Joel Hibbard

Them: So, what projects do you have lined up for your sabbatical?

Me:

As summer seems to finally be unfolding in the North a reminder of the beauty of the rivers down south. Looking forward to seeing these lands again soon

Waiting to find one of this quality on the Nahanni

Photograph of the coiled shell of an ammonite on grey limestone. Photograph by Emily Swaby, Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

#FossilFriday: Asteroceras obtusum, a classic Lower Lias ammonite from Lyme Regis. This specimen belonged to Manchester geologist John Eddowes Bowman (1785–1841) and was probably purchased from #MaryAnning when he visited Lyme in August 1841. It is now in the collections @morethanadodo.bsky.social

Photograph of a large fossil skull with a lng snout and a large eye.

Of course it was this I particularly wanted to see again: the Anning’s 1811-12 ichthyosaur, first described in a paper read 211 years ago today at a meeting of the Royal Society. It changed hands several times before it was acquired by the British Museum at auction in 1819.

Wide Horizon, Tundra Swans
Robert Bateman
1990

Canoes and rafts. Depends on the river.

Three weeks away to start the guiding season; I am excited to see the hills at home soon

A favourite plane of mine…

West Coast Trail Sundown
Nicholas Bott
2019

For weather-on-Denali fans, in case you missed it, the National Park Service weather station at the 14,200 ft base camp is back online. #akwx

mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/drom...

Interesting to see some data on our experience of a very windy spring in the upper Yukon watershed #whitehorse

"An Atlantic puffin on Maine's on Eastern Egg Rock appears to imitate a decoy on July 9 by standing on one leg. Decoys were used to lure the gregarious birds ashore after they were re-introduced to the island following a 100-year absence." CREDIT: Robert F. Bukaty

Puffins are social, so to attract them to Maine's rocky islands, National Audubon's Seabird Restoration Program put out decoys to attract real birds.

This puffin is trying to fit in with his new friend by standing on one leg.

Seabird peer-pressure can be intense.

(📷: Robert F. Bukaty)

Maybe the true wilderness is found on the NYC subway?

Swan Before Moonlight
Eddy Cobiness ~ Ojibwe
1978

We talk about the ecological benefits of giving rivers more room to move in our recent paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

My "the shot" from the Matador, TX tornado

Taashuyee-Chookan.aani/Mendenhall Wetlands The Mendenhall Wetlands are of outstanding value to waterbirds, certain grassland and wet-meadow songbirds, and raptors, and are a key migratory waterfowl and shorebird stopover location on coastal Alaska.

#WorldMigratoryBirdDay
https://ak.audubon.org/conservation/mendenhall-wetlands Taashuyee-Chookan.aani #CBJuneau #Alaska hosts baby fish and migrating swans, geese, ducks, terns! #birds Itʼs a refuge for the #Birds and the people too

Friday afternoon pick me up

So good

Wood Ducks
Eddy Cobiness ~ Ojibwe
1981

😘

If you can get outside and actually touch something living I would say that should be the priority but these docs all look A+

These 11 Nature Documentaries Will Make You Want to Touch Grass Yes, we included “Planet Earth.” No, “Tiger King” didn’t make the list.

it’s earth day, so i rounded up the best nature documentaries to stream. what’s one i missed? @wired.com

www.wired.com/story/the-11...

Black and white sketch of a modern chain saw

Tanacross #Dene borrowed few words from colonizer languages due to distance from Russian America/late arrival of Euro-Americans.
From Russian: dayaan "chief"; galdás "playing cards"
From French: lsel "salt"; ldîil "tea", lsaaz "money"
From English: sųųgąąy "sugar"; goheey "coffee"
#Alaska #Language

Now, as my kids scatter Lego across the house, I can contemplate the anatomy of what is stuck in my instep.

Trump funding cuts put Canadian-led bat research at risk | The Narwhal Researchers are closer than ever to finding a solution to a deadly fungal disease that has killed millions of bats. But Trump put cross-border funding on the chopping block

Researchers are closer than ever to finding a solution for white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has killed millions of insect-eating bats across North America. Now Trump's funding cuts have put their research at risk. #bcpoli VIA @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social
thenarwhal.ca/bc-bats-rese...

Some insight into how the spring paddling season may unfold. Near normal snow packs in most of the watersheds we travel.

How fast the snow melts in the high country will be the next thing to watch. #nahanniriver

Second story like this in a month… it feels like we are on the cusp of seeing something out of Jurassic Park.

Also, the “challenges of performing IVF procedures on a pachyderm” had to have been a fun line to write 😂

This Small Alaska Town Is Fighting to Preserve Canadian Relations In a region dependent on cross-border trade, neighbors work to overcome an ugly international standoff. “It is one divorce you can’t have.”

Gift link — Skagway makes the Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com/world/americ... #akleg #Alaska