Chloe Van Loon

West Coast Nomadic Naturalist

[Wilderness Committee @wildernews]

HAPPENING THIS WEEK 🌲

Old-growth are being logged at concerning rates throughout BC. WE NEED TO STOP THIS. Come rally with us this weekend to demand immediate protection for old-growth trees. #ProtectOldGrowth

📅 Sat., Feb 25. 12 - 3:30 PM
📍 Contennial Square & BC leg.

[Zack Labe @ZLabe]

Please watch - this is our planet heating up... 🌡️

[Visualization: @NASAViz (https://t.co/FlL26Ul00f). Data: @NASAGISS (https://t.co/8pB26JbSzJ). Info: @NASAClimate (https://t.co/vrIjfa06MX).]

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

Shifty, shifty! It was quite the night!

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

#BREAKING Magnitude 6.4 earthquake shakes parts of Northern California, leaving thousands without power https://t.co/lsopo11sus

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

Are you a member of the Drumstick Truffleclub Club?
Read all about this funky fun fungus: https://t.co/rsqe2BikHE

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

Woooooah

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

This is the migration of birds in Europe traced by GPS. It reminds us of just how interconnected our world really is.

Protect people and the planet. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateAction #climate #Deforestation #Nature #rewilding #birds #cop27

[CPAWS BC @CPAWSbc]

A made-in BC #BiodiversityLaw can help to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and support moving towards protecting #30x30. We are hopeful that this framework would help ensure that the health of ecosystems is prioritized.

@wildernews @SierraClubBC
#bcpoli

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

Rare fossil clam discovered alive! @trevorvanloon have tidepooled here a few times, such a neat spot. https://t.co/ze2QULE5BB

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Monarch butterflies are among North America's most iconic species, but some populations have already declined by >99%.

If nature goes, its taking us with it.

#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #biodiversity #GreenNewDeal #Cop27

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

Holy eyeballs. . .

[MBARI @MBARI_News]

Had a starring contest with an owl fish--we lost.

The owlfish, named for the size of its large eyes relative to its head, lives throughout the North Pacific. In the Monterey Bay, we observe these fish between a few hundred meters to over 2,000 meters (6,561 feet).

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

Heyyyyyyyy cutie 🐸

Seen too many #climatecrisis tweets and headlines today. So here's a Foothill Yellow-legged Frog I saw recently...who is of course impacted by the climate & #biodiversitycrisis. #noplanetb

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

One million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity. — @ipbes 🌿🌳

@parveenkaswan highlights the cost of #biodiversity loss by animating some of the #species we've lost in the last 100 years. 🦋🐦🐢

To protect #nature, we must act now.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

140,000 soccer fields of forest in one month under Bolsonaro. The Amazon, the lungs of the earth, being destroyed before our eyes.

If the Amazon goes it’s taking us with it. #ActOnClimate

#deforestation #brazil #vote #rewilding #greennewdeal #votefortheAmazon

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

Seeing any fruiting #fungi these days?

Oodles of #insects eat and make a home in mushrooms, take a read of some that live in and around Whistler, BC:
https://t.co/kPRLMezpPd

Like this Aradus compressus, a Flat Bug found near Blackcomb Lake during the 2022 Whistler Bio Blitz.

[AncientForestAlliance @AncientForestBC]

Media Release: New before & after images reveal shocking impacts of #oldgrowth logging on #VancouverIsland, highlighting need for conservation financing to help secure Indigenous-led #oldgrowth logging deferrals & protected areas. @bcndp @jjhorgan #bcpoli https://t.co/fj5qFaysDT

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

With the west coast being so dang dry--#climatecrisis--a look at some spooky-wooky fall fungi from Humboldt Co & beyond is my recipe for a temporary distraction. Like this Bleeding Blue Tooth, Hydnellus Cyanopodium. Take a read here: https://t.co/MHKglXlGZu

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

Being as it's spooky season, it's also gore-y gooey goodness season. 🍄❤️💀

This is a Beefsteak Polypore, Fistulina hepatic. #MushroomMonday

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

How is this a THING? Ask your CA representatives to ban waste water from oil drilling being used on crops in California! Yet another reason to get off fossil fuels... #ClimateActionNow https://t.co/JowlMyPpg6

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

Did you know it’s legal to log bear dens in most of B.C.? About time to change that.

Call for #bear den protection today 🐻🌲➡️ https://t.co/dT7M6CLkam

#SaveBCBearDens

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

I just can't believe we're losing the Amazon rainforest, and so much more, in our lifetimes. On our watch. It's such a fucking nightmare. #EmergencyMode

[Chloe Van Loon @Chloe_VanLoon]

This Reindeer Warble Fly was one of the many neat critters we saw during our trip to the Itcha Range. The trip also involved woodland caribou, cute cabins, and a float plane as transportation. Read the trip blogaroo here: https://t.co/GtxVW7aebw #inattting #itchaIlgachuz