Author of BELOVED BEASTS, http://tinyurl.com/belovedbeasts. Contributing ed. @HighCountryNews.bsky.social, bylines @nybooks.com, @TheAtlantic.bsky.social, etc. Conservation Works newsletter: http://substack.com/conservationworks Signal @shellhuis.21
@jasondovemark.bsky.social's THE EARTH SAID REMEMBER ME is a wonderful testament to ecological observation and recordkeeping in a time of “shifting baselines.” Join him (and me) at 4 pm PT / 7 pm ET today for a chat and some giveaways! Register: us02web.zoom.us/.../register...
What is #conservation, anyway? Conservation biologists (finally) propose an answer. #biodiversity #conservationscience open.substack.com/pub/conserva...
A New Definition of ConservationThe Society for Conservation Biology North America makes it official.open.substack.comAn interview with Heather Abel about her brand-new novel THE EMILYS, which is about parenting, climate anxiety, the solace of "greentime," and so much more. 📚 #booksky conservationworks.substack.com/p/words-we-n...
Words We Need: GreentimeAn interview with the author of The Emilys.conservationworks.substack.comOn protecting “connective labor” in the age of artificial intelligence. Or: what do conservation, journalism, and hairdressing have in common? conservationworks.substack.com/p/ecological...
"Ecological in the Deepest Sense"Protecting connective labor in the age of artificial intelligence.conservationworks.substack.com“Conservation is not a failure — it’s actually achieving real results. But those results are uneven, sometimes inefficient, and often poorly tracked.” A new paper suggests that success depends on measuring what works. substack.com/home/post/p-...
"Conservation Is Not a Failure"A new paper argues that success depends on measuring what works.substack.com“I do find hope in the fact that wildlife can surprise us so much.” An interview with Hilary Flower, author of the new book The Kite and the Snail. substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Little Kite Who CouldAn interview with Hilary Flower, author of The Kite and the Snail.substack.comIs stewardship “the overlooked and most important leg of the conservation stool?” People have some feelings about this one ... maybe you will, too. New post from #Conservation Works. conservationworks.substack.com/p/words-we-n...
Words We Need: StewardshipModern conservation's missing piece.conservationworks.substack.comI’ve been thinking about Liz Bucar's viral essay "What If Trevor Noah Is Right About the Left and Religion?" since she published it last month. Here are a few thoughts about that piece — and about transformation, #conservation, & the imaginative power of both. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Is Conservation a Religion?Hear me out.substack.comUntil last year, the US government was one of the world's biggest funders of #biodiversity protection. For @biographic.bsky.social, I wrote about what's been lost since Trump slashed USAID and other agencies, and how people & organizations are moving forward now. www.biographic.com/the-future-o...
The Future of Conservation Without U.S. AidThe Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats, and the people who defend both. Now the world seeks a new way forward.www.biographic.comJoin me this Thursday at 7 pm AKST / 8 pm PST for a discussion about the future of environmental journalism, kindly hosted by UAF Journalism. I'll be in Fairbanks in person, but if you'd rather not break out your Sorels, please tune in on Zoom! 🥶 🙏 🌌 www.uaf.edu/news/environ...
Environmental journalist Michelle Nijhuis to speak at UAF Feb. 26Award-winning journalist and author Michelle Nijhuis will speak Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the BP Design Theater at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.www.uaf.eduRachel Carson's "Fable for Tomorrow" worked brilliantly — but only once. How can we create conservation fables for today? conservationworks.substack.com/p/how-to-bui...
How to Build a Better FableAdventures in conservation messaging.conservationworks.substack.comCongressional Republicans are breaking conservation and using democracy as a cover. New from Conservation Works: conservationworks.substack.com/p/the-other-...
The Other Crisis in MinnesotaCongressional Republicans are breaking conservation and using democracy as a cover.conservationworks.substack.comHow Octavia Butler predicted the rise of MAGA ... and how conservation can learn from her. conservationworks.substack.com/p/how-and-wh...
How (and Why) to Predict the FutureOctavia Butler and the conservation horizon.conservationworks.substack.com@highcountrynews.org and our friends at Public Domain got a shoutout on Maddow last night for our story on Trump official Karen Budd-Falen's financial ties to the Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada. Kudos to Jimmy Tobias for his tenacious reporting! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bycH...
Change socks, beat fascism: Woody's New Years Rulin's are forever. #happy2026 conservationworks.substack.com/p/wake-up-an...
Wake Up and Fight (Again)Woody Guthrie and the importance of clarity in bad timesconservationworks.substack.comMy story @theatlantic.com about the Trump administration's proposed dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a global hub for climate and weather science. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
The U.S. Is on the Verge of Meteorological MalpracticeThe Trump administration says it will dismantle a premier climate center, while somehow keeping weather forecasting intact.www.theatlantic.comBefore the Trump administration took a USAID archive offline earlier this year, researchers organized a digital rescue mission to distill the archive's lessons. Here's what they found. New post from Conservation Works — thanks for reading! conservationworks.substack.com/p/sixty-year...
Sixty Years of Lessons for ConservationWhat a digital rescue mission found in the archives of USAID.conservationworks.substack.comOn the persistence of Silent Spring persuasion tactics in a Braiding Sweetgrass world. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Is Environmentalism Out of Ideas?The answer depends on where you look.substack.com