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The International Association for #greatlakes Research (#iaglr23 ) is now accepting abstracts! The conference will be held in downtown #toronto this May.
Check out the 45 session topics and start planning your abstract. https://iaglr.org/iaglr2023/program/abstracts/
Don’t miss out!

I didn’t realize this is a thing, but #academics, did you know that you can hire help with your #admin? I used to joke I would make a better PI if I had an MBA, instead of a PhD in Ecology. Well, you can hire someone with MBA skills to help you with tasks you hate and generally suck at and it isn’t even that $$$!

For just $35/h, someone else can reformat your CV, reconcile your #budget statement, or fill in expense claims! Imagine the FREEDOM!

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On Saturday I’m excited to be giving a talk for HAALSA. My first in person talk in over 3 years. Should be a great event! Assuming I remember how to speak in public 😅. #invasivespecies #biodiversity #restoration #wetlands #ecology

So #Santa, if you’re out there on #mastadon. Don’t you dare!

Snuck into daughters #Santa letter purportedly requesting a gymnastics bar… 💔 what she really wants is a puppy, but she is not allowed. Dad is allergic.

I tried this art game with my 7 yo. I painted the branches and she did the birds. She kind of blew me away! #birds #art #kids #painting #artgame

Late last night I managed to refill our kids’ reusable #advent calendar by raiding their #halloween candy stash. #momademia #parenting

Got to brag about my awesome students who took our field storage from this (top) to this (bottom) today! Field season is officially over for the #WaterlooWetlandLab in 2022!

PS thanks all for reblogging this toot thread! We need to get the word out across #ontario and do our best to inspire people to #takeaction. If you don’t know how you can help, start here: https://saveontariowetlands.weebly.com/take-action.html

Anyway, this is all to say you can’t argue #urban wetlands are not valuable. #UrbanWetlands are not wastelands. In fact, increasingly I’m convinced they are some of our MOST #valuable natural heritage features. It is essential we protect them. Fight #Bill23. Fight #development in the #greenbelt. Fight #WetlandCompensationPolicy. Defend and restore #wetlands in urban areas. (Infographic by Megan Jordan from #SaveOntarioWetlands

Another way to think about #value is in terms of #rarity. We have lost up to 90% of #wetlands in many of our #urban areas. These few remnant wetlands are therefore all the more precious because they are all we have left, even if they’re not pristine.

Urban #wetlands still store #carbon, mitigate flooding, purify the water, and support #birds, #turtles, #frogs and other species.

When we talk about #wetland #values, it’s important to understand that #value is the product of the #ecosystem #function AND the number of people who #benefit from the function. So, if a wetland slows down the flow of runoff, that’s a function, but if it does that upstream of your house during a major storm, THAT’S when it has value. Sure being near so many ppl causes stress and effects their integrity, but it also means they benefit A LOT of people. More people visit them, learn from them too!

Urban #wetlands are unglamorous compared to these other #wild , nearly pristine wetlands. They are usually full of #invasiveplants and litter. They don’t have the same #biodiversity. They’re more often small and fragmented. But this doesn’t mean they’re not #valuable! There is wildlife there, if you look.

In my research on #wetlands, I’ve been to some spectacular, internationally important places. Canoed the turquoise waters of the Columbia #floodplain Wetlands, hiked to #peatlands nestled in mountain valleys of the upper Bow River clamboured over dunes to #swales in the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve. My ❤️🔥in these wild places but more and more I’m thinking of #urban wetlands. Why? A short 🧵🪡

Cross posting from Wildlands League: #bill23 will not lead to affordable #housing or help the #housingcrisis.

It’s time to call for an Integrity investigation into Doug Ford. He promised Ontario he wouldn’t touch the Greenbelt, but was caught on video promising developers that he WOULD open it up for development. Investigative reporting by Emma McIntosh, Noor Javen & Brendan Kennedy reveals developers bought up chunks of Greenbelt on Ford’s promise and now stand to make bank.

The #WaterlooWetlandLab is hiring a new lead technician please boost our add! https://careers-uwaterloo.icims.com/jobs/9460/wetland-research-technician-ii/job?mobile=false&width=753&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-300&jun1offset=-240 #ecology #conservation #research

There are so many reasons to #SaveOntarioWetlands. Here are 4 simple ones!
#Wetlands store billions of tonnes of #carbon and fight #climatechange - at #COP27 we need to pledge to protect wetlands.
They purify #water and trap pollutants.
They prevent #floods and #erosion
They support endangered species. >30% of #SpeciesAtRisk in southern #Ontario rely on wetlands!
Help us protect them: https://saveontariowetlands.weebly.com/take-action.html

Ok Mastadon, let’s do this! Today #SaveOntarioWetlands launched our website with resources and tools to help you take action and engage your MPPs. Tell them to stop #sprawl, save the #greenbelt and stop #bill23. https://saveontariowetlands.weebly.com/take-action.html