For more information about Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) crayfish species, check out our latest blog post accompanying our recent paper: www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/cr...
What do the Indianapolis Zoo Uproar Conservation Challenge and @zslofficial.bsky.social EDGE of Existence have in common?
The Sweet Home Alabama Crayfish: an EDGE Priority species which will compete in the Uproar Conservation Challenge this month!
www.indianapoliszoo.com/uproar-conse...
One of my favorite conservation projects co-led by @zslofficial.bsky.social - bringing back 3 species of Extinct in the Wild pupfish! Glad that @protectspecies.bsky.social at Indianapolis Zoo is involved in this, if only in a small way!!! Love all the pupfish drawings!
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Great work from a great working group: @fengzhihe.bsky.social @scjaehnig.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de @crocodiledunphd.bsky.social @karenjmurchie.bsky.social @dariagg.bsky.social @comtedebuffon.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social @protectspecies.bsky.social @worldwildlife.org + many more!
This blog follows on from the publication of our comment piece in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, arguing that we need more representation of migratory freshwater fishes in global biodiversity agreements such as the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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The latest @protectspecies.bsky.social blog post out today - talking about the importance of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) for migratory freshwater fish!
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Adding the link to the paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com again: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
More about our comment piece in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com on migratory freshwater fishes, from @worldwildlife.org. Find out why we are calling on CMS Parties to add more threatened transboundary migratory freshwater fishes to the CMS Appendices!
www.worldwildlife.org/news/sustain...
@karenjmurchie.bsky.social @scjaehnig.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de @crocodiledunphd.bsky.social @dariagg.bsky.social @comtedebuffon.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social @protectspecies.bsky.social @worldwildlife.org @freshwaterblog.bsky.social
Last but by no means least: Congrats to @fengzhihe.bsky.social for herding us with this comment piece!
Find out more about the Lake Tahoe workshop here: freshwaterblog.net/2025/08/05/m...
You can learn more about this work in this web story from IUCN: iucn.org/news/202601/...
In a nutshell:
Freshwater fishes🐟remain underrepresented in the CMS appendices. We argue that better links between research, science communications, policy development & CMS implementation can help enhance conservation of these important species!
🚨🚨🚨Published: our comment piece in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, an output from last year's workshop on Migratory Fishes at Lake Tahoe, hosted by Zeb Hogan & the University of Nevada Reno.
🚨🚨🚨Call for submissions!!!🚨🚨🚨
We're excited to announce our upcoming special issue in the journal Diversity: "Innovating & Integrating Conservation Tools to Address the Global Extinction Crisis & Prevent Ecosystem Collapse".
More info: www.mdpi.com/journal/dive...
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@protectspecies.bsky.social @fmcs-mollusk.bsky.social
I can't wait to start implementing this plan. It's such a pleasure to work with this group of people - musselheads are amongst the best!
These goals are directly supporting existing strategies such as the @fmcs-mollusk.bsky.social's conservation strategy, and major IUCN Species Survival Commission Red List assessment projects for mussels.
Lampsilis cardium (Plain Pocketbook) displaying mantle lure which mimics a fish. © Kentaro Inoue
3. grow a community of practice in freshwater health and freshwater mussel conservation across AZA
4. develop and activate a resilient coordinated community to advance the conservation education and communication about freshwater mussels and healthy freshwater systems across AZA.
Over the next 3 years - we will:
1. develop a resilient network of organizations and individuals to advance the conservation of North American freshwater mussels
2. build the capacity of AZA partners to assess the conservation status and extinction risk of freshwater mussels (to be continued...)
🚨🚨🚨 Shell yeah!!!
Excited to announce that our first 3-year plan for our AZA SAFE program for North American Freshwater Mussels... HAS BEEN PUBLISHED!!! 🙌
13/ Other stuff happened... but first of all, time to recharge our batteries so we can get on with all the work that came out of the Congress... here the only other view I had of Abu Dhabi all week long, from the hotel...
12/ The Congress also marks the end of an era, with a new SSC Chair voted in. Thank you to Jon Paul Rodrigues & his Chairs Office team for helping & guiding us over the past... eight?... years & making our jobs so much fun!
11/ "Micro"-meeting with the chair of the IUCN SSC Sturgeon Specialist Group, who dropped in for a quick visit! The conservation "fun" never stops for sturgeon folk & this is why: www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/st...
10/ Interlude II: more blasts from the past at Congress!
9/ Learning about the IUCN Freshwater Strategy - can't wait to see the document for wider consultation!
8/ Great job to the Centers for Species Survival Freshwater & Trees for the great reception at the @reversethered.bsky.social Pavilion on integrated conservation actions for freshwater & tree species! Great speakers assembled! 💪
7/ Interlude I: some of the blasts from the past met at Congress ❤️
6/ Day 3: I got to technically support the session on dams! Indianapolis Zoo & @protectspecies.bsky.social got a shoutout, too! I also didn't break anything!
Shoutout to important Motion 147 "Protecting ecosystems and riverine communities from the impacts of hydropower...", passed at Congress! 🎉🎉🎉
