Elise Loggers

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[Elise Loggers @EliseLoggers]

New paper! As someone who enjoys running around 🏃‍♀️⛷️🚴‍♀️ in the mountains, I'm intrigued how we *humans* affect animal behavior. We explored variation in behavior of grizzly bears 🐻 in areas with and without human access closures in @YellowstoneNPS ⬇️
https://t.co/196ikHQEtJ

[Elise Loggers @EliseLoggers]

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[Andrew Freedman @afreedma]

Slew of NOAA websites set to go dark at midnight tonight due to a canceled cloud services contract. NOAA under pressure to cut its IT costs by 50%... https://t.co/dctPAtSOah

[Matt Lanza @mattlanza]

Hi all. Breaking my Twitter silence to make a statement on behalf of myself here. NOAA, the parent agency of the @NWS indiscriminately fired a number of employees yesterday. A thread of comments & advice for those fired. 1/18

[Dr. Levi Cowan @TropicalTidbits]

I never publicly comment on political matters because they are usually irrelevant to my work of providing hurricane data and forecasts to people in my personal capacity. Today though, it is highly relevant, and as a member of the meteorological community, I am angry.

Planned or ongoing bulk workforce cuts would irreparably harm the National Weather Service, NOAA, and their scientists who save innumerable lives by warning people in advance of tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, tsunamis, blizzards, and other life-threatening hazards. Many of you reading this may knowingly or unknowingly be alive today because of their work, or know someone who is. As a direct consequence of wounding the NWS and NOAA, the public would be less safe.

My personal mission to bring hurricane science, data, and forecasts to the public would not be possible without the weather observations, doppler radar stations, computer models, hurricane hunter aircraft, and weather satellites provided by NOAA and the NWS. Your favorite weather apps, TV meteorologists, and private weather companies would also be unable to function without this data or the civil servants who live and breathe it to synthesize it into public safety information.

All of these benefits cost each taxpayer the equivalent of a few cups of coffee per year, and surveys show most would be willing to pay much more. The American weather enterprise saves many, many times more money than it costs to run, making it one of the biggest bangs for your buck in the government. The impact of quality weather forecasts and infrastructure on society is multiplied many-fold by preventing economic disruptions, keeping public transportation efficient, and providing lead time to prepare for and mitigate disasters. Most importantly, it saves priceless lives.

Careful, long-term plans to streamline or reorient the weather enterprise in an evolving world are not bad, but *this plan* is insane. A feverish rush to take a cleaver to this workforce is self-destructive and dangerous to Americans who rely on the services they provide. It also cuts off the legs of young, passionate scientists who represent the future of meteorology in the new age of AI and other emerging technologies -- the very people we need in the field right now.

As a part of this community since the age of 8 when I began analyzing hurricanes with dial-up internet, I am heartbroken and concerned by what appears to be planned or already in motion. It also directly impacts my friends and family. I cannot be silent, despite knowing I do myself no favors by speaking out. I ask you to join me in advocating for @NWS and @NOAA if you value their work or the work that I am able to do because of them. There are many ways to make your voice heard.

That's all for now, thanks for reading.

[Griffen Smith @Griffen8Smith]

“The stop order from DNRC primarily affects Swan Valley Connections' ability to implement fuel mitigation projects on private land. The goal of a fuel mitigation project is to protect homeowners living in forested areas from wildfire.” Funding cuts affecting rural MT.

[Elise Loggers @EliseLoggers]

@GovGianforte @MontanaDES So nice to have the @NWS and @NOAA for these reports and forecasts!

[ynpforever @ynpforever]

The Yellowstone Cougar Project utilizes roughly 140 remote cameras strategically placed across the park's northern range for population monitoring. Here you'll see footage captured of these captivating carnivores over recent years. More at https://t.co/RU5UOd6fzF.

[Elise Loggers @EliseLoggers]

@SenateGOP @SteveDaines i appreciate the sentiment but you literally just voted against reinstating federal employees who actually *do* this...

[Elise Loggers @EliseLoggers]

@GovGianforte @DOGE Actually they do the same and have complicated mandates to benefit the entire swath of the public. Communities within 60 miles of NPS units see >$55B per year - and the NPS budget is $3B. Seems like good economics for small town USA, no?

[Elise Loggers @EliseLoggers]

@RyanZinke Montana’s outdoor rec & timber industries rely on federal workers to keep public lands open & productive. Would be helpful to keep federal workers on to reduce uncertainty for businesses that depend on these lands.

[Kylie Mohr @thatsMohrlikeit]

‼️worth repeating: if you're a Forest Service employee in the West who's being impacted by layoffs or has insight into wtf is going on and how ops/landscape/people will be changed, I can be reached on Signal at 509-953-7883.

[Elise Loggers @EliseLoggers]

@thatsMohrlikeit Assuming the point is to privatize?

[Elise Loggers @EliseLoggers]

Wyoming land board approves sale of Kelly parcel to @GrandTetonNPS connecting migration routes 🦌 🫎

https://t.co/ZmaEcLXFxv

[Clayton Lamb @ClaytonTLamb]

NEW PAPER: Are bears helping out one of their favourite foods, huckleberries, by eating them? We paired germination trials and thousands of GPS locations from collared bears to understand "how" this might help a seed germinate and disperse @cole_burton https://t.co/9cAYnK6yzF

[Secretary Pete Buttigieg @SecretaryPete]

Some of the most interesting projects you may not have heard about are our investments in crash prevention via wildlife crossings.

[Kylie Mohr @thatsMohrlikeit]

This is bad news for avalanche centers across the West, including my beloved Western Montana Avalanche Center in Missoula. @amandaleggert with the story:

[Montana FWP @MontanaFWP]

This weekend, many folks will hit the field with the general deer and elk season opening. With all the rules and regulations that need to be followed regarding hunting big game in Montana, here are 10 reminders from a FWP game warden that hunters should follow.

#MyMontanaHunt

[ynpforever @ynpforever]

A recent article by @washingtonpost covers a fascinating new aspect of the longtime research and monitoring done through the Yellowstone Wolf Project – bioacoustics. Yellowstone Forever is proud to support this and many other aspects of the Wolf Project. https://t.co/kpRPlJTXxP

[Alex Metcalf @Metcalf_Lab]

New Lab paper on the #HumanDimensions of #GrizzlyBears! 👇

https://t.co/27BS7nXmOk

Cross-state collaboration with MS student Sara Lamar and her advisor @moreyburnham from ID State University! 1/

[Adam ™ Ford @adamTford]

📢New full time **wildlife** job opportunity available at the #WiRELab, based at UBC Okanagan 🇨🇦!

Please share:
https://t.co/2G4LWSRM2Z