Insect Recovery

Check out my FAQs 2023 update on deep-time Eco-Archaeology fieldwork and hypothesized implications for "crown" lands on industrial de-forestry deathrow here in (northern) Nova Scotia: m.youtube.com/watch?v=c0VKHW… @can_arch @PauletteSteeves @joan_baxter @NSMArchaeology @nl_archsociety

@PauletteSteeves SO true. Been doing archeoecology fieldwork in Nova Scotia on "Crown" Land a couple years. Now using LIDAR to help interpret. Check out monumental Thunderbird Effigy Mound up for clearcut. Red circle has head and beak. Blue is body. Scale bottom left corner. Trail trees eveywhere

@RememberTata @can_arch @PauletteSteeves @joan_baxter @NSMArchaeology @nl_archsociety @InsectRecovery

Yes, evidence abounds that L'nuk elders were actively remapping sacred landscapes with trail trees up until almost the turn of the century here in Mi'kma'ki. 💔Respect💔 ⁦@Netukulimk⁩ ⁦@Mel7Labrador⁩ ⁦@inaturalist⁩ ⁦@RememberTata⁩ inaturalist.ca/projects/12822…

One of many reasons why we need to rein in gold "mining" (read looting) in Mi'kma'ki. ⁦@Netukulimk⁩ ⁦@MiningWatch⁩ ⁦@ArchibaldLake⁩ ⁦@FungiwithBengi⁩ inaturalist.ca/projects/12822…

Our friends at @ByondPesticides raise an alarm that "EPA appears to discount threats like the insect apocalypse, evidenced by a 75% decline in insect abundance": tinyurl.com/2ykuzbve @InsectRecovery @Pollinators

Stressed Farmland Sees 63% Decline in Insect Numbers – Global Study: tinyurl.com/mtp47256 @SustainablePuls @InsectRecovery

Interested in how to identify and follow trail trees? Check out this talk I gave recently to the NS Wild Flora Society. "Rediscovering the Sacred" youtu.be/SLfNle2QpSk via @YouTube

We have enough gold already mined for at least 200 years of non-investment, non-decoration uses. Mining gold endangers Mi'kmaw hunting grounds, biodiversity, drinking water (whether from wells or surface waters), and costs $$ to clean up after, money which comes from taxpayers.

Thread Yesterday the Minister of Env introduced a Bill to modernize the Act which regulates the most toxic chemicals in Canada along with plastics and #GMOs. As the country fights over vaccines, I bet this Bill doesn't get the attention it should. #CEPA canada.ca/en/environment…

Over the last 25 years, drought-related insurance payments rose by more than 400 percent, while payments related to excess rainfall rose by close to 300 percent. e360.yale.edu/digest/u-s-dro…

@RememberTata Endangered Mainland Moose trying to get from huge wetland fen down a trail to a Lake for a drink, are being blocked by deforestry operations :(

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The Marbled Fritillary (braamparelmoervlinder, Brenthis daphne) has massively expanded northwards in Europe, also now reaching the SE of NL. This is a typical example of a climate opportunist, who will probably move north further. #januarivlindermaand

Study: Small Gardens Are Just As Crucial for Bee Conservation As Big Ones - urban gardens are a critical source of food & habitat for pollinators: tinyurl.com/yc7x6sc9 @Treehugger @Pollinators @the_smallgarden @urbangardens

So - endangered Mainland Moose are at new cutblock at Mitchell Lake. Moose Alert form is here novascotia.ca/natr/wildlife/… Stora is already cutting at the Lake using an earlier permit. Burial Mounds on the current block deliberately recently bulldozed. RCMP on the case.

@RememberTata @FungiwithBengi Watch the second half of this talk about forest finds in cutblocks too if you can - explains simply the complicated ongoing cultural genocide and ecocide still happening here in Mi'kma'ki. youtu.be/SLfNle2QpSk #trailtrees #burialMounds #Acadians #Mikmaki

@RememberTata @FungiwithBengi Highly recommend viewing this entertaining presentation about surprising forest finds in Mi'ma'ki #trailtrees #burialMounds @inaturalist @googlemaps

Click to view presentation about 2021 Nova Scotia cutblock adventures. Should interest anyone who needs motivation to get out in our forest, rain or shine, even when mushrooms and flowers are snow covered. youtu.be/SLfNle2QpSk #trailTrees #burialMounds @FungiwithBengi