Nicole Stephenson

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[Nicole Stephenson @WildMindsWest]

Check out Sally Mango's #TinyDeskContest video & all the other entries over at @nprmusic! https://t.co/ZfVdvU3N1a

I wish we could vote! At least we can share in this sweet fruity goodness ~

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Just in: #March 2020 was 2nd warmest March on record for the globe. It's the 44th March & 423rd consecutive month w/ warmer-than-avg temperatures, per @NOAANCEIclimate https://t.co/FuWUkSdPjC #StateOfClimate

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Mama’s sending a message... over 15 tail slaps in a row!

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Mama, baby and escort are hanging out “logging” right outside the harbor.

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Whale watchers departing now from windy Ma’alea Harbor! Pacific Whale Foundation’s tours, with on-board naturalists and underwater microphones, benefit humpback whale research.

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Rain has subsided and the workers are wrapping up. Thank you Maui workers for taking care of that fallen giant. Off we go.

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Chainsaws began to hum around 9:30pm, just as some of the passengers of the two dozen waiting vehicles were throwing a dance party to keep warm on the chilly 40 degree Maui mountainside.

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The exodus was thwarted when a truck got stuck in the soft forest floor. Attempts to push and pull it free were in vain. It will remain there until a tow truck can pull it out.

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A good samaritan with 4x4 experience guided vehicles through the bush around the roots of the felled tree to circumvemt the obstacle. The Elantra driver wasn’t worried because “it’s a rental.” “Full coverage!” he said.

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At 7pm a massive eucalyptus fell across Haleakala Highway blocking traffic descending from Haleakala Crater. We were the first vehicle to encounter it as we descended from the 10,000’ volcano.

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Deep considerations I have around moving to Maui are so well addressed in this piece.
Consider:
-At statehood (1959) Hawaiians were the majority, 60 years later they make up less than 10%.
-Maui’s population is somewhere over 150k. She receives 2.5mill visitors/year.

[Stay Wild @staywildmag]

Decolonize Hawai'i // Read All About It! https://t.co/KglXVc4fyx

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@staywildmag Amazing piece. I’m mostly speechless. Thank you.

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What is a shifting baseline?
What will your home landscape look like in 5, 10, 30 years?

Watch "Trailer: Baseline 2020 (Alaska)" on https://t.co/aDAb1ccvOr

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Let’s protect 30% of the ocean by 2030. The #LOVE30x30 initiative is happening. Watch to learn more:

https://t.co/ClxSwiDm9Q

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Seven Up: twenty British 7 yr olds of diverse circumstances in the late 1960s, filmed periodically through their lives up til the year 2000. Aka the #UpSeries.
Diving into longterm storytelling inspired by #baseline2020

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@kristin_ripley I 💖 nerd nights!

Did they mention the diff btwn reg flu vacc and the one for prego ppl? I ask for the prego one bc I figure it’s safer 🙊

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Listening to John D. Sutter talk about #Baseline2020 - a multi-decade documentary on the longterm effects of climate change, and my intro to “slow journalism” that allows more thoughtful examination of big events happening over time. Has he talked @longnow yet?

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Jurassic plant sighting!
Crinum augustim - tropical spider lily originated from Calcutta horticulture, medicinal, grew in the garden of the Hawaiian Queen Emma in 1800s

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Back at Makena whale spotting. And hoping a spot opens for me at Tuesday’s talk on why sighting numbers have been declining, hosted by Maui Nui Marine Resource Council. Curious how our count numbers last Saturday fall in the stats.