Jessica Speiser

I think more people need to adhere to the philosophy of "it's none of my business"

The decision to dismantle the US Forest Service will go down as one of the many massive blunders of this presidency. They are set to close all 10 regions offices and over 50 research labs. This agency manages 193 million acres of national forests, protects ecosystems, manages wildfires, conducts research, and more. This represents yet another step toward the destruction of our environment and shows a complete disregard for our future wellbeing.

Oftentimes I find that two things can both be true

Proud advisor moment! Check out MS student Michele Lovara's research update on using conservation dogs to detect M. ovi in bighorn sheep 🐑 youtube.com/watch?v=DA8APJ…

Poster session @wildlifesociety #TWS2024. @SDStateNRM grad students displaying research projects on 🐑 🐆 🐦 🦦 (emoji not taxonomically correct) @AECheeseman @CheesemanLab

I’m a savvy, modern researcher. I have dozens of windows and hundreds of tabs open at all times, each containing articles I’ll never read. I yearn for Chrome to crash and deliver me from a nightmare of my own creation.

What the labs get up to on Fridays with @BillSeverud and the twitterless Dr. Ellen Aikens. Only wish I had gotten to participate in the field work too!!!

I am happy to share our first joint lab paper! And so proud of our students for their work on this! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Me to my advisor when she solves my coding issues in ten minutes compared to the two weeks it took me to get it to run at all:

@BillSeverud @AECheeseman @CheesemanLab @KarmaChoki_KC What I was sent while we were submitting

@AECheeseman @CheesemanLab @Lone_badger @KarmaChoki_KC and all those Twitter-less ones are da best.

Who says Friday the 13th is unlucky? @AECheeseman and I and the @CheesemanLab submitted a paper today!!! And then I was notified of another submission from my 🫎 colleagues! 🤞

Love going radio silent to my dearest friends for months at a time, and then texting them how much I miss them and love them and then not responding when they get back to me. 🙂‍↕️

@BillSeverud Only if they're mauling in the water

@Lone_badger Not a raft?

I think it's called a romp of otters, actually

New Paper Alert🚨 Ever wonder what wildlife populations looked like to our grandparents? We tracked how a century of land use and climate change impacted the distribution of weasel habitats @RolandKays @DavidJachowski Here's what we found: #LandscEcol bit.ly/3QCiOp4

@mullyfish @AMAZlNGNATURE That's how I wash my clothes, it's incredibly ineffective

@AMAZlNGNATURE @Lone_badger

Otter washing machine

My fav women’s day post

This crew taught us all how it was done! Happy International Women’s Day! #bighorn #badlands

In the 1990s, river otters in South Dakota were nearly extinct. After reintroduction efforts, the population slowly grew. Now, two #SDState researchers are attempting to learn more about the state's river otter population and habitat needs. bit.ly/3PNeTWM

Please RT! Who wants to work with BATS!? 🦇 Recruiting a MS OR PHD student interested in assessing the distribution and habitat of South Dakota's bats w/ emphasis on the threatened ones! Possibilities for mist netting, transmitter deployment, & acoustic sampling!

@AECheeseman @MammalMeetings Omgggg, I'd pay you back if you brought some otter earrings home 😇

@mammalmeetings omgggg you need to check out “Kiss a moose” b/c these earrings!!! #IMC13

PHOTO FRIDAY: @BotanistBen captured his encounters with ornate orchids adorning the bogs and fens of Shoshone National Forest. You can find them too — if you’re not afraid to get your feet wet. bit.ly/44M2MNY