in Ghana, Tanzania and then the Philippines for 15 years, and wound up in Canada where, in 1999, he founded the Sea Around Us initiative at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. That project, described in the 2023 issue of the Annual Review of Marine Science, aims to quantify humanity’s impact on fisheries and seek the best ways forward.

Knowable Magazine spoke with Pauly about his work. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

[cleverwitch-wolfskin]

I'm starting my new degree in spring (wildlife/fisheries conservation science)

I'm also starting volleyball then, too (libero!!)

And I'm shooting for my first endurance ride with Firefly soon (10 miles intro ride!!)

And I think I'm starting to write my new book of poetry (themed after connection/love of humans)

It's all this new and amazing stuff and I'm probably going to dump about it all over this blog~ 🩷✨

2024 looking to be full and fun!

[notwiselybuttoowell]

Sir Patrick Vallance is the UK government’s chief scientific adviser

The relationship between humans and nature is under intense and increasing strain. The report released today by Ipbes, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (akin to the IPCC reports on climate change), provides compelling evidence that humans are overexploiting wild species and habitats. Harmful activities, including habitat destruction, poor farming practices and pollution, have altered ecosystems significantly, driving many species past the point of recovery. In Great Britain alone, of the 8,431 species assessed in the 2019 State of Nature report, 1,188 are threatened with extinction. Globally, there are an estimated one million at risk, with biodiversity declining at a faster rate than at any time in human history.

We cannot ignore biodiversity loss. Biodiversity is the variability that exists among all living organisms, between different species, within species including genetic makeup, and in wider ecosystems. Billions of people rely on wild species for food, clean water, energy, income and health and wellbeing. Annually, crops worth up to £480bn are pollinated by a variety of wild animals, and an estimated 4 billion people depend on natural medicines for their healthcare. These vital ecosystem services are fundamentally based on a healthy environment, and this requires biodiversity. Losing biodiversity leaves species and ecosystems less resilient to challenges such as invasive species or pests, meaning there is an increased risk of whole populations being wiped out and destabilising the entire ecological network. Nature is a finite resource, and human self-interest alone should determine that biodiversity must be protected.

Alongside overexploitation, humans are driving biodiversity loss by destroying, polluting and fragmenting habitats across the globe. Many of the UK’s important peatlands, which provide a home for rare species such as the hen harrier, have been drained for agricultural use. The Amazon rainforest is being cleared to such an extent that it may be near a tipping point beyond which it cannot recover.

The climate crisis is exacerbating the issue. Many species simply cannot adapt to the scale and pace of changing temperatures. For example, warming seas and ocean acidification are devastating coral reefs around the world. This year, the Great Barrier Reef suffered its sixth mass bleaching event since 1998 with more than 90% of reefs affected. In many cases, when an ecosystem loses biodiversity, it becomes less able to store carbon, contributing to further climate change. We have a vicious cycle: climate change leads to biodiversity losses, which in turn leads to further climate change. As governments around the world develop plans to reduce carbon emissions and conserve biodiversity, the message isthe message is simple: we must solve both problems together.

What can be done? Just as science has diagnosed the problem, it can provide solutions. Using strong evidence, such as this Ipbes report, governments can develop effective policy. Integrated and collaborative planning can deliver sustainable solutions which address climate change and biodiversity loss simultaneously, protecting and enriching human lives.

In southern India, scientists, Indigenous communities and local government have worked collaboratively to protect and restore mangrove forests. The trees’ interconnecting large-root systems offer protection against rising sea levels, provide habitats for fish and crustaceans, and clean surrounding water. The trees also draw and store carbon from the atmosphere and encourage carbon-rich sediment deposits. The increase in wildlife has benefited small scale fisheries and tourism. Innovative and effective nature-based initiatives such as these could be implemented throughout different landscapes across the planet.

There are also simple day-to-day things we can do to benefit our environment; for instance, reducing food waste. Currently about 30% of all food produced globally goes uneaten, meaning a significant proportion of the resources, and importantly the land used to grow, process, pack and transport it, is wasted and less able to support biodiversity.

Political will and leadership are needed, and the 15th UN Convention on Biological Diversity conference in December, CBD Cop15, provides the next critical opportunity for governments to commit to real ambitious change.

CBD Cop15 could deliver landmark action and be as important for biodiversity as the Paris Agreement is proving for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It will set the direction for the next decade of international action and beyond. Governments should agree to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, and develop evidence-based, actionable plans to do so. An important challenge is to define a reliable and simple integrated metric, like carbon emissions have been used for climate goals. At the end of June, negotiators met in Nairobi for their latest attempt to agree the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and while progress was made, it did not go far enough.

The last decade’s targets were not met; the next decade’s must be. Credible delivery plans will be required, and we need a robust mechanism for monitoring progress and holding ourselves to account. CBD Cop15 is the time to finalise the framework, and countries must come to the table prepared to make and support ambitious commitments. This is our chance to secure long-lasting agreements to protect our planet.

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Since I’ve gotten seen by some new people on here, I wanna say hi and share some info abt myself :) feat this gorg Picsart !!!

I’m an environmental science and ecology student focusing on wildlife conservation!! My dream job is to become a national parks or fisheries and wildlife ranger

I’m from the US!

Im a HUGE hockey fan (let’s go pens!!) and have played men’s hockey for most of my life

I LOVE birds- the birdie in the pics art is to represent my bff Ella, an umbrella cockatoo I work with a ton at my job (I work at a rescue zoo!)

My whole life I’ve always loved animals, and I’m so happy and excited to dedicate my whole existence to protecting them and educating people about them :)

My favorite color is yellow

My most favorite places in the whole world are Pittsburgh and Acadia National Park

I’m in a sorority and I love my sisters to the moon and back <3

Any free time I can possibly find I spend outdoors- hiking, drawing, painting, ect.

My fav animal that isn’t a bird is a bear, and my fav tree is a redwood :)

Kind of weird but it’s become a personality trait people associate with me- almost all my clothes are from LL Bean, mostly all hammy downs from my dad and extended family