Brooke Byerley Best, PhD

Dir of TX Plant Conservation @BRIT_org; sci & natural hist collections nerd; herbarium warrior! She/her. Opinions own. #blacklivesmatter still now always

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

my naem is owl
i hunt to eat
i kech mai prey
with my smol feet
i fly by nite
to snak n sex
and in the lite
i nap n rest
my wing is best
it make no sound
as I attak thing
on the ground
of raptor fam
i do partake
if u see me
it too late

[Audubon Society @audubonsociety]

The Elf Owl is the tiniest owl in the world, measuring no bigger than a sparrow. https://t.co/KsdQK7Fw2V

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

Oof. FOURTEEN uncontested judgeships on my ballot. Four of them at the state level. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

@SMWadgymar

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

Many thanks to the rockstar park host at Lake Whitney State Park for assisting with some [permitted] research collections today. @TPWDparks this one’s a keeper!

[Tim Newbold @tnewbold31.bsky.social @tnewbold31]

JOB OPPORTUNITY: We are advertising an 18-month research assistant position to investigate the drivers of insect biodiversity change, working on the fabulous GLITRS Project (https://t.co/89uQKpSX6V). DM to discuss further details, or apply here: https://t.co/126DqAJlOU

[Keep Kew Herbarium at Kew @KewKeepers]

Steve Almond, Kew trustee and ex banker told staff today, no "top tier talent would be persuaded to come and work at Kew by walking around the existing herbarium or indeed the facilities in Jodrell. They are not world class." Scientists beg to differ.. 🤯

[Morgan Treadwell @motreadwell]

Come learn how to prepare and protect pastures from Desert Termites!
Friday May 10th at noon! For more information and the zoom link, be sure to reach out to [email protected]

[Morgan Treadwell @motreadwell]

🔥New Blog Post🔥

👉In the ecoregions of the Rollings Plains and Cross Timbers of Texas, there are many native grassland communities that have been converted to low-diversity plant communities by long-term overgrazing of cattle and fire suppression.👇

https://t.co/DPM0FxlWD7

[Fort Worth Botanic Garden @fwbotanicgarden]

FWBG's own Manuela Dal Forno was featured in SmithsonianMag on her work with lichens in museum collections. Way to go, Manuela! Read more in the article here: https://t.co/4daol4SoO1

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

@fwbotanicgarden has openings for paid internships this summer & fall, ideally for JR/SR undergrads or recent bach grads living in DFW. Please share w your networks! App deadlines vary from THIS FRI May 3rd to May 18th. All position & details at https://t.co/7Uq1XFXzdQ.

[Maura C. Flannery @flannerm.bsky.social @flannerm]

Post from Herbarium World on herbaria and libraries, two of the best institutions on earth! https://t.co/DAgfcsfUXR

[Morgan Treadwell @motreadwell]

Texas Agriculture Law is coming to San Angelo! Come check out this award winning program and learn all about laws and regulations that landowners need to know!

This workshop also supplies 7 hours of CE credit for real estate agents!
Register here - https://t.co/07KiDozwwU

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

A teaching moment or just some half-hearted drama? Fun to watch either way! The goats are leaving tomorrow, but we hope to have them back next year! #GoatsInTheGarden [two goats on a log pretend to head butt]

[Dr Will Leo Hawkes @WillLeoHawkes]

These flies are over 350 years old! Collected by Leonard Plukenet, Queen Mary II's gardener, in the 17th century!

All perfectly 2 dimensional.

@NHM_London
@flygirlNHM

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

@NBCDFW @fwbotanicgarden This #GoatsInTheGarden project was made possible by support from the Anita Berry Martin Memorial Fund at @NorthTexasCF!

[NBC DFW @NBCDFW]

The @fwbotanicgarden is hosting a small herd of goats through April 15 to help them clean up an invasive plant species in the Native Texas Boardwalk area. https://t.co/GoJdgtVf6R

[Collingwood-Norris @collingwoodnorr]

Beetle darn!

#visiblemending #darning #repair #beforeandafter #makedoandmend #creativemending #SustainableLiving #reducewaste

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

Shout out to the handful of sheep mixed in. I see you!❤️

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

What’s the sound of goats hard at work (eating back our understory)? Volume up! 👂👂🐐🐐#GoatsInTheGarden @fwbotanicgarden Thank you @NorthTexasCF for making this possible❤️

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

Guilty as charged

[Becky Bowling, PhD @TNTurfWoman]

This meme was clearly made by an Extension Specialist.

[Center for Plant Conservation @CPCplants]

Spiranthes infernalis, the Ash Meadows ladies' tresses is an imperiled orchid endemic to Nevada. Infernalis is latin for 🔥 "from hell" 🔥 which is quite appropriate given the conditions of its home! Visit https://t.co/1BWdauzK3z to sponsor this #RarePlantoftheWeek