Erika Foster PhD

Soil Ecologist @PointBlueConSci. Soil-plant-microbe interactions, carbon monitoring, working lands, regen ag. Loves slow food, @wild_rockies,🧗🏻‍♀️,🏔. She/her

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

“You know you’re a wild woman of range if..” You spend the week ‘nerding’ out on range science, cut a rug dancin’ into the wee hours, and can’t wait to get an early start back to the wide open spaces with dirt under your nails and wind in your hair.”

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

Celebrating the last full day @rangelands with the Wild Women of Range soirée. A fun evening to lift up brilliant hard-working women contributing to many aspects of range stewardship! An amazing tradition to learn about. #wildwomen #cowgirls #womeninScience #stewardship

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

@jso_soong thank you for you contribution too on @corteva’s approach to modeling and monitoring for emerging #carbonmarkets on managed #grasslands.

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

Our @rangelands session #Monitoring Carbon & Ecosystem Services discussed effective #workinglands assessment: setting objectives, indictor selection, sample density, research networks & interpretation. Thanks to @paigestanley_ag @cjcarey13 @JeffGoodwin10 @tobymmaxwell & others!

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

1. ResearchRabbit (researchrabbit .ai)

• Finds relevant literature (very quickly)
• Visualizes connections between various articles/authors
• Integrates with Zotero

• Thread below: Research Rabbit 101

https://t.co/rVtJfJNh6x

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

Happy World Soils Day! Time to give extra appreciation to the incredible #organisms maintaining healthy soil function from the tiniest virus to the furry critters. Check out this awesome interactive State of Soil #Biodiversity Site @FAO: https://t.co/4PxkspeYXY

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

Long-term ecological restoration as part of the Detrital Input and Removal-DIRT network reported clearly by @KeadyMia today! Awesome to see 50+ years after prarie restoration the surface soil carbon is still increasing. Stoked to see patterns at depth and bulk density. #ACSmtg

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

Fun wrap up to yesterday at #ACSmtg about #soilcarbon sequestration potential. @JM_Lavallee from @EnvDefenseFund shared a slick story from 500 archived samples in the US. While decomposition (access?) controlled particulate organic matter, aridity influenced mineral associated C

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

Cool work by @evanssarahe & team: Prairie strips lower runoff,
promote #carbonSequestration, landscape heterogeneity and #biodiversity in #aglands. Native strips also promote cultural connections. Lots of producer enthusiasm to participate in prairie stewardship! #ACSmtg

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

Back tracking to yesterday @ASA_CSSA_SSSA #ACSmtg…as a fan of pyrogenic organic matter, always excellent to hear from @TheaWhitman and team: Fire selectively decreases microbes, yet changes in soil props (eg, pH) have a greater control on broad functions like C mineralization.

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

At #ACSmtg “#SoilHealth, Food Security+#ClimateChange”. Dr Paustian @CSUAgSci: Improve monitor+modeling 4 CO2 removal. Dr Lal: Remove barriers to #RegenerativeAgriculture. We know enough. Act now. Dr
Morgan @soil_institute: Soil health is regional, scalable & more than 1 metric.

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

After a ‘rockus’ Saturday night red eye, the @PointBlueConSci team made to Baltimore for the 2023 #ASCmtg, specifically the @ASA_CSSA_SSSA conference. We are diggin deep into the mechanisms of how our belowground world works! #SoilScience enthusiasts stay tuned!

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

Awesome audience @nytclimate last week! #Climate Farm Instructor @terradotdo Ryan Peterson & I linked #soilhealth, #soilbiota & climate mitigation & resilience. We brought in living soil to tell the tale! What fun opportunities from
@PointBlueConSci connections.

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

The beloved annual @PointBlueConSci Bird-a-Thon is around the corner! Join our Ornicycles team by contributing to conservation & checking out the fun: https://t.co/J3eXrC7ZU2 How many birds can we spot from a bike in a day? Stay tuned! #birding #birdsarentreal

[Paige Stanley, PhD @grazing_paige]

Rather than a traditional finishing talk, I organized a Central Coast Rangeland Coalition meeting @PaicinesRanch to share my PhD work on #soil C + #grazing mgmt on CA rangelands! 150 ranchers, agency folks, & scientists came from all over for this meeting - I am SO humbled!

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

Sweet field demonstration day with tips for easy monitoring of #rangeland #soils led by @cjcarey13 and @paigestanley_ag at the CA Central Coast Rangeland Coalition meeting at the beautiful Paicines Ranch. More on range soil protocols to come from @PointBlueConSci

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

@SenFeinstein,@SenAlexPadilla The filibuster has been to deny protections for Black voters. Will you commit to reforming the #JimCrowFilibuster and passing the Freedom to Vote Act? https://t.co/nGErh2eQFf

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

@rachaeljoF Also AGU put out this tweet earlier, to share any positive tests with [email protected] for official tracking. Stay safe all! https://t.co/gYW3oFwbZp

[AGU (American Geophysical Union) @theAGU]

#AGU21 update on COVID-19 reported and cases as of 1 pm ET today: https://t.co/fUFH4MQttM

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

@volcanicole Also AGU put out this tweet earlier, to share any positive tests with [email protected] for official tracking. Stay safe all! https://t.co/gYW3oFwbZp

[AGU (American Geophysical Union) @theAGU]

#AGU21 update on COVID-19 reported and cases as of 1 pm ET today: https://t.co/fUFH4MQttM

[Erika Foster PhD @EJ_Foster]

@kaylai Hi Kayla! Thanks for retweeting about the COVID survey. I want to share this tweet AGU put out earlier too - incase this could be added in some way to your tweet on the informal tracking: https://t.co/gYW3oFwbZp. AGU wants folks to email them w/ any positive tests too. Cheers!

[AGU (American Geophysical Union) @theAGU]

#AGU21 update on COVID-19 reported and cases as of 1 pm ET today: https://t.co/fUFH4MQttM